THE 100 FACES OF CHILDREN PSYCHODRAMA

4^thInternational Conference for Psychodrama with Children and Youth

Conference Programme in PDF (version August 13^th, 2025) Conf.Progr_2025.Aug.13 FINAL

PLACE of the Conference: str. Regele Ferdinand nr. 22-26, Cluj-Napoca https://clujhub.ro

Workshop leaders will have the opportunity to pay early bird fees after the early bird deadline. Workshops will have 90 minutes length.

ALL ABSTRACTS (for Plenary Presentations, Workshops and Posters) are published here, in alphabetical order. You can access the abstract from every title below too.

All presentations and workshops will be held in English; the exceptions, where translation will be provided, will be mentioned.

CONFERENCE TIMETABLE – FINAL VERSION (August 13^th, 2025)

FRIDAY – September 12^th, 2025
16:00-17:00	Registration and Coffee break
17:00-17:15	WELCOMING (APCA-KH)
17.15-18.00	Warmup and Connecting
18.00-19.30	Plenary presentation: ”HOW OLIVER BECAME THE LORD OF THE SEVEN SEAS” PSYCHODRAMATIC PLAY THERAPY WITH FAMILIES – AICHINGER, Alfons (Germany)
19.30-19.45	Coffee Break
19.45-20.30	BOOK LAUNCH – !!! in Romanian language, Short discussion about the Romanian translation of Hanna KENDE’s book, Psychodrama with Children: Healing children through their own creativity

SATURDAY – September 13^th, 2025
09.00-09.30	Warmup (Playback)
09:30-11:00	Plenary presentation: THE TRAUMA-RESILIENCE OF ALBERT CAMUS, NOBODY’S SON, AS PARADIGM OF CHILDREN-PSYCHODRAMA – KENDE, Hanna (France) with Hu-En translation Special request: for better understanding of the presentation, is a kind recommendation to read two novels of Albert Camus: „The Stranger” („L’Étranger”) and „The First Man” („Le Premier Homme”)
11:00-11:30	Plenary presentation: THE EFFICIENCY OF CHILDREN PSYCHODRAMA – Pilot research results, Research Team (Bulgaria-Romania)
11.30-12.00	Coffee Break
12:00-13:30 90 min	Workshops I (simultaneously six workshops) PLAYING WITH FAMILIES – AICHINGER, Alfons (Germany) with Ge-En translation „HELLO, SCUM! IT IS ME, THE ALMIGHTY!” – WORKING WITH ADOLESCENTS – KOLEVA, Dessislava & KOEV, Nikolay (Bulgaria) CHILDREN PSYCHODRAMA AND THE METHOD OF THE „FIND YOUR TALE” GROUP – SOÓS Dóra (Hungary) CHILDREN’S EXPERIENCE OF LOSS. GRIEF IN CHILD PSYCHODRAMA GROUPS – GELLÉRT Fruzsina & KUBOVICS-JUHÁSZ Csilla (Hungary) BETWEEN WORLDS – PSYCHODRAMA WITH ATYPICAL CHILDREN – ILYÉS Irén & SIMON Tünde (Romania) „- WHAT DO YOU WANT? – AN OWNER” – WOUNDED PARENTS AND STRONG CHILDREN – ROMÁN Mónika; SZÁNTÓ Bíborka & ROMÁN Sára (Romania)
13:30-15:30	Lunch Break
15:30-17:00 90 min	Workshops II (simultaneously six workshops) „LET’S SPEAK ONE LANGUAGE!” PSYCHODRAMA-FAMILY-THERAPY (PFT) – MUTAFCHIEVA, Milena (Bulgaria) & FLEGELSKAMP, Stefan (Germany) „HEDGEHOG GIRL” – THERAPEUTIC PROCESS WITH A CHILD IN A DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY CONTEXT (OVERCOMING INTERNAL CONFLICTS AND TRAUMA OF PARENTAL SEPARATION AND DIVORCE) – JURIĆ, Ivana; KOLIĆ ANTOLOVIĆ Nikolina & KORUŠIĆ, Vedran (Croatia) „ROYAL SUMMIT” – ROLE-PLAYING CREATIVE GAMES IN ADOLESCENT’S PSYCHODRAMA GROUPS – MOGUNOVA, Larissa (Russia) „THE TREASURE IN DISGUISE” – THE FOCUS OF GROUP LEADERS – NÉMETH Csilla & POZSÁR Bea (Hungary) PSYCHODRAMA ON THE SPECTRUM – BITON, Dana & BEDIVAN, Ana-Caterina (Romania) „FROGS INTO PRINCES” – HEALING FACTORS OF ADLERIAN CHILDREN PSYCHODRAMA – ORBÁN Mária & SZŐKE Enikő (Romania)
17:00-17:30	Coffee Break
17:30-19:00 *90 min*	Workshops III (simultaneously six workshops) „SHALL WE PLAY A STORY?” – PSYCHODRAMA AS A TRAINING TOOL – CALLIGARIS, Antonina; ELINOIU, Natalia; GIAMPAOLI, Stefania; MARABISSO, Federica; MATTIO, Ezio & MASTROGIACOMO, Silvia (Italy) with It-En translation HEALING THROUGH PLAY – PSYCHODRAMA FOR CHILDREN FROM ABUSIVE HOMES – DVORNINA, Irina & POPA, Svetlana (Moldova) INTEGRATING ADOLESCENT PSYCHODRAMA, FERENC MÉREI’S PSYCHODRAMA APPROACH AND THE TECHNIQUES OF PLAYBACK THEATRE – KISS György Ádám (Hungary) & PÉTERFFY Csilla (Romania) with Hu-En translation „THE CAVER AND THE STALACTITE” – CHILDREN’S PSYCHODRAMA WITH FAMILIES – DRINÓCZKY Viktória & MADOCSAI Dániel (Hungary) with Hu-En translation INTERVENTIONS IN DIFFICULT GROUP PROCESSES – SZIKORA Virág; BALOGH Judit & BAUER Hajnalka (Hungary) THE SIX-PART STORY METHOD IN CHILDREN PSYCHODRAMA – MÁRTON-LAZSÁDI Csilla & GERGELY Annamária (Romania)
19:00-20:00	Buffet Table and Coffee Break
20:00-22:00	SURPRISE Programme and Party – Celebration 100^th birthday of Hanna KENDE

SUNDAY – September 14^th, 2025
09.00-09.30	Warmup
09.30-11.00	Plenary presentation: “DO BODIES KEEP THE SCORE?” – PSYCHODRAMA AND SENSORI-MOTOR APPROACH IN WORKING WITH CHILDREN WITH TRAUMA AND RELATIONAL WOUNDS – BASTIANINI, Anna Maria; DOLCIMASCOLO, Maria & RAVIOLA, Marco (Italy) with It-En translation
11:00-11:30	Coffee Break
11:30-13:00 *90 min*	Workshops IV (simultaneously six workshops) WORKING WITH RESISTANCE – PSYCHODRAMA WITH ADOLESCENTS – STEVENS, Craig (United Kingdom) CHILDREN PSYCHODRAMA AND INTEGRATIVE DANCE THERAPY – HORVÁTH Dorottya & KATANICS Milán Ivó (Hungary) CHILD PSYCHODRAMA WARM-UP GAMES – AN IMPROV DRAMA FOCUS – FAZAKAS Mátyás (Hungary) MUSIC-SHADOW-DRAMA, THE POSSIBILITIES OF SHADOW PLAY IN CHILD PSYCHODRAMA GROUPS – MAJOROS Andrea & SZEBENI Viola (Hungary) with Hu-En translation „PLAY WITH BRAIN” – PSYCHODRAMA WITH GIFTED CHILDREN – POPLĂCENEL, Monica & BOCANCEA, Anca (Romania) PSYCHODRAMATIC PLAY AS A KEY ELEMENT IN GROUP SCHEMA THERAPY PROTOCOL FOR CHILDREN – TEODORESCU, Diana (Romania)
13:00-13:15	Coffee Break
13:15-14:00	CLOSURE