Participants:

The post-graduate training is open for 24 people in two groups based on the participants' professional backgrounds. The groups will share the self-experiential part of the training together while the methodology and practical part will be tailored towards their professional profilation.

Gestalt Theatre in Therapy
Group for therapists

The group is open for psychotherapists and trainees in psychotherapy according to EAP standards; artetherapists and dramatherapists (or trainees) with professional education recognized by their national or international professional organizations. 

The training program is grounded in the theory of the Gestalt therapy approach and focuses on training and enhancing participants' skills in integrating dramatherapeutical and theatrical tools into their therapeutical work with groups and individuals. We will explore potentialities of drama and theatrical tools within Gestalt therapeutic framework.

Gestalt Theatre in Education
Group for educators, youth and social workers, trainers

The group is open to professionals who work in educational contexts, facilitate programs on personal development, emotional intelligence and awareness, communication skills, conflicts etc. and would like to enrich their work with solid background in Gestalt approach supported by application of dramatical and theatrical techniques and tools. 

Diego Miguel Marín Romera

Background in Psychotherapy:

Diego is  a practisting Gestalt psychotherapist working with individual clients and also with groups on Gestalt Theatre in several Spanish cities. Diego already facilitated workshops for therapists, educators and youth workers on Gestalt Theatre in several European countries. He has complex training in Gestalt Therapy, long term training on Gestalt Theatre Therapy and made several SAT modules on Enneagram of Claudio Naranjo.

Background in Education:

Diego specialises in experiential learning and non formal education. For more than 15 years he has been working with groups of various kinds: youth and social workers, teachers, trainers, groups of adolescents, prisoners, etc. He is a member of the Pool of trainers of the Directorate of Youth and Sport of the Council of Europe, Spanish National Agency for Youth and the SALTO trainers Pool.

Background in Theatre:

Diego got his background in social theatre in Spain, with the help of Yoshi Oida (actor and companion of Peter Brook ("The essence of the actor"), David Martinez (Theatre of the Oppressed), Anton Valen (The Way of the Clown) and Allan Owens (Pretext Drama). 

Tomáš Andrášik

Background in Psychotherapy:

Tomáš is a psychotherapist in private practice working with individuals and groups. He runs groups on Gestalt Theatre in Czech Republic (Prague & Brno) for the public and for students at Masaryk University. He has been trained in integrative Gestalt psychotherapy and is currently undergoing advanced international training in Gestalt therapy at Instituto di Gestalt H.C.C. Italy.  

Background in Education:

Tomáš received a Masters Degree in Education at Masaryk University. After six years of teaching at a high school he became a lecturer and research assistant at the Faculty of Education, Masaryk University. He focuses on self-experiential personal development courses and applied drama. For more than five years he has been combining principles of Gestalt approach, applied drama and improvisation in his courses which led him to Gestalt Theatre.

Background in Theatre:

For more than ten years Tomáš has been part of semi-professional improv theatre groups both as an actor and trainer. In these years, he went through many international workshops on theatrical and applied improvisation. During his studies, he also received training in Playback Theatre and Process Drama. 

Veronika Nýdrlová

Background in Psychotherapy:

Veronika is a psychotherapist in a therapeutical community. She also has private practice where she works with individuals, couples and families. Together with Tomáš they facilitate groups on Gestalt Theatre in Brno, Czech Republic. She went through a complex integrative psychotherapeutical training and is currently undergoing training in family therapy and psychosomatic disorders. 

Background in Education:

Veronika has a Masters degree in Social Education with specialization in drama pedagogy and Ph. D. in Education focusing on Playback Theatre. She works as a trainer at Faculty of Education, Masaryk University, where she teaches applied drama, personal development courses and experiential learning. 

Background in Theatre:

In 2010 Veronika became the first pioneer of Playback Theatre in Czech Republic.  Since then, she has gone through several international trainings and has been teaching and performing Playback theatre. At the university she took part in number of projects using Theatre of the Oppressed, perfoming and jokering also in international festival of TO in Pula (HR).