The document summarizes a project that studies psychodrama and art therapy techniques to help disadvantaged people. The project involves researching best practices, conducting interviews, and holding workshops applying psychodrama and video therapy in the UK. It will produce a manual and other materials documenting the results to disseminate more widely. The project has several phases and is a collaboration between organizations in multiple European countries.

1. Project Title: PhD²: Personal and human Development: Psychodrama to help the disadvantaged PROJECT PRESENTATION PRESENTED BY: Mercy Maclean-UK Lead on the Project Health Psychology Management Org. services E-mail: mercy maclean@hp-mos.org.uk February 2009 Web: www.hp-mos.org.uk

3. WHAT IS PSYCHODRAMA-The term Psychodrama literally means “Psyche in action” and it could be defined as the methodology that explores soul experiences adopting drama techniques. In its practical application it consists in re-creating conflictual, unresolved circumstances in a more free, protected and flexible “group dimension” to resolve existing conflicts and emotional problems with “life-theatre” performing…………….( J.L.Moreno

4. WHAT IS ART THERAPY - Art Therapy is a form of psychotherapy that uses art media as its primary mode of communication………………….(The British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT))HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY MANAGEMENT ORG.SERVICES_PhD2 PROJECT 2

6. To provide information on the institutional context of art therapy and psychodrama in the UK that would focus on a reconnaissance mapping (e.g. associations, organizations, networks, foundations, institutional initiatives at different levels…) of the subjects actives in the field of art therapy and psychodrama.

7. To provide information on the state of art in the UK that would focus on survey of good practices, experiences of application of art therapy and psychodrama techniques. PHASE 1 OF THE PHD2 PROJECT(Continuation OF PART A) HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY MANAGEMENT ORG.SERVICES_PhD2 PROJECT 3

9. To describe the social target of the experiences of art therapy and psychodrama that would be selected and organize the best practices based on the receivers’ social categories and provide a detailed description of their characteristics.

10. To analyse the UK national good practices and experiences already realized in art therapy andpsychodrama in the therapeutic field as well as in the educational field paying a special attention to the “Morenian classical school of psychodramaPHASE 1 OF THE PHD2 PROJECT(Continuation OF PART A) HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY MANAGEMENT ORG.SERVICES_PhD2 PROJECT 4

12. To describe the social target of the experiences of art therapy and psychodrama that would be selected and organize the best practices based on the receivers’ social categories and provide a detailed description of their characteristics.

13. To analyse the UK national good practices and experiences already realized in art therapy andpsychodrama in the therapeutic field as well as in the educational field paying a special attention to the “Morenian classical school of psychodramaPHASE 1 OF THE PHD2 PROJECT(Continuation OF PART A) HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY MANAGEMENT ORG.SERVICES_PhD2 PROJECT 5

15. To realize a synthetic reportHEALTH PSYCHOLOGY MANAGEMENT ORG.SERVICES_PhD2 PROJECT 6

18. A strategic role will be played by psychodrama experts and film makers with specialist knowledge or experience in the field that will enable them to organize and implement the UK workshops involving disadvantage people.

21. Effective observation of the various deadlines of the activities

22. Compliance of the outcome, effectiveness of the communication system among the partners; degree of involvement of the stakeholders; dissemination strategy effectiveness; typology and reasons of possible changes in comparison with the planned activities.HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY MANAGEMENT ORG.SERVICES_PhD2 PROJECT

24. The strategy from the beginning which includes : singling out the members in the various partner countries of the Local Broadcasting Network (for the national dissemination) and of a Dissemination Team (for a more wide-ranging dissemination

25. From the UK, for the Dissemination Team: is composed of members from HP-MOS who are responsible for the project dissemination activities planning and control: HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY MANAGEMENT ORG.SERVICES_PhD2 PROJECT

27. newsletter (periodic sending every 4 months);

28. the e-library: a repository to insert in the website which will contain the products realized during the project phases and a review constantly updated on the innovations and the experimentations about the art therapy theme in Europe;

29. national seminars for the presentation of the works and of the researches outcomes on art therapy theme;: HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY MANAGEMENT ORG.SERVICES_PhD2 PROJECT

31. Realization of, at least, one press conference for each year of work in all the countries that agree to the project.

32. Translation and printing of the PhD² Project leaflets in national languages

33. Networking activities

34. Wide diffusion of the publication “Psychodrama and Video therapy for the social inclusion: Methodological Manual” realized by the consortium

35. Broadcasting of the “video-dossier” and “docu-films” realized by the consortium in the countries involved in the project HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY MANAGEMENT ORG.SERVICES_PhD2 PROJECT

38. To realize and to publish “Psychodrama and Video therapy for the social inclusion: Methodological Manual”

39. To realize a video dossier on the PhD² project for a wide diffusion of the achievementsHEALTH PSYCHOLOGY MANAGEMENT ORG.SERVICES_PhD2 PROJECT

41. All the reports, the Manual and the video-dossier to be published in the project web site

42. Finally, the project coordinator, assumes overall responsibility for the management and coordination of all the transnational activitiesHEALTH PSYCHOLOGY MANAGEMENT ORG.SERVICES_PhD2 PROJECT

43. 17 CLOSING REMARKS There are 4 meetings planned with the PhD²project. Each meeting would occur in an EU partner country as follows : Kick-off meeting - Italy, 2nd meeting - United Kingdom, 3rd meeting --Spain, 4th meeting - Lithuania with the final conference held in Rome (Italy) PhD²: Personal and human Development, Psychodrama to help disadvantaged 142167-LLP-1-2008-1-IT-GRUNDTVIG-GMP Grant Agreement: 2008-3457/001-001 This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY MANAGEMENT ORG.SERVICES_PhD2 PROJECT

44. PHD2 PROJECT PARTNERS PHD2 PROJECT PARTNERS

45. THANK YOU ALL ENQUIRIES ARE TO BE DIRECTED TO: MERCY MACLEAN E-MAIL : mercy.maclean@hp-mos.org.uk HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY MANAGEMENT ORG.SERVICES_PhD2 PROJECT 19