Professional Community & Collaboration

Our learning events foster strong professional connections, recognizing the value of collaboration with allied peers across disciplines. We welcome students and professionals from social work, psychology, counseling, education, drama, creative arts, human services, addictions, nursing, psychiatry, law, and more. Some participants pursue board certification in psychodrama, while others attend for advanced training, continuing education, or the joy of learning.

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Why Psychodrama Training?

Professionals trained in psychodrama help their clients address challenges in creative, action-oriented ways that lead to meaningful change. Psychodrama theory and methods are highly adaptable and applied effectively in clinical, educational, and organizational settings with groups, families, couples, and individuals.

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Continuing Education & Accreditation

• The American Board of Examiners in Psychodrama, Sociometry, and Group Psychotherapy (ABE) approve all hours toward board certification.

• Social Work Continuing Education is frequently approved by the New Jersey Social Work Continuing Education Approval Collaborative, which is administered by NASW-NJ.

• Psychodrama NJ, provider #2273, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider Approval period: 06/25/25-06/25/29.

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Customized Trainings

Psychodrama NJ also offers customized training workshops for groups of eight or more, which can be hosted either at our training center or at your location. These specialized programs are tailored to meet the needs of your team or organization.

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Examples of customized trainings include:

• Online clinician workshop: adapting psychodrama methods for individual client sessions

• Working with grief and loss: using psychodrama to support clients through mourning and meaning-making

• Agency-based certification training: ongoing staff training to facilitate the path toward psychodrama certification

• Clinical supervision follow-up: helping supervisors bring life, creativity, and depth into supervision sessions

• Trauma-informed sociometry: building safe, connected, and resilient groups.

• Professional In-Service: In-person professional development workshop for school social workers on effective psychodrama interventions for students - Pre-K through high school.

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​To discuss a customized training or workshop that meets your interests, schedule, and budget, complete the interest form below.​

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Training Partnership

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Scottie Urmey, MSW, LCSW, TEP, and Yehuda Rubin, DSW, LCSW, CP/PAT have developed an ongoing training partnership at Psychodrama NJ. As training partners, Scottie and Yehuda bring complementary perspectives, teaching styles, and clinical experience to their work together. Depending on the training and topic, they may co-present or teach individually based on their respective areas of expertise.

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When co-training, their partnership offers participants a more comprehensive learning experience while also providing an opportunity to observe collaboration in action. Their modeling of collaborative roles demonstrates how different perspectives and approaches can work alongside one another while honoring each trainer’s individual strengths and authenticity. Together, Scottie and Yehuda strive to co-create a learning environment that values inclusivity, curiosity, spontaneity, dialogue, and multiple perspectives.

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Their complementary styles demonstrate that there is not only one way to understand or practice psychodrama. Instead, participants are encouraged to integrate theory, experience, and their own strengths as they develop an approach that is both grounded in the method and authentic to who they are as clinicians and practitioners.

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Connect With Us

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Not sure which training is right for you, or wondering how psychodrama training might support your professional goals? Reach out to Scottie or Yehuda directly. We are happy to answer questions, talk through the different training opportunities available at Psychodrama NJ, or schedule a Zoom meeting to learn more about what you are looking for and explore which training experiences may be most beneficial to you.

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Whether you are interested in attending a training, pursuing more extensive psychodrama training, bringing a training to your organization, or have interest in one of our upcoming events, we welcome the conversation.

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Guest Trainers

Psychodrama NJ is also enriched by guest trainers and presenters who bring their own knowledge, experience, and areas of expertise to our learning community. We value collaboration and the opportunity to learn from different voices, disciplines, approaches, and perspectives.

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We welcome trainers, educators, clinicians, and other professionals who have a workshop, training, or special learning experience they believe would be a good fit for the PNJ community.

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Interested in offering something at Psychodrama NJ? We’d love to hear what you have in mind!