The path of healing - and inner liberation - is a path towards full awakeness. Through this journey, we rediscover our ability to listen and attune to our own self and those around us. We establish our ability to observe and befriend the varied roles and ever-changing landscapes that populate our inner world. Ultimately, this journey involves a ‘coming home’ to the source of wisdom, creativity and compassion that exists within - and between - us.

In this workshop we will use psychodramatic group work, mindfulness-based practice and bodywork to address the imprints of violence, trauma and oppression. In doing so, we will develop our capacity for a life of greater awareness, loving kindness and constructive action. 

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PSYCHODRAMA
Psychodrama utilises drama methods for psychotherapeutic purposes. Through the use of voice, movement, stories, role-play and improvisation, psychodrama enables safe expression of emotion, whilst inviting fresh perspectives and insights to emerge.

FACILITATOR BIO
Ben Rivers was born in the UK and raised in Australia. He specializes in the use of therapeutic and participatory theatre for community mobilization, cultural activism and collective trauma response. He has taught and practiced in Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East and North America, working extensively with communities impacted by structural oppression and political violence. He is a founding member of The Freedom Theatre’s Freedom Bus initiative (Jenin, Occupied Palestine) and a Co-founder of the Arab School of Playback Theatre (Cairo, Egypt). He holds a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology with a concentration in Drama Therapy from the California Institute of Integral Studies, USA and is currently a PhD Candidate at the University of New England, Australia. His articles have been published in professional journals around the world. He is a Registered Drama Therapist with the North American Drama Therapy Association, an Accredited Trainer at the Therapeutic Spiral Institute, Virginia, USA, and an Accredited Playback Theatre Trainer through the Centre for Playback Theatre, New York. Ben holds 20 years of experience as a Vipassana meditator in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin. He is currently based in Cairo where he works as an educator, group psychotherapist and theatre practitioner.

DATES
25 – 28 November 2015

TIMES
10am – 4:30pm each day

VENUE
Studio Emad Eddin, 18 Emad Eddin Street, Cairo, Egypt

COST 
500 LE plus 50 LE upon registration. 
Limited scholarships are available. To apply for a fee reduction, please email workshops@orientproductions.org with details regarding your request.

for those who wants to apply for a grant: 
please check the grant criteria 
http://bit.ly/GrantApEn


CANCELLATION POLICY
• 10 days before the beginning of the workshop – full refund excluding 50LE registration fees
• 72 hours before the beginning of the workshop – 50% refund 
• 24 hours before the beginning of the workshop – no 
refund.

ORGANIZERS
Studio Emad Eddin Foundation and Orient Productions

LANGUAGE
Workshops will be delivered in English with Arabic translation. 

ATTENDANCE POLICY
For the benefit of group process, full attendance is required. We therefore ask you to apply only if you can commit to attending the entirety of each and every session of the selected workshop. Participants must arrive at least 10 minutes prior to the start of each session. Doors close at the start time. If a participant misses more than one session, they may be asked to discontinue the workshop. 

APPLICATION PROCESS 
To request an application form, contact Studio Emad Eddin’s Workshop Coordinator, Dina Said at: workshops@orientproductions.org . Please put the course title in the subject line of your email. You can also download an application form here: http://bit.ly/DramaTherapyNov

The application deadline is 15 October 2015. Application review will begin immediately following this deadline. Places are limited to 20 participants. Applicants will be notified via e-mail after 15 October about the status of their application.