Healing The Wounds of History

 Institute of Transpersonal Psychology
 presents

Healing the Wounds of History


Drama Therapy in Intercultural Conflict Resolution and Collective Trauma

A One-Day Workshop

Facilitated by
Armand Volkas, MFT, RDT/BCT

Sunday, January 24th
9:00 am - 5:00 pm 

Fee $20

Samadhi Classroom, ITP Campus
Institute of Transpersonal Psychology Campus
Palo Alto

Workshop Description   In this workshop, Armand Volkas will demonstrate his approach to intercultural conflict and collective trauma using techniques drawn from drama therapy, psychodrama, sociodrama and Playback Theatre.  Through experiential exercises integrated with didactic explanations of his method, Armand will guide participants through an embodied exploration of the following questions:  How do cultures emotionally integrate a legacy of perpetration or victimization?  How do we prevent the rage, guilt and shame of one generation from haunting a people for generations to come? Healing the Wounds of History   Healing the Wounds of History is a process in which experiential techniques are used to work with a group of participants who share a common legacy of historical trauma. The process was developed by Armand Volkas, MFT, a psychotherapist and drama therapist from Berkeley, California. Volkas is the son of Auschwitz survivors and resistance fighters from World War II. He was moved by his personal struggle with this legacy of historical trauma to address the issues that arose from it: identity, victimization and perpetration, meaning and grief. Healing the Wounds of History helps participants work through the burden of such legacies by transforming their pain into constructive action. Workshop Fee                     ITP Student............................Free                                        CCHW Interns..........................Free                                        ITP Alumni.............................$10                                          General.................................$20                                  Registration   To register online go to: http://www.itp.edu/bursar/product-info.php?pid97.html For more details concerning the refund policy, contact Kimberly Jeska, kjeska@itp.edu   Kimberly Jeska Creative Expression Coordinator Institute of Transpersonal Psychology 1069 East Meadow Circle Palo Alto, CA 94303 USA Ph: (650) 493-4430 Fax: (650) 493-6835 kjeska@itp.edu www.itp.edu   For more information about The Healing the Wounds of History Project go to: www.livingartscenter.org Or call Armand Volkas at (510) 595-5500, Ext 11 Facilitator Bio Armand Volkas, MFT, RDT/BCT, is a psychotherapist and Registered Drama Therapist in private practice and Clinical Director of the Living Arts Counseling Center in Oakland, California. In addition, Armand is Associate Professor in the Counseling Psychology Program at California Institute of Integral Studies and Adjunct Professor at John F. Kennedy University. He has developed innovative programs using drama therapy and expressive arts therapies for social change, intercultural conflict resolution, reconciliation and intercultural communication. Armand directs Healing the Wounds of History, a therapeutic approach in which theatre techniques are used to work with groups of participants from two cultures with a common legacy of violent conflict and historical trauma. Healing the Wounds of History has received international recognition for its work in bringing groups in conflict together: Germans and Jews; Palestinians and Israelis; Japanese, Chinese and Koreans; Armenians and Turks; African-Americans and European-Americans, to name a few.