Valerie Monti Holland
Choosing for life and togetherness!
Big Group Experience Sunday, 10.30 to 13.00
Valerie Monti Holland, earned her diploma in Sociodrama and Action Methods from the MPV/SAM School led by Ron Wiener. Diane Adderley and Francis Batten. This followed a Masters of Arts in Applied Theatre (Theatre in Prisons path) from the University of Manchester. She has published in various journals and has book chapters in ’Sociodrama in a Changing World’, ‘Action Explorations’ and ’The Art and Science of Social Change’, with two articles in development. She has a consultancy as a coach and facilitator and also is the director of a social enterprise focusing on creating nurturing spaces for young people to explore their mental health delivered through action methods. Valerie is currently on the Executive Committee of the British Psychodrama Association serving as Equality and Diversity lead as well as one of 2 External Relations representatives.
It was Moreno’s dream that we work towards reversing the sociodynamic effect that tears the world apart and creates huge economic and social gaps. We are deeply immersed in a destructive war and find ourselves in a stormy political, social and economic crisis, after a major health crisis.
At the end of the PAfE Conference 2023, how can we harvest our learning together, celebrate our reconnection to each other and bring back seeds of hope into our lives and communities?
In this final large group, we will work with what we discovered in the various workshops. Through the power of spontaneity and the sociodramatic encounter we aim to find collective strength for the present and the future in order for us to leave empowered to face the world and plant seeds of hope!