Goddesses and Nature

Psychodrama and Story Workshop on “Goddesses and Nature” in April via Zoom

Indian Institute of Psychodrama presents a 2-session Psychodrama and Story Workshop on”Goddesses and Nature”

Goddesses to be worked with include
1) Demeter (Greece) – Drought.
2) Mother Hulda (Germany) – Snow.
3) Bordoisila (Assam, India) – Monsoon.

In our Psychodrama and Story Workshops, archetypal (universally-familiar) situations, relationships, characters, and emotions in stories are identified and explored.

Through Psychodrama we seek to enact and experience the issues, conflicts, and choices of the characters of the stories, and we seek to discover related elements in our own lives.

Workshop Dates: Sat 18 and Sat 25 April 2026
Workshop Starting-Times:
India, 7pm.
Central Europe, 3:30pm.
Canada/USA Eastern, 9:30am.

Additional Info,
https://tinyurl.com/April2026a

Email: storytelling7@gmail.com

Course Facilitators: 

Dr. Magdalene Jeyarathnam is the first Psychodramatist to be trained in India. She uses Psychodrama to work with individuals, couples and groups. Magdalene is the Founder and Director of the Indian Institute of Psychodrama, which is the first Psychodrama training institute in India. She uses Psychodrama to promote mental health with several marginalised communities, such as sex workers, children infected and affected by HIV, people living with HIV, and LGBTQI+ people. She is completing 30 years as a Group Psychotherapist. The American Society of Group Psychotherapy & Psychodrama (ASGPP) recently bestowed the Neil Passariello award on Magdalene for her work with Psychodrama. Magdalene is currently completing her doctoral study regarding ways of improving mental health through the use of Psychodrama and other Creative Arts. Magdalene’s TED Talk on Psychodrama is at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfDUUugbTeY

Dr. Eric Miller is the Director of the World Storytelling Institute, and is the Assistant Director of the East West Center for Counselling and Training. He was trained in Folklore in Philadelphia (PhD in Folklore from the University of Pennsylvania). And he was trained in Psychology in Chennai (MSc in Psychology from the University of Madras, and One-year Course in Psychological Counselling from the Chennai Counsellors Foundation).

To discuss any aspect of this workshop please contact us at: 9840394282 / 9884700135