Trainings

UPCOMING TRAININGS

Pathway to the Action Method Practitioner learning Group – 60-hour experience

Type: Action Method and Sociodrama Experience 

Focus: This workshop series consists of 12 sessions of 5 hours each. It is primarily designed for those intending to enter the Practitioner Training pathway, while also remaining open to new participants who are interested in action methods and sociodrama. The workshops are held biweekly and explore different, independent themes. Each session works with a distinct focus and applies various types of action methods and sociodramatic techniques.

Topics: 

  • The Group Dynamics of Bullying

  • Sociodrama in the Social Research

  • Conflicting Group Members – What Makes a “Good” Facilitator?

  • Sociodramatic Analysis of a Contemporary Artwork

  • Politics Under Our Skin

  • International Law

  • Bullying in the Classroom

  • The Social Dimensions of Neurodivergence

  • “Nothing About Us Without Us”

 

Format: 60-hour learning group combining experiential and reflective work

Timeframe: April – October 2026 (sessions every two weeks in the afternoon)

Status: Open

Outcome: Eligibility to join the Action Method Practitioner Learning

More information: Please contact us for details 

Bullying in My Classroom!

Type: Topic-centered experiential training / Teacher professional development

Focus: An experiential, action-based training supporting educators in understanding and addressing bullying situations as group-dynamic phenomena. Participants become familiar with recurring roles, interaction patterns, and hidden dynamics within bullying processes, and identify concrete intervention points that can interrupt established situations.

Format: Short, intensive training combining experiential and reflective work

Timeframe: Scheduled upon registration; available as on-site training in schools

Status: Upcoming

Participants: Teachers, school professionals, education professionals

Outcome: Methodological know-how applicable to everyday classroom practice

More information: Please contact us for details

Conflicting Group Members – Problem Mapping as Guidance

Type: Training module / Learning group

Focus:How to facilitate in seemingly unsolvable situations where no established facilitation culture is present. Participants work with the Problem Mapping method to make visible group tensions, positions, and constraints, and to open a shared space for collective thinking and action.

Format: Modular learning group combining experiential and reflective work

Timeframe: February–May 2026 (weekly sessions)

Status: Closed

Outcome: Problem Mapping and Cultural Atom certificate (badge)

Action Method Practitioner 1. – Learning Group

Type: Learning group / Training process

Focus: An experiential learning group for participants who wish to encounter and experience action methods.
The group can serve either as a standalone learning experience or as preparation for continuing studies (Action Method Practitioner Training 2), where participants will later apply these methods to group, institutional, and social questions. The process enables participants to experience and compare different forms of sociodrama and action-based techniques within a structured learning environment.

Format: Long-term learning process combining experiential and reflective work

Timeframe: February–June 2026

Status: Closed

Action Methods for Researchers – Beyond Controlled Responses

Type: Short training module

Focus: This training explores how sociodramatic action techniques can be applied in research as tools for accessing knowledge beyond controlled or purely verbal responses.
Participants engage with action-based inquiry as a methodological resource within qualitative research.

Format: Short series (introductory experiential module)
Timeframe: January–February 2026

Status: Program Complated

Outcome: Experiential hours applicable toward the Action Method Analysis certificate (AMEC)

Trainers: Ágnes Blaskó; Zsófi Kollányi