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A training center for psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists, mental health professionals, educators, and students to learn about Psychodrama, Sociometry, and group psychotherapy.

05/15/2026

What an incredible experience at the ASGPP conference teaching Charting New Waters: Exploring Future Projections in Psychodrama!

We were deeply grateful for the energy, curiosity, playfulness, and courage in the room. There is something profoundly powerful about gathering together to explore possibility, spontaneity, and the many futures waiting to be imagined.

Thank you to everyone who showed up so fully—your willingness to engage, reflect, and step into the unknown made this experience unforgettable.

Feeling inspired, energized, and so appreciative of this vibrant psychodrama community. Here’s to charting new waters together.

05/14/2026

Chicago Center for Psychodrama was proudly represented at this year's ASGPP awards ceremony! ✨

Brittany Lakin-Starr, Phd, TEP was honored as a Fellow of the ASGPP for her years of dedication, leadership, teaching, and passion for psychodrama.

From leading her Monday night psychodrama group for 14 years to a decade of training others in the power and practice of this method, Dr. Lakin-Starr's work has touched countless lives and helped grow the psychodrama community in a meaningful way.

Chicago Center for Psychodrama was grateful to be part of this year's wonderful line up and sends congratulations to all the 2026 award winners.

05/12/2026

Still Soaking this in! We are deeply honored to be recognized with the American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama-ASGPP Collaborator's Award at this year's conference.

First, we want to acknowledge Lorelei Goldman, of blessed memory, who originally brought us together.

Brittany founded the Chicago Center for Psychodrama in 2016 after becoming certified. But when she joined forces with Kate and Mallory, something powerful happened: spontaneity ignited. Kate’s curated space became our psychodrama training home, and together, our reach became far greater than any one of us could have imagined alone.

Through babies, illnesses, and life’s many changes, we have held each other up, pushed one another forward, and grown this work together. We expanded our training program, created the Accelerator, held open demos, presented twice at APA, and helped many people move toward healing.

We are grateful for our clients’ trust, our trainees’ passion, and our trainers’ wisdom. Thank you to those who taught us so generously: Judy Swallow, John Rasberry, Rebecca Walters, and Louise Lipman; and to Lorelei Goldman and Elaine Sachnoff, both of blessed memory. Your teachings live on in the work we do.

Thank you to our partners who love us and to our children for inspiring our playfulness.

03/25/2026

⏳ Just 2 days left to register for our Psychodrama Open Demo!

📅 Friday, March 27, 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Curious about psychodrama? This is a unique opportunity to step into the experience—exploring how action methods can foster insight, connection, and meaningful change. Come observe, participate, and see what unfolds.
We’d love to see you! 💫

03/22/2026

Our next Psychodrama Open Demo is FRIDAY, MARCH 27. The open demo is an opportunity to witness and experience how psychodrama can heal and connect others. Hope to see you there! 💫

02/18/2026

It’s not too late! ✨Registration is still open for Embodying the One Who Loves You, and we’d love to have you with us.

This psychodrama training offers a space to deepen self-compassion, strengthen your clinical presence, and reconnect with the loving roles you carry inside you.

👉 Sign up now via our website!

02/12/2026

In the spirit of February—a month often associated with love, tenderness, and connection—this training invites professionals to turn inward and explore the compassionate presence within. Drawing on psychodrama, sociometry, and contemporary compassion research, participants will engage in embodied action to access “the one who loves you”—the internal figure that offers warmth, acceptance, and unconditional regard. Through guided warm-ups, role development, and action methods, we will explore themes of self-compassion, emotional nourishment, and healing connection. Inspired by the work of Dr. Kristin Neff, Jack Kornfield, Dr. Brené Brown and psychodramatic role theory, this training provides a supportive and creative space for practitioners to deepen their capacity for self-kindness and to bring compassion-informed action into their clinical work.

Whether you are renewing your own self-compassion practice or looking to strengthen the compassionate roles you help clients embody, this day offers gentle, powerful psychodramatic learning to “come home to yourself.”

01/02/2026

❄️ From Frost to Flourish: A One-Day Psychodrama Training 🌱 7 CES for IL Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, and Dietitians!! And Psychodrama and Drama Therapy Hours toward Certification.

Step into the new year with intention, clarity, and embodied action. This experiential psychodrama training invites you to explore personal and professional transformation by engaging mind, body, and heart.

In the quiet of winter, we create space to reflect, release roles that no longer serve us, and rehearse the identities we’re ready to step into. Through role-playing, empty-chair work, and action-based exercises, participants deepen self-awareness and leave with practical tools for ongoing growth—for themselves and the people they work with.

✨ What you’ll explore:
• Roles that support meaningful change
• Psychodramatic techniques to help guide change
• Embodied practices you can integrate into clinical and personal work

🌿 Ready to move from reflection into action? Join us.

01/01/2026

🌟 A Heartfelt Success: Gratitude Psychodrama Open Demo 🌟 December was all about reflection and gratitude as we hosted our Psychodrama Open Demo! The event was a success, bringing together community eager to explore the transformative power of gratitude through psychodrama. As we enter 2026 may your New Year be filled with love, laughter, gratitude, and many meaningful moments. 🙏✨ Year

12/03/2025

Gratitude feels different when we can feel it in our bodies and not just think about it. 💛
Join us for a special psychodrama open demonstration where we’ll explore gratitude in action. Come experience a new way to connect with the memories, people, and moments you’re thankful for.

📅 Friday 12/12
⏰ 6:00–8:30 PM
⭐️ $40 special — for you AND a friend
👉 Register at www.chicagopsychodrama.com

Come watch, participate if you’d like, and walk away feeling a little lighter and a lot more connected. ✨

10/15/2025

🌾 Creativity and connection flourished at our Fall Psychodrama Intensive.
In just two days, strangers became a community — exploring stories, emotions, and new possibilities through action. Participants engaged in two full psychodramas and practiced core techniques like doubling, deepening their understanding through experience.
Join us at a future training to experience the power of psychodrama for yourself — dates coming soon! ✨ DM for details or to join our interest list.

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