Empowerment in the Face of Oppression: Psychodrama Techniques and Developmental Liberation Skills for Social Justice October 8, 2024 12-2pm EST

Join licensed mental health counselor and certified psychodramatist and practitioner Daisy Martinez-DiCarlo, LMHC, LPC, CP, PAT to learn ways you can incorporate practical tools from psychodrama for clients impacted by oppression and social injustice. As a first-generation Puerto Rican American woman in the LGBTQIA+ community, she promotes social justice through psychodrama and sociodrama methods. Her blended approach incorporates Internal Family Systems principles to further help clients develop liberation skills. Don’t miss this 2-hour webinar to increase your sense of empowerment in your professional – and personal – life. Daisy incorporates Dr. Leticia Nieto’s Developmental Liberation skills to foster your leadership skills when confronting oppression and to promote social justice in your community.  Register here!

*Everyone who registers will receive a recording of the webinar approximately two weeks after the event.

Learning Objectives:

1.  Integrate at least two trauma-informed principles in your work to promote a safer group experience for your clients.
2.  Apply at least two psychodrama group therapy techniques to promote social justice for your clients.
3.  Create at least two empowering leadership roles to promote social justice in your community. 
 

Meet Your Presenter:

Daisy Martinez-DiCarlo (she/her), LMHC, LPC, CP, PAT, is a certified psychodramatist and practitioner applicant for psychodrama training. As a licensed mental health counselor in Florida and Connecticut with over 20 years of experience, she works with diverse clients, including those in her private practice, both online and in person. Daisy also serves as a therapist in a sober house for women with a history of incarceration. She integrates trauma-informed principles, psychodrama, IFS principles, and the developmental liberation model in her practice.

In her third year as a psychodrama trainee, she provides training on psychodrama basics to various audiences, including university graduate students, professionals in war-torn Ukraine, educators, mental health professionals, and lawyers. Daisy is actively involved in Sociatry and Social Justice Committee for the ASGPP, co-facilitates affinity action groups, and co-presented at the 81st Annual ASGPP Conference.

As the founder of Theater for Social Justice, Inc., a not-for-profit organization in Sarasota, Florida, Daisy promotes social justice through psychodrama and sociodrama methods. She co-sponsored the first Annual Diverse Fest in Sarasota and conducts community sociodrama workshops to support human rights. Daisy also integrates Afro Caribbean dance with psychodrama, drawing inspiration from her training with Bombazo Dance Company’s Director, Milteri Tucker. She passionately uses Afro Caribbean bomba as a warm-up exercise to connect individuals to liberatory movement and build sociometric connections to Afro Caribbean folklore.  She also presented at the 82nd Annual ASGPP conference and is the recipient of the 2024 ASGPP Sociatry and Social Justice Award.

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