Introduction
the Academy for Inter-Action: where theory and practice come together to learn to guide people and groups in their development. The Academy uses several methods. The most important of these is sociometry.
Sociometry makes group dynamics transparent and tangible, allowing growth and changes to take place. The Academy provides structure for the safe construction of the group, so that the group can support the process of fair exchange.
The aim is to establish an authentic connection in the encounter with others and to promote creativity. Central to this is the investigation of often unconscious choices. Awareness of choices enables people to make different, creative choices. Ultimately, the aim is to develop new roles. Fun in this co-creative voyage of discovery is also very important!
Online
Online sociometrics is different from live in a room, but it also offers many unexpected benefits and is just as safe.
Secure
Safety and trust in the group are absolute preconditions for trying new ways.
Action method
Much attention is paid to theory, and to putting the various action methods into practice.
Jacomien Ilbrink - de Visser
The Academy for Interaction is an initiative by Jacomien Ilbrink – de Visser. Jacomien followed her psychodrama training in the USA with her main instructor: Louise Lipman.
The aim of the academy is to use sociometry to create a psychologically safe environment so that hidden processes can be presented transparently and self-development and personal growth can take place.
As of 2017, Jacomien is the chair of the international Psychodrama Association for Europe.
Recommendations
Workshops
Free introduction online sociometry
Discover Your Learning Style: Real-Time Feedback for Growth
(December 17, 2024 (English), or January 22, 2025, (Dutch) from 19:30–21:30)
Would you like to gain insight into how you learn, communicate, and are perceived by others? In this free online workshop, you’ll explore the powerful sociometry method, discover your unique learning style, and receive valuable feedback from others.
Using sociometric techniques and real-time feedback, you’ll uncover new possibilities and develop practical skills to foster your personal and professional growth. This workshop will be recorded and displayed for educational purposes.
Why join this workshop?
- Understand yourself: Discover how you learn and interact.
- Experience sociometry in action: Learn how this method can reveal patterns in group dynamics and personal behavior.
- Practical growth tools: Gain insights you can apply in everyday life.
Interested in mastering sociometry? A new online training program will start soon. Take this opportunity to explore the method and experience the power of real-time feedback firsthand! The Dutch live series will start in February 2025.
Sign up now and take the first step toward greater self-awareness and impact. Max. 12 participants!
Psychodrama Conference in Bucharest, Romenia
As chair of the Psychodrama Associoation for Europe e.V. I’m proud to announce that we are organising an interesting international conference in Bucharest around the theme of facilitating and working with large groups. The conference is called “Psychodrama: the Interplay of the Community and the Self” from 19th of September – 21th of September 2025. More information and registration: https://psychodrama-for-europe.eu/17-international-conference-bucharest/
Some Prior Workshops
Playing the System with Sociodrama and Action Methods
Cultivating systemic awareness using playful interventions
Sociodrama is a group approach to mapping out systems and exploring the dynamics of the roles we play within them. When we map out a system, we can more clearly see roles and responsibilities that currently exist in a group or team. Identifying where these work with ease and where they are conflicted can prepare a group for planning more effective action in the future.
How can we learn to playfully intervene?
Participants will experience sociodrama from the warm-up and contracting phases through to sharing and beyond: in sociodrama we have an opportunity to consider what the impact is for the group, organisation or society as a whole. What have we learned about ourselves, each other and the world we live in by taking familiar and less familiar roles and playing with them?
Come join us for this introduction to sociodrama. You’ll not only have fun but also gain profound insights into yourself, others, and the structures that deeply impact our lives.
- When: Saturday 30.11 and Sunday 1.12.2024
- Where: Beukenhof, Capucijnenstraat 46, Biezenmortel
- Costs: Training €250*
Excl. overnight stays and meals at €139.50 per person for a shared bedroom single room has a €30 surcharge
* Should you experience financial challenges and would like to attend the training, please let me know. - Registration: Link to registration form
- Contact: jacomien@academyforinter-action.com
- Language: Nengles! A mixture of English and Dutch
- Facilitators: Jacomien Ilbrink-de Visser, a Dutch psychodramatist (CP) and sociometrist who trains internationally. She regularly also presents at international conferences and is the chair of the Psychodrama Association for Europe e.V.
- Valerie Monti Holland is a sociodramatist and social entrepreneur who facilitates and coaches nearly everywhere from boardrooms to the European Commission, in prisons and countless conference suites resulting in films, papers, presentations and workshops.
Conference Baltic Moreno Days, from 23-25.08.2024 in Vilnius
“Changing colours of our lives”
Explore changing colours in our lives!
In our lives constant chances take place: in fact, the only thing that remains stable is that there is change! Let us explore what colours change in the seasons of our lives by playing together.
We will change the order of how sociometry and psychodrama usually is done and colour outside the frame! We will use sociometric processing after the action phase, so let’s play and process who you choose for something after the play!