Schedule for "Rupture and Repair: Encounter Edition"


Time: 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Pacific Time
Frequency: 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month
Duration: June – October 2025


Dates:

• June 3, 17
• July 1, 15
• August 5, 19
• September 2, 16
• October 7, 21, 2025

 
Rupture and Repair: Encounter Edition

Ruptures happen even among people who share values and have, at some point, found harmonious connection. This group will focus on the necessary conditions and dispositions for psychodramatic Encounter.

Experiments with Encounter may take various forms, including:

• Bringing a real and active rupture into the space to access a supportive setting for psychodramatically informed mediation.
• Working through both sides of a conflict using Role Reversal.
• Addressing patterns of inter- and intra-group tension.

Our work will draw on the anti-oppression framework presented in the book Beyond Inclusion, Beyond Empowerment by Leticia Nieto et al.
Learn more about the book here: https://beyondinclusionbeyondempowerment.com/about-the-book/.

Note: Participants seeking mediation during workshop sessions will need to schedule (and pay for) private time with one or both facilitators.


Facilitators

Miriam Zachariah, MA, TEP

• Background: Retired Educator, Granddaughter of Dr. J.L. Moreno, Daughter of Regina Moreno.
• Experience:
  
  • Public school educator for 30 years; retired elementary school principal.
  • Certified trainer in psychodrama, sociometry, and group psychotherapy.
  • Recognized trainer in restorative practices and Peacemaking Circles.
• Focus Areas:
  
  • Community development in workplaces.
  • Conflict intervention.
  • Dialogue support across differences.
• Accomplishments:
  
  • Trained hundreds of educators to use restorative practices for creating safe and supportive learning communities in classrooms and schools.

Dr. Leticia Nieto, PsyD, LMFT, TEP

• Background: Born in Puebla, Mexico; immigrated to the US in 1978.
• Experience:
  
  • Social justice advocate working with people experiencing incarceration, addiction, and displacement.
  • Specialist in anti-racism, economic, immigrant, and disability justice.
  • Degrees in theatre, human development, and clinical psychology.
• Professional Focus:
  
  • Developed an intersectional model to train counselors and leaders in anti-oppression theory and reflective practice.
  • Areas of expertise include gender justice, indigenous self-determination, children and elder rights, and queer justice.
  • Primarily uses action methods (psychodrama and expressive arts) to support anti-oppression trainers and leaders.
• Teaching: Worked for 33 years as a professor training Masters and Doctoral students.
• Current Work: Maintains a counseling practice and collaborates with anti-oppression trainers and leaders.