REGISTER NOW FOR THE TSM INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM:

Step 1:  Please send an Email to: artsunlimited@gmail.com

  • Put Croatia Symposium in the Subject Line
  • Provide the following information:
    • Name and credentials as you want them to appear on your certificate of attendance,
    • email address
    • Country of Residence
    • Whatsapp Number if you have one
Please Note: If your partner/spouse is coming with you and would like to attend all the workshops, they receive a 20% discount for their registration fee. Please indicate this option in your email so it can be included in your Invoice. If they would like to attend the opening night reception or the Saturday Night Sunset Cruise, please indicate which and we will inform you of the cost as soon as the hotel provides it to us. 
 
ALSO: If you are unable to attend the entire symposium, but would like to come for a portion of the event, please send an email with your country of residence and the days and times you would like to attend and we will send you a pro-rated tuition rate.

Step 2: Review the payment information below. Once your email is received you will be sent an invoice for tuition payment and instructions for various payment options.

 

Tuition:

Conference fees are adjusted based on IAGP Country Bands (please check which country band your country falls within here)

Payment options:

Band A – Tuition:

  • US $595

Band B – Tuition:

  • US $480

Band C – Tuition:

  • US $400

Band D – Tuition:

  • US $350

Step 3: Review the travel and venue information. Booking your travel and hotel stay is your responsibility.

Venue Information:

Click here for information about our waterfront Hotel. You are responsible for booking and paying for your accommodations and meals you select at the hotel. We recommend the breakfast and lunch package. There are many restaurants nearby for dinner.

You may arrive as early as 18 June and stay as late as 26 June at the conference rate.

After completing your booking information, enter TSM in the box labeled “Access Code” and then click “Modify” to get the special Conference rate.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION FROM THE HOTEL:

Send an email to: groups@hotel-pinija.hr

Use: TSM in the Subject line and provide

Name(s)

Date of Arrival and Departure (IF ALREADY BOOKED):

TRAVEL INFORMATION:

How to get to our venue by various means:

https://hotel-pinija.hr/how-to-reach-us/

 

For information on Zadar Airport:  https://www.zadar-airport.hr/en

VISA REQUIREMENTS

 

View Republic of Croatia Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs visa requirements HERE.

 

Step 4: Look over the Symposium program to see the incredible range of workshop and social offerings in store for you.

Our Program:

June 19 –arrivals during the day – Hotel check-in from 3 PM on.

  • 5:00 – 6:30 PM – Welcome Reception:

Join Dr. Kate and the TSM Senior Trainers for an action anticipation of our time together, using Playback Theatre (Roni Alperin conducting) and other magical devices. Enjoy a sampling of Croatian hors d’oeuvres before heading out to dinner with old or new friends. Dress up or dress down – the choice is yours.

June 20 –

  • 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM – Celebrating Post-traumatic Growth with TSM Psychodrama – w/ Kate Hudgins & Steven Durost

This workshop will bring our community together to celebrate personal and professional successes from our work with TSM. Dr. Kate, supported by Dr. Steven, will direct a simultaneous protagonist drama with the entire group to touch off our connections to each other as we build our Autonomous Healing Centers.

(click here for a detailed description and presenter bio)

  • 1:00 – 2:30 PM Lunch

  • 2:30 – 5:30 PM – Cultivating Gratitude with the Compassionate Witness – w/Mario Cossa and a ZOOM visit from Linda Ciotola

The practice of gratitude has been demonstrated to have a regulating effect on our nervous systems and our lives. Through role reversal with our Compassionate Witness (a cousin of the TSIRA role of the Observing Ego), we move into this International Symposium with a grounded sense of clarity and purpose.

(click here for a detailed description and presenter bio)

  • 5:30 PM – on – free time and/or optional training or social event

 

June 21

  • 9:30 – 10:00 AM – Welcome and warm-up to the Day – w/Mario

    Join in moments of self-regulation, co-regulation, and spontaneity-building 

  • 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM – Bringing TSM to the World: Working within the Multi-cultural Universe– w/Karen Drucker and Steven Durost

In this diverse and tense multicultural universe, TSM trainers may find themselves unaware of cultural dynamics that impact a group, positively and negatively.  Karen and Steven share their experiences while teaching internationally on how to adapt and employ TSM psychodrama structures to increase intercultural safety online and in person.

(click here for a detailed description and presenter bio)

  • 1:00 – 2:30 PM Lunch

  • 2:30 – 5:30 PM – TSM and The Game Plan Coaching: A Gathering in the Restoration Garden – w/Joshua Lee

This workshop will have participants exploring various internal roles (parts of self) as part of the Game Plan coaching model in a fun, creative way, identifying and eventually overcoming their “opponents,” and a visit to the Restoration Garden.

(click here for a detailed description and presenter bio)

  • 5:30 PM – Dinner Break

 

  • 7:00 PM- 9:00 PM- OPTIONAL TRAINING EVENT: THE TSM GAME- A NEW ENTITY AND AN ADDITIONAL SAFETY STRUCTURE- W/ HYBRID CO-TRAINERS HANAN EL-MAZAHY (VIA ZOOM) AND INA HOGENBOOM

The TSM game is being developed to be played both fact to face and electronically as a video game. It targets mainly children and adolescents but can be played by adults who are aware of the child within themselves.

(click here for a detailed description and presenter bio)

June 22

  • 9:30 – 10:00 AM – Welcome and warm-up to the Day – w/Karen and Steven 

    Join in moments of self-regulation, co-regulation, and spontaneity building. 

  • 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM – Projective Identification: A Tool for Group Healing – w/ Ina Hogenboom

In this workshop, we first will attune all group members to the central theme through sociometry. Then the entire group participates in carrying the projective identifications and returning them to the protagonist.

(click here for a detailed description and presenter bio)

  • 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM Special Lunchtime workshop: Good Enough Personal Life as a Therapist- w/ Irina Gruia

A good enough life is built step by step, taking care of each of our roles, both as we plan them in our minds and especially as we put them into practice in everyday reality. We explore solutions and challenges, from the end to the present!

Box lunches will be available at the hotel to grab and go.

(click here for a detailed description and presenter bio)

  • 2:45 PM – On- Free Time

  • 7:00-9:00 PM Join us for a Sunset Cruise on the Adriatic, courtesy of Dr. Kate. 

June 23:

  • 9:30 – 10:00 AM – Welcome and warm-up to the Day – w/Joshua –

    Join in moments of self-regulation, co-regulation, and spontaneity building.

  • 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM – Harmony in Duality: A Diamond of Opposites Exploration- w/ Mala Bali:

Embark on a transformative journey within the realm of your own strengths and shadows as we explore the dynamic interplay between the strengths that define you and the shadows that shape you. The Diamond of Opposites will be our guide, illuminating the intricate relationship between these dualities.

(click here for a detailed description and presenter bio)

  • 1:00 – 2:30 PM Lunch

  • 2:30 – 5:30 PM – TSM visits the Agora: Swirling around Oneiroi Spaces- w/ Sari Mattila:

In this workshop, we approach dreams from a collective standpoint using the TSM approach and principles blended with other dreamwork practices. The aim is to work with a dream theme and develop a ritual that anchors learnings into life spaces as sacred acts.

(click here for a detailed description and presenter bio)

  • 5:30 PM– 7:00 PM – Dinner

  • 7:00 PM– 9:00 PM– Optional Training Event: Who are we? Identity and Belonging as TSM Practitioners- w/ Jacqui Gough 

    Ko te Waimarama te awa              The Warm Water is my river

    Ko te Maungatapu te maunga       The Sacred Mountain is my mountain

    Ko te Tai o Aorere te moana          Tasman Bay is my sea

    Ko Jacqui G ko toku ingoa             Jacqui G is my name

    Kia ora tatou, Hello everyone.

    I introduced myself to my TSM training group using this Maori form I learnt as a migrant to Aotearoa/NZ.  Land and place are key to identity and belonging for Maori. There are many experiences that inform who we are including our connection to land, migration, being a family member, the traditions we hold dear, loves lost and found. All of these weave to form/inform who we are in our work. This session provides the opportunity to explore and share the richness and diversity we each bring to our TSM work and to know more fully who

(click here for a detailed description and presenter bio)

June 24:

  • 9:30 – 10:00 AM – Welcome and warm-up to the Day – w/Ina –

    Join in moments of self-regulation, co-regulation, and spontaneity building.

  • 10:00 – 11:00 AM – EMBRACING EMBODIMENT w/ Karen Drucker

    We will use movement and rhythm, music, and stillness to connect with ourselves and others.  Deepen your contact with your creative expression and be inspired by others. This movement experience will serve as a warm-up to the workshop that follows.

(click here for a detailed description and presenter bio)

  • 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM- MY STORY WITH TSM- W/ JASMINE SURI

This workshop is a very personal healing journey in one of the most difficult phases of my life and how TSM helped me heal, feel, and express. Using Lego blocks, participants will have the opportunity to reflect on their own stories.

(click here for a detailed description and presenter bio)

  • 1:00 – 2:30 PM Lunch

  • 2:30 – 5:30 PM – When Playback Theatre meets TSM- w/Roni Alperin:

In this workshop, we will look at both how playback theatre can enhance our spontaneity and enrich our understanding and application of TSM, as well as reflect on our individual and collective conference experiences.

(click here for a detailed description and presenter bio)

  • 5:30 – 7:00 PM – Closing Ceremony with Kate and the Senior Trainers