What’s On
Workshops, conference sessions and experiential learning with Dimitrios Papalexis and Soulgen.
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Explore strengths, build connections and try new possibilities through games, creative facilitation and psychodrama.
- 14 Oct · Camp Venture · Geelong
- 15 Oct · Facilitating Under Pressure · Geelong
- 17 Oct · Creative Genius · Fitzroy, Melbourne · Free
- 28 Oct · Stories Worth Exploring · Darlinghurst, Sydney
- 6 Nov · Lens on Strengths · Darlinghurst, Sydney
- 16 Nov · Facilitating for Participation · Darlinghurst, Sydney
- 28 Nov · The World We Create · Crows Nest, Sydney
October 2026
14 October 2026 · 6:15–9:00 pm
Facilitation Games Night: Camp Venture
Geelong, Victoria · Facilitation in Action Conference
What happens when community development becomes an adventure? Through quests, storytelling, asset mapping and interactive play, discover strengths, build connections and explore what you can create together.
15 October 2026 · 10:45 am–12:15 pm
Facilitating Under Pressure
Geelong, Victoria · Facilitation in Action Conference
Using Psychodrama to Access Presence, Spontaneity and Transformational Capacity
When groups become emotional, angry, polarised, grieving or stuck, our presence and capacity to respond creatively become essential. Explore warm-up, roles and spontaneity through enactment and sharing, and discover how sociodrama can reveal social dynamics and open new possibilities.
Saturday 17 October 2026 · 2:30–5:00 pm
Connecting with Your Creative Genius
Meeting Room 1, Fitzroy Library, 128 Moor St, Fitzroy, Melbourne
An experiential psychodrama session exploring creativity, spontaneity and possibilities for self-expression, facilitated by Dimitrios Papalexis, AANZPA NSW psychodramatist and convenor of the Sydney 2027 AANZPA Conference.
Free of charge, offered as a gift from AANZPA to the region for the host region’s final event of the year.
Getting there: Enter via Moor St, downstairs below the old Fitzroy Town Hall. Free parking is very limited.
Optional dinner: Join the group afterwards nearby on Brunswick or Smith St, at each person’s own expense.
28 October 2026 · 2:00–3:30 pm
Stories Worth Exploring
Impact Story Lab / Wonderplay Studio, Darlinghurst, Sydney · $25
Bring everyday stories to life through an experiential storytelling workshop for changemakers. Using psychodrama, movement, roles and enactment, explore the moments, people and experiences that shape us and discover new ways of seeing and sharing the stories that matter.
November 2026
6 November 2026 · 10:00 am–4:00 pm
Lens on Strengths: Youth, Belonging and ABCD
Impact Story Lab, Darlinghurst, Sydney NSW
A one-day, hands-on workshop exploring how Asset-Based Community Development can help us recognise young people’s strengths, mobilise community assets and build belonging and community-led action.
Discover and connect the gifts, ideas, culture, relationships, places and stories already present. Bring practical approaches to youth participation and place-based work into your own practice.
Facilitating for Participation
Monday 16 November 2026 | 1:00–3:00 pm AEDT | Impact Story Lab, Darlinghurst, Sydney
An inclusive and participatory facilitation masterclass
Join Soulgen’s Dimitrios Papalexis and inclusion specialist Shaheen from Ta’leem Consulting for an engaging, experiential masterclass during Inclusion at Work Week.
Bringing together expertise in inclusion, creative facilitation and meaningful participation, we’ll explore how to create spaces where more people feel welcome, heard and able to contribute. Through practical activities and shared learning, discover ways to widen participation, build psychological safety, navigate group dynamics and power differences, and make meetings, workshops and community gatherings more inclusive, engaging and enjoyable.
For facilitators, trainers, community organisers, leaders and anyone who brings people together.
28 November 2026 · 2:00–5:00 pm
The World We Create: Conflict, Power and Response-Ability
Crows Nest Centre, Sydney NSW
Explore how we relate, respond to conflict and navigate power in everyday life. Through activities drawing on Alternatives to Violence Project approaches and psychodrama, discover the care, courage, empathy and creativity that support healthier relationships and new choices.
Hosted by the Psychodrama NSW/ACT AANZPA Regional Committee. People of all genders, cultural backgrounds and abilities are welcome.
Bring a workshop to your organisation or community
We work with organisations, councils, schools and communities to shape engaging learning experiences in strengths-based community development, youth participation, creative facilitation, belonging and relational wellbeing.