This experiential workshop will explore the effect of images of evil on those who are not directly involved in the events. These images may be the story of a client’s suffering, the sound of a friend’s sob, a photo in a newspaper, or a film clip on television or the Internet. When the image of evil continues to haunt us in our waking and dreaming lives, it becomes part of our own story calling us to respond. Through drama and other expressive arts, we will explore our responsibility to engage with the images of evil done to others.

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Program Leaders:
Lisa Herman, Ph.D., MFT is a faculty member at the Institute of Imaginal Studies, a writer, actor, and psychotherapist. Lisa has taught courses in the expressive arts internationally for over thirty years. Her research into the images of evil has been presented at conferences and published in professional journals.

Armand Volkas, MFA, MFT is a director, actor, psychotherapist, and teacher of drama therapy. As founder and director of Healing the Wounds of History, Acts of Reconciliation, and Center for the Living Arts, Armand has developed innovative programs using drama therapy and other expressive arts for social change, conflict resolution, reconciliation, and intercultural communication.