Rehearsals Information

Rehearsals! For Growth (RfG) is a novel method of psychotherapy and education which uses techniques from theater improvisation to achieve individual and interpersonal growth. RfG facilitates change by playfully exploring alternative roles. RfG techniques are rapid and effective ways of facilitating: The RfG website exists to further the use of this specific action approach by making available information, products, and services both to mental health professionals and laypersons. This website is also intended to serve as a forum for the exchange of ideas that promote the greater and more skillful use of action methods in psychotherapy. Although RfG techniques have been used successfully as part of a variety of psychotherapies, RfG is not itself a complete therapy; it is one of a number of action approaches used in psychotherapy. Action methods provide all participants with immediate, vivid learning experiences and also reach those who do not respond well to talk-only therapy. Instead of viewing therapy as a way of discovering who you are, Rehearsals for Growth (RfG) is a therapeutic form that uses theater improvisation to explore and expand the limits of who else you can be while maintaining an awareness of play and pretense in the moment. RfG stretches and playfully challenges patterns of intra- and interpersonal stuckness. RfG applies improvisational theater games and exercises to: To date, RfG developed and tested over 200 games and exercises which have been successfully applied in the areas of: overcoming shyness; improving personal skills in diverse populations; organizational teambuilding enhancing: use of imagination, creativity, taking social risks and FUN! for all sorts of people RfG training enhances the growth of the Self-of-the Therapist by: