Center for Creative Action Strategies
Helping You Lead Change That Lasts
Through Action. Not More Talk.
You want to guide real transformation. At the Center for Creative Action Strategies, we believe experiential methods are the key to breaking through resistance and helping people heal.
You’re here because talk therapy isn’t enough. Clients can get stuck. Groups lose momentum. Traditional methods sometimes fall short. This can leave you frustrated, unsure, and exhausted.
At the Center for Creative Action Strategies, we train therapists, recovery professionals, and group leaders in psychodrama, sociodrama, and sociometry. Powerful, embodied methods that create change at the emotional and relational level. With these strategies, your clients can stop talking about change. They can start feeling it, rehearsing it, and living it.
Meet Our Training Team
Regina Sewell
Regina Sewell, LMHC, PCC, TEP*/Phd (Sociology) is a licensed mental health counselor, certified psychodramatist, and educator dedicated to helping professionals unlock breakthrough moments in their clients and groups. She is the Co-Director of the Center for Creative Action Strategies, where she trains therapists, recovery coaches, and facilitators to work more creatively, confidently, and effectively.
Regina is certified by the American Board of Examiners as a Trainer, Educator, and Practitioner of Psychodrama, and holds a Ph.D. in Sociology. Her approach blends the science of positive psychology, the art of experiential therapy, and the depth of her own clinical practice—creating a training experience that is both grounded and transformative.
With specialties in co-dependency, addiction recovery, LGBTQ issues, and stress management, Regina brings decades of real-world counseling experience to her workshops and supervision programs. She co-leads a weekly psychodrama group, and has facilitated immersive trainings for leading organizations such as Hudson Valley Psychodrama Institute, Tele’Drama International, ASGPP, and multiple international sociodrama conferences.
As a Playback Theatre practitioner and Certified Grief Educator, she’s committed to bringing people into connection — with themselves, their stories, and the communities around them.
When she’s not training or facilitating, Regina teaches sociology at SUNY New Paltz, continuing her lifelong mission to make complex human dynamics both understandable and actionable.
You’re invited to join Regina and experience firsthand how action methods like psychodrama can bring clarity, connection, and real change. For you and the people you serve.
*Trainer, Educator, and Practitioner of Psychodrama
Jennifer Salimbene
Jennifer Salimbene, LCSW-R, CASAC, TEP, is a licensed clinical social worker, certified grief educator, and Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor with over 25 years of experience guiding individuals and families through lasting transformation.
Jennifer holds a Master of Science/Master of Social Work from Columbia University and is a graduate of the School of Playback Theatre. She has spent her career helping people move beyond trauma, co-dependency, and substance use, with a unique ability to connect deeply across all ages, from tweens and adolescents to adults and families.
Her discovery of psychodrama over 30 years ago sparked a lifelong commitment to action-based therapy. From her early days at Four Winds Psychiatric Hospital to directing outpatient and inpatient addiction programs, Jennifer has integrated psychodrama, EMDR, Playback Theatre, and traditional psychotherapy to create powerful, results-driven experiences for clients and clinicians alike.
She has led psychodrama programs at Saint Christopher’s Inn/Graymoor, Arms Acres, and in multiple clinical, supervisory, and administrative setting, including designing support groups for therapists and staff navigating the challenges of addiction work.
Jennifer is the Director of the Addictions Track at the Hudson Valley Psychodrama Institute and a sought-after trainer, having facilitated workshops for Tele’Drama International, ASGPP, the International Association of Group Psychotherapy, and more.
Step into the room with Jennifer and experience what real impact feels like, whether you’re ready to expand your skills, lead with more confidence, or create change that lasts.
Serving the Hudson Valley and Beyond
While our roots are in the Hudson Valley, our work reaches far beyond it. We deliver workshops and training to professionals across the U.S. and around the world, both in person and online.
Whether you’re seeking advanced clinical training, dynamic supervision, or creative tools to support your professional growth, we make it accessible no matter where you’re located.