spontaneity fears

[Ann Hale]

You are talking a book here and some have been written. Ann Hale
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Adam Blatner 
  To: BARNETT WEISS ; list at grouptalkweb.org 
  Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 9:38 AM
  Subject: Re: spontaneity fears


  Dear Bud, I know I'm tiresome, but I've been encouraging you to write up in very specific detail just how one does this. There is not enough written about specific techniques, how you use sociometry to warm up groups, with examples, and also pitfalls. Please make it vivid enough so that we can picture the process. Abstractions and generalizations sound good--who could argue with them?-- but aren't really helpful for students or even other experienced practitioners who would like to get some new ideas.
        
     What is sociometric warm-up work and how does it differ from warm-up in general? Which techniques are not sociometric?
            Some techniques may be near-sociometric, or what terms would you use? They help the group give itself feedback, but don't significantly speak to the clarification of telic preferences in the group. E.g., spectrogram.

      
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: BARNETT WEISS 
    To: Adam Blatner ; list at grouptalkweb.org 
    Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 7:55 AM
    Subject: Re: spontaneity fears



    I really think that the context in which improvisation or spontaneity is encouraged is essential.  This is why Psychodrama's without sufficient sociometric warm up work with the group is so much less effective. If I cannot create a safe environment in which the ultimate protagonist can feel the sense of group support as a consequence of what you might call synergistic group telic increase ( there's a mouthful ) which takes place during good group warmups, then the action/spontaneity training will be far less effective and in some cases will confirm for those "shy" persons that groups are in fact not a safe place. 

    For me, all actions sessions are about spontaneity training of one kind or another giving role improvement overall and the experience of the safety of operating in a non judgemental supportive group allows for that at a maximal level; quite different from an individual session where the dyad becomes more of a good parenting session at best. The learning  there needs a trial in the more real world of the supportive group and then using future projections, the protagonists can try out the new role learnings in more and more "unsupportive" though still play situations as preparations for the totally unsuported real world experience. 

    Blessings, Bud


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