Gestation Period

[Adam Blatner]

Dear Manuela, 
      I've not encountered any research in any type of psychotherapy, much less psychodrama, that addresses this rather intriguing question you bring up. 
          The problem with gestation is to piece out what impacts any elements of the therapeutic process may have had from the ongoing process of development in life.
        Sometimes, though, as you suggest, people do report a dramatic or at least noticeable change-- but this is anecdotal. It would be interesting to hear what folks say about that, in their experience. I suspect many directors have some stories about how clients have reported significant shifts after a moving session.

         Trying to do research on therapy itself is most tricky, because the problem is that people often react to other circumstances, change due to a mixture of variables, in or outside of therapy.
            Example: Recent research on back surgery shows that there is little difference after 6 months in outcome between those who have had surgery (which does show statistical improvement in symptoms in the first 2 months) and those who just do physical therapy, exercise, etc.    So it is well known that people tend to heal. This is often true in psychotherapy, also, that many symptom complexes resolve or lighten in time even without therapy. 
             There are also the many variables of group therapy noted by Yalom, so it might not be the procedure itself which was the change agent, but the mixture of the group, hopefulness, expectation, rise in morale, group sharing, etc.

         I'll be interested in what comes from others.

        In addition, on a slightly different level, I'm so happy to see a bridge-building between the communities in Europe and the communities in the USA in psychodrama because of your work with Connie Miller. Thank you for that, too!

       Warmly, Adam
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  De: Manuela Maciel [mailto:manuelamaciel at mail.telepac.pt] 
  Enviada: sábado, 9 de Dezembro de 2006 15:13
  Assunto: FW: Gestation Period

   

  Dear Psychodrama Colleagues

   

  Does anyone know about "gestation period" studies /research for the full impact/effectiveness of a psychodrama session?

  Please let me know.

  My impression is that it changes the length of time that it takes to really have an impact on a person`s life.

  But my amazing bexperience with the last Souldrama workshop in May (with more than 30 people) is that people (many of them my patients in  group therapy) started to report real change after September  (around 90 days after). Does this make any sense to anyone?

   

  Thank you for your comments.

  Maybe Michael Wieser (Research Coordinator in FEPTO and IAGP Psychodrama Section) may inform us if there was any specific research on this topic?

   

  Manuela Maciel

   


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  De: Mark [mailto:mark at colourforlife.com] 
  Enviada: quarta-feira, 1 de Novembro de 2006 11:45
  Para: Manuela Maciel
  Assunto: Gestation Period

   

  Hi Manuela,

   

  I'm checking out information on how long it takes for changes to be noticed in people's lives, ie families, relationships etc.. after they have done Dynamic Theare.

   

  In Family Constealltions they have this suggestion that it's around 90 days for changes to be fully noticed, example is a lady I know did constellation work on her son who she put up for adoption when he was 4 months old - 90 days after she did the work he 'found' her for the first time.  Wondering what the time frame is on psychodrama?  Is there anything written that I could read?

   

  Did a fantastic DT session yesterday with a lady which involved a shadow life, spirits and divided masculine/feminine - am in the process of writing it up as a case study, have asked people who did the course to start keeping notes on sessions so we collect information..

  Speak soon

  Mark xx 

                                         

   

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