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[Adam Blatner]

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From: "elaine sachnoff" <esachnoff at sbcglobal.net>
To: <list at grouptalkweb.org>Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 12:04 PM
Subject: citation   I am looking for an article that spells out the sequence of scenes in 
a psychodrama for dealing with guilt.
situation: the Protagonist had an argument with her mother and yelled at her.  the mother 
yelled back and the next day while the P was at school the mother sufferered an brain 
aneuyrism  and died. the P was 12 when this happened and is now 27 and still feels guilt.
      The drama was as follows: the P chose an auxilliary to be mother. role 
reversal-speaking as the M [with some interview
questions from director] the P said she was in heaven looking down on her child and not 
happy that daughter felt guilt.
     continuing as M talked about a long standing medical condition with headaches,  many 
md visits some with child  accompanying her. M continued to drink and drug and eat 
prohibited foods. Very insistant on daughter not feeling guilty.
forgiving herself.  RR P hears auxilliary as mother repeat  most of this.
         P chooses auxil to be self at 12 yrs old. who comes up and joins them. P (in 
mirror role) watches and listens as M tells 12 year old same things. P is encouraged 
herself to tell 12 year old she does not need to feel guilty any more.
             RR P with 12 year old self who repeats messages.
                 P hears as 12 year old from adult self and Mother
            RR return to adult self and release child from guilt.
                forgives self    final hug all 3 and     sharing.
         This is the way I have always done this-especially with incest victims/survivors, 
believing that the P must experience the forgiveness as a child and not just as an adult 
that s/he needs to forgive herself/himself.
        I know that TSM does a more involved and lengthly  process for this, but since I 
work alone and rarely have more than 1 hour to work within-this is the framework I use. I 
have become extremely directive at times-telling A what to say by doubling statements .
         There is probably something written on this and my students have asked for an 
article they can read on this.
I would appreciate any citations you all can come up with thanks