conferencethemes

[Dr Kate Hudgins]

for my take on the question....you need to anchor psychodrama into  
the general overall zeitgeist that EXPERIENTIAL methods ARE the  
treatment of choice for many many psychological problems.....reach  
outside the psychodrama field and get some of the researchers and  
neurobiologists to present as you make it more integrated.

either way, the advice is expansion beyond our base.  Kate

On Jul 25, 2006, at 10:43 AM, Adam Blatner wrote:

> Thoughts stimulated by your re-presenting the issues for the  
> forthcoming conference:
>     a.. How our tools and techniques can be used to facilitate  
> individual transformation
> and social change while promoting community building
>       AB: first association is that as much as I think our tools  
> are valuable, we should
> more actively embrace a wide range of other tools, also, regarding  
> clear thinking,
> critical thinking, logic, semantics, rhetoric, logical fallacies,  
> overgeneralizations, the
> power of rationalization and other self-deceptive maneuvers (also  
> known as "defense
> mechanisms" by psychoanalytically-oriented folks), the variety of  
> distortions addressed in
> cognitive behavior therapy, and so forth. We should aim at a more  
> diversified, expanded,
> and integrated approach.
>
>     b. Today’s challenging social, economic and political issues  
> concerning social change,
> i.e. women’s rights, gay rights, countries at war; segregation  
> within immigrant
> communities being reinforced; the rejection of unfamiliar cultures  
> etc.
>      ab: One way to creep up on these political issues is to  
> address the power of power
> gradients in ordinary conversations and small group work. This  
> involves not just the
> tempering of the more "powerful," but also the claiming of voice  
> and the right to help and
> expressiveness of the less articulate, less assertive, more  
> reticent. This is an important
> group dynamic that can be addressed openly, and aided through  
> doubling and other
> techniques. It's not always for the more enthusiastic folks to tone  
> down; sometimes, even
> when they do so, and invite the more reticent to chime in, the more  
> reticent may not be
> sufficiently warmed-up, or skilful, or able to marshall their  
> resources to respond. So
> empowering those who haven't found their voice may be an  
> interesting component.
>
>     c.. Facilitating conflict resolution in interpersonal,  
> community and political
> situations
>                   ab: I wonder how many of y'all have read my paper  
> on conflict resolution
> on my website. I'd be open to your suggestions for improving it.
>
>     d.. Individual treatment issues / Finding Inner Peace
>             We invite you to reflect on the role of the  
> psychodramatist in these times and
> to promote discussion and learning about how the methods of  
> Psychodrama, Sociometry, Group
> Psychotherapy and Sociodrama can be used to promote peace and  
> social change in today’s
> reality.
>         ab: Re : inner peace:  Joel Gluck in drama therapy explores  
> the synthesis of drama
> and mindfulness meditation. Building bridges with our related  
> fields may help.
>
>    ... just some ideas for discussion. Warmly, Adam Blatner
>
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Kate Hudgins, Ph.D., TEP

Clinical Psychologist
Director of Training
Therapeutic Spiral International, LLC
ww.therapeuticspiral.org
drkatetsi at mac.com



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