Theoritical categories

[Adam Blatner]

Hi Kaya, building on Ed's question about sociatry. Clear definition, but it doesn't fit 
what you said.
   Sociatry is the application of the best of psychiatric, group psychotherapeutic, 
regular psychotherapeutic, and of course his own sociometric and psychodramatic methods, 
suitably adapted, to help the healing of society rather than the psyche of individuals. It 
fits with his intuition that good tools transcend the clinical context and deserve to be 
applied in all contexts, at home, on the playground, at all levels of schooling, in 
marriages, churches, politics, and so forth. Promoting spontaneity in the way we set up 
systems is one common theme, for example.

     move down to your message...
----- Original Message ----- From: edwschreiber at earthlink.net October 02, 2006
> My question is:  how do you understand and/or define sociatry?

> -----Original Message-----
>>From: k.kade at att.net >Sent: Oct 2, 2006
>>To: list at grouptalkweb.org  Subject: Theoritical categories
    Hello there, I asked a question regarding what theoritical framework people think that 
Moreno should be included, Humanistic, Behavorial, Psychodynamic etc.  I got a few replies 
which I enjoyed and appreciated.  I would love feedback on this idea:
    A whole new sub group that would be called:  Role Theorists basing it on sociometry 
and sociatry and the resulting treatment modalities of psychodrama, sociodrama, and other 
action orientated models that have developed from this theortical basis.
           Adam: I don't get what you've just proposed:  This category, what kind of 
subgroup, of people, of theory?
     And as a name of a group it's so long, drawn out that it doesn't make sense.
           first of all, I know of almost no people who think of themselves or call 
themselves role theorists--at least as a group. I do, but it's a sub-sub role, and role 
theory as I see it is only very peripherally based on sociometry, not at all on sociatry--  
one is theory, the other is a spirit of practice...
          As Rory Remer notes in his most recent Journal article just out, there are 
several different subgroups of theory.

>>What are people's initial response to this idea?    so my response, says Adam, is that I 
>>just don't get what you're aiming at. It seems you've jumbled too many things together. 
>>Try again.

>>Do have ideas to include?  adam: always, but  for what purpose?  I try to target ideas 
>>for a context or purpose. (Have you read my 4th edition of Foundations of Psychodrama? 
>>Perhaps I answer parts of your questions there.

           Wish I could help you more. Warmly, adam
>>
>>I will be presenting the different approaches this week and next to my class and I am 
>>seriously contemplating just adding it in as required a new theorist perspective that 
>>just happens to be not included in our books...yet.
>>
>>I appreciate what anyone has to say...Kaya