NEW ARTICLE POSTED ON ASGPP WEBSITE

[James Sacks]

Dear Karen,
I am happy tell you a little about Hannah. When I came to NY in the 
late 50's I attended one of her open sessions at the Moreno Institue 
then at 101 Park Ave. I was amazed. She made psychodrama so much a 
part of her that I had   impression that I  thought she had really 
invented it. She was a witch. I couldn't figure how she did what she 
did. She would sometimes double with one word or a phrase that seemed 
meaningless to me but the protagonist would  break into happy tears. 
I never met a more natural psychodramatist before or since. I soon 
became a regular at her sessions.  I only met Moreno and Zerka later 
and learned that Hannah, did not in fact, invent psychodrama, but she 
certainly assimilated it into her soul.

Hannah had zillions of friends and she always appeared at psychodrama 
events with a retinue of admirers. They knew about her and didn't 
want to  miss the show. A genuinely spontaneous person herself, she 
was able to impart  spontaneity to other by example alone.  She was 
also very funny. This  same mind that could pick on the subtle cues 
from a protagonist also gave her a delightful sense of humor.

It was a terrible loss when she died young of cancer. Psychodrama has 
never been the same.
I didn't think that that movement could survive without her. 
Fortunately I was wrong it has but her influence has survived in the 
psychodramatic style of those who knew her.

This is the woman whose name  was used for the Award you received. 
Ask anyone who was around in those days.

Sincerely, Jim





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>I think it's a GREAT idea to post articles on our web site -- 
>resources are good to draw people in and learn about this  method. I 
>am especially interested in this one, as I received the Hannah 
>Weiner award a couple of years ago, and sorry to say that I really 
>don't know who Hannah was, except for apparently having a hand in 
>developing the Magic Shop. May I say that it would be great to have 
>a selection of writings from the award winners through the years. It 
>would be another way of recognizing the winners AND also helping us 
>actually know  more about them and why they are special to ASGPP.
>
>Karen Carnabucci, MSS, LCSW, TEP
>Companions In Healing
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>Lake House Health &  Learning Center
>932 Lake Ave.
>Racine, WI 53403
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>(262) 633-2645
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>Subject: NEW ARTICLE POSTED ON ASGPP WEBSITE
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>Passing this along from John Rasberry, ASGPP President-elect:
><http://www.asgpp.org>www.asgpp.org   Dear Colleagues,
>      The Library section of our website is gradually expanding with 
>literature from the great minds from our community. The latest 
>addition is:
>
><http://www.asgpp.org/docs/OM06310.pdf>Living Experiences with Death 
>- A Journeyman's View Through Psychodrama, by Hannah B. Weiner, MA, 
>Omega: Journal of Death and Dying Volume 6, No. 3, 1975, pp. 
>251-274. With permission from Baywood Publishing, Amityville, NY.
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>      Special thanks to Baywood Publishing for permission to post 
>this important article and their gracious help through the 
>process.  All the best  John Rasberry, President-Elect
>
>Also, note the
>65TH  ANNUAL  AMERICAN  SOCIETY  OF   
>GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY   & PSYCHODRAMA CONFERENCE
>                              Theme:GIVE PEACE A CHANCE:   COMMUNITY 
>CONSCIOUSNESS,
>INNER WISDOM & SOCIAL CHANGE
>New York, NY  April 26-30, 2007
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