Hannah

Mon Apr 9 15:36:45 CDT 2007

Thanks to you, Jim, and Anath Garber and others for memories of Hannah
Weiner. Now I feel as if I know a shred of her contribution to
psychodrama and why she ended up getting an award named for her. She
sounds like a lovely and fantastic woman, the kind of woman it would be
worth having  dinner within the psychodramatic time machine, and
certainly worth emulating.

If I could be as half as amazing and gifted as this Hannah, I would be
mightily pleased. Thanks for sharing.

Karen Carnabucci, MSS, LCSW, TEP
Companions In Healing

Lake House Health &  Learning Center
932 Lake Ave.
Racine, WI 53403

(262) 633-2645
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[mailto:list-bounces at grouptalkweb.org] On Behalf Of James Sacks
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Subject: RE: NEW ARTICLE POSTED ON ASGPP WEBSITE

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

	Lake House Health &  Learning Center

	932 Lake Ave.

	Racine, WI 53403

	(262) 633-2645

	karen at companionsinhealing.com
<mailto:karen at companionsinhealing.com> 

	www.lakehousecenter.com <http://www.lakehousecenter.com/> 

	www.companionsinhealing.com
<http://www.companionsinhealing.com/> 

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[mailto:list-bounces at grouptalkweb.org] On Behalf Of Adam Blatner
	Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 5:54 PM
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	Subject: NEW ARTICLE POSTED ON ASGPP WEBSITE

	Passing this along from John Rasberry, ASGPP President-elect:

	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:

	Living Experiences with Death - A Journeyman's View Through
Psychodrama, <http://www.asgpp.org/docs/OM06310.pdf>  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.

	     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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