Other uses...

[Allan Parker]

Hello Grace and others involved with this dialogue.

The question I have posed to myself is "Who shall survive Peak Oil and 
Runaway Climate Change".  I have written a self published book,  
considered public presentations, considered starting a group, 
considered setting up a blog.  Now, after many conversations with 
myself, I am taking action through the sociometric connections what 
give me authority as a citizen and a ratepayer.  My local, regional and 
national government provide opportunities for interaction on 
legislation, policies and plans relevant to the converging problems of 
oil depletion and climate change.  I take every opportunity available 
to me.  I also write letters to the local newspaper on these matters 
often from the role of the naive enquirer.   My endeavour is to use 
morenean principles at all times.   I take every opportunity to 
encounter elected representatives and officials face to face.  I always 
try to operate from the roles of the Director rather than the 
politician.    So far I think I am achieving a greater awareness of 
these issues and the choices representatives have before them.  My 
initiatives are responded to with respect and people appreciate the 
respect I give them.

Regards

Allan Parker

On 23 Aug 2007, at 10:11 AM, Grace wrote:

>
> Hi Rebecca and Ed,
>  
> I have been reading the conversation about sociatry and the use of 
> Morenian methods with interest, as I do with many of the 
> conversations.  I sometimes find it hard to work out how to join in 
> “sensibly”, but Rebecca you have made a very open invitation that I 
> can easily respond to, so here goes. 
>  
> I am part of a small organization which uses Morenian methods as the 
> central organizing concept for our work.  We work with individuals and 
> teams in organizations to assist them to create meaningful and 
> satisfying work for themselves.  The contexts of the work we do 
> includes everything from team development or resolving conflict to 
> developing a bigger picture about leadership or career development for 
> individuals. 
>  
> The whole premise of what we do is Sociatry.  We use Morenian 
> principles and methodology from the outset, working with people to 
> identify what it is they are seeking to grow in themselves and/or 
> their organizations and then using group work and one to one sessions 
> to achieve the outcomes that have been negotiated.  Its hard to say 
> what we do is specifically psychodrama or sociometry or sociodrama or 
> role training.  It’s a mixture of all of them.  We contract to achieve 
> something and then work with warm-up and the method to assist people 
> to gain the outcomes they are seeking.
>  
> Our intent from the start was to work in organizations using “the 
> method”, as sociatry is for all, not just the therapeutic world; and 
> boy, does this method work!  We struggled initially to work out how to 
> present what we do in a coherent way, so we took a step back and 
> looked at it all from a bigger picture perspective.  We settled on a 
> systems thinking framework as a means of encompassing Morenian theory, 
> principles and action methodologies. 
>  
> This way of looking at the method is now part of my everyday thinking 
> so I sometimes find myself wondering about the arbitrariness of 
> separating out psychodrama from sociodrama from sociometry etc, etc, 
> etc.  of course they are different aspects of the method but to me 
> they are all part of a wonderful “whole” that is ALL sociatry.  This 
> leads me to believe that whenever we are using this method: with one 
> person, with a crowd, in a therapeutic setting or in a corporate 
> office…. it’s ALL sociatry, and we each of us are doing our bit of a 
> much larger whole (including much more than Morenian methods) to heal 
> society.   
>  
> So that’s my sharing...
> cheers
> Grace
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> Subject: Other uses...
>  
> I am very curious about where and how folks are using psychodrama and 
> sociometry outside the psychotherapeutic/recovery world. Not 
> theoretically, but actually doing it....
>   Any one care to share?
> Rebecca Walters
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