"Social Intelligence" & Empathy training

[georgia rigg]

Hi Steve!  Also read Dan Siegel's book, "Parenting
>From the Inside Out"--it also fills in a lot about
what is supposed to be taking place between parent and
child in empathy building.  I really like the Goleman
book--I keep puzzling about why psychomotor therapy
works the way it does, and Lewis, Goleman and Siegel
add good info to the observed process.  Georgia Rigg
--- Steven Gordon <hug4abear at aol.com> wrote:

> Gloria and all:
> 
> I have been reading Goleman's new book "Social
> Intelligence," and  
> find it be a remarkable book that addresses many
> psychodrama theories  
> from a neurologic perspective such as "tele" -- see
> the chapter on  
> rapport and the value of role playing and mirroring
> -- see the  
> discussion of Stanislavski's method at pg. 57 (in
> the chapter  
> entitled "An Instinct for Altruism.").
> 
> For me, this book is one of the best reads since a
> "General Theory of  
> Love."
> 
> Interestingly, Goleman does not mention Moreno or
> psychodrama.   
> Notably, Zerka does use the term "social
> intelligence" in her article  
> on Tele in the "Quintessential Zerka" at pg. 292. 
> Zerka remarks that  
> tele is a form of "social intelligence."
> 
> I would be interesting in hearing what others in the
> psychodrama  
> community think of Goleman's new book.
> 
> On Feb 4, 2007, at 6:58 PM, georgia rigg wrote:
> 
> > Check out the material Goleman has included in his
> > recent "Social Intelligence" book--he has
> considerable
> > information on mirror neurons and sociopaths. 
> Georgia
> > Rigg
> > --- John <John6528 at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> >> do a search on mirror neurons and psychopathic
> >> personality. There is
> >> very recent research about this.
> >>
> >> John Gessner
> >>
> >> Adam Blatner wrote:
> >>
> >>> Dear Grouptalk Colleagues, I received an email
> >> from  Jim Catlin (
> >>> jcatlin at discover-net.net
> >> <mailto:jcatlin at discover-net.net>  ) who
> >>> writes: I'm a psychotherapist from Wisconsin and
> I
> >> am seeing an Asian
> >>> gentleman (from a male-dominant culture) on an
> >> outpatient basis who
> >>> committed a horrific crime almost 10 years ago.
> >> He was found not
> >>> guilty by reason of mental defect and was
> recently
> >> released from one
> >>> of our state mental institutions.  Psychiatrists
> >> and other mental
> >>> health professionals who have worked w/him all
> the
> >> way back to his
> >>> crime believe that he has little or no capacity
> >> for empathy; he's
> >>> informally diagnosed with Narc Pers Dis.  One of
> >> the goals I have set
> >>> for myself (and him) is to find ways to "teach"
> >> him empathy, to have
> >>> him behave in empathic ways, and ultimately
> become
> >> empathic himself,
> >>> to whatever degree we can get to. I read your
> >> online article on
> >>> teaching empathy and it has given me some solid
> >> basic ideas/approaches
> >>> I can use use w/him, plus several areas I can
> >> further research for
> >>> materials/resources.  Do you know of any other
> >> curricula, tools,
> >>> or resources that exist for teaching adults to
> >> become empathic?  I'm
> >>> wondering if anyone has put together a sort of
> >> treatment curriculum
> >>> (like with sex offender programs) that is
> >> effective in the
> >>> empathy-building area.  tks, Jim
> >>>          ... and Jim gave me permission to
> forward
> >> this to y'all... to
> >>> write him if you have ideas.
> >>>
> >>
> >>
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