Eric Lindblom

[Dr Kate Hudgins]

Dear Eric

You raise alot of good questions here and mark the threads well, I  
think.  The question of certification comes up in Asia certainly.   
Taiwan has long been trying and is having some success at starting  
their own national certification program after a few people from  
Taiwan have come to America to get certified.  Psychodrama is too new  
in mainland China for a national organization to be forming, but it  
will not be long.  In China they are having a major credentialing of  
psychologists for the first time so credentials will become more and  
more important there.

I served on the board of examiners for 9 years.  So, I am firm  
believer of certification and in fact think I had a large number of  
candidates for many years when my work was focused in the states.  I  
think the program as developed---you have MORE than one trainer to  
learn from---the number of training and supervision hours makes it a  
very valid and superior training program.  I know from experience how  
much the board struggles to make the exams fair and reasonable.

As a psychologist I think the certification process is incredibly  
life-enhancing for any clinician.  I was blessed to be trained at St  
Elizabeths during the heydays of the early 80's when we had a intern  
group of 12 and a trainer ratio of 1 to 1.  So I was exposed to lots  
of different input, styles, etc. while getting to work directly with  
patients (not just peers) and getting really good clinical  
supervision of my work.  I could not have asked for a better way to  
train in psychodrama.  A year of bliss!

I have tried to mirror this process in my own international  
certification program in the Therapeutic Spiral Model.  It IS a long  
process and many want shortcuts, but I have found it a very good  
model for producing competent, skilled, and ethical practitioners and  
trainers.

Kate

On Jun 9, 2007, at 1:30 PM, E L wrote:

> To all
>
> I believe it is not easy to understand what psychodrama is or who  
> is a psychodramatist. (I am the first to admit I know not. I am not  
> preferred as a psychodramatist. "I know nothing. I see nothing" S.)
>
> It does not go without saying. (Either these issues are encountered  
> or not.) Issues? Hello? For example, the first point of three, a  
> friend of mine who is a dramatist (MFA George Washington  
> University) told me that psychodrama is not drama. What? It is not  
> Impromptu Theater either. Those, drama and impromptu, are  
> recognized disciplines that deserve respect. One should be  
> informed. Hello? The second point is that often psychodrama is  
> described as a form of group psychotherapy. I wish I had the quote  
> (hint) but Moreno said that group psychotherapy is a form of  
> psychodrama (the talking portion). It would lead one to believe  
> that a person who says that psychodrama is a form of group  
> psychotherapy is not a psychodramatist regardless of certification  
> by some Board! (TEP may mean a person who can't make-up their mind  
> where a genuine Certified Practioner has. Moreno saw to that  
> except, of course, in the case of Marcia Karp: she was certified  
> twice. Ask her for that wonderful stor! y!)
>
> Keep in mind I am not saying that but rather I am raising the  
> question. (Miss that point and I will tell Queenie on you wherever  
> she may be bless her heart.) The third point is that the purpose of  
> psychodrama is to train psychodramatists/ therapists. That  
> orientation does not answer the question: "Who Shall Survive?"  
> Moreno's question is profound not trivial. It does, however, solve  
> the question of social atom repair work, a therapeutic work. "Cheer- 
> up, it will get worse." ( H.Y.)
>
> The question of psychodrama and therapy, also, raises The Nolte  
> Issue (see the ASGPP forum under The Nolte Issue).
>
> Poignant is that ASGPP has 526 (?) members. Is that survival?  
> Herein may be our answer to Moreno's question" Who Shall Survive?  
> (Training in the twin principles not just the cultural conserve  
> would be the answer to Moreno's question maybe next?) As I say, I  
> am not saying but am raising you know what. Warmly,  Eric Lindblom
>
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Kate Hudgins, Ph.D., TEP

Clinical Psychologist
Director of Training
Therapeutic Spiral International, LLC
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