[IAGP:PSYCHODRAMA] Open sessions

HV Psychodrama hvpi at hvc.rr.com
Wed Jul 2 20:40:05 CDT 2008 

Open sessions mean that it is not a closed group, such as an ongoing therapy group or a training group. It is OPEN to anyone. The Hudson Valley Chapter of the ASGPP has been offering monthly open sessions as a way of introducing the method to many people. It is widely advertised. Community members, graduate students, undergrads, local therapists and psychodrama students all attend. I understand that Moreno himself used to offer weekly open sessions in NYC and in Beacon. Open to all....
Rebecca Walters
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: wbaile at mdanderson.org 
  To: Adam Blatner 
  Cc: Jacob Gershoni ; iagp-psychodrama at yahoogroups.com ; Group Talk ; Manuela Maciel ; Peter Howie ; Peter Parkinson 
  Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 11:34 AM
  Subject: Re: [IAGP:PSYCHODRAMA] Open sessions


  Some of us do not know what 'open sessions' entail..could someone 
  enlighten?

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  Adam Blatner <adam at blatner.com>
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  06/20/2008 04:04 PM
  Please respond to Adam Blatner

  To:
  Peter Parkinson <peterpi at xtra.co.nz>, Peter Howie 
  <peterhowie at macquariehouse.com.au>, Group Talk <list at grouptalkweb.org>
  cc:
  Jacob Gershoni <gej9001 at nyp.org>, Manuela Maciel <manuelamaciel at sapo.pt>, 
  <iagp-psychodrama at yahoogroups.com>

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  [IAGP:PSYCHODRAMA] Open sessions

  Re: Sociodrama open evenings?Hello, all. The question of open psychodrama 
  is interesting, as there have been some people who have expressed some 
  wariness about the wisdom or ethics involved. Do people attending know 
  what they're getting into? What are the cautions that directors should 
  know about or be expected to maintain. What is properly not the 
  responsibility of the director?
  In the olden days of the 1940s through the 1970s, people were viewed as 
  somewhat more rational and capable of making their own boundaries. This is 
  ironic, because during that era, in medical circles, they were also 
  patronized---not given full information if it was thought they "couldn't 
  handle it"---such as being told they had a likely fatal illness. After the 
  1970s things changed. The feminist movement brought forward themes that 
  others had noted---the power of authority to subtly silence protest being 
  one that is most relevant. It's as if the bar shifted upward. Medical 
  research found that people who gave technically informed consent were 
  found not to have really understood the paper they were signing. People 
  who were being explained things often nodded and said they understood but 
  if tested later only absorbed a fraction of what a patient physician may 
  have said, and not infrequently got things backward. So when is informed 
  consent "really" informed?
  The encounter groups of the 1970s were often irresponsibly conducted, with 
  a baseline expectation that folks were responsible for their own needs and 
  mental health. Within this setting, leaders allowed for confrontations and 
  scapegoating that led to psychological casualties. 

  Even in ordinary yoga and fitness classes, people are led to do what the 
  leader instructs, even though it may stress out certain tendons or joints 
  and lead to physical problems. Learning how to "listen to your body" and 
  resist the instructions that may work for others takes a bit of practice. 

  Nevertheless, a variety of centers have operated open sessions, from 
  Moreno's work in the 1940s through the 1970s (continued by many of the 
  leading training directors and Zerka during Moreno's decline and after his 
  passing); and at other institutes. Let's get more feedback about who 
  conducts such sessions.

  Did anyone do this for a while but then stop and if so, why?

  I have past correspondence about this, as it's been addressed on and off 
  for many years. I think Jacob Gershoni was going to write up his 
  experiences, but he seems to have gotten busy. I'm not personally 
  experienced enough in leading such events that I'd be willing to be a 
  first author, but I may help a little in sharing what I've heard and my 
  thoughts. It would make a good symposium but mainly it does need to be 
  integrated and eventually written about! 

  The theme of psychodrama versus sociodrama open sessions adds another 
  dimension to it, for as sociodrama the contract shifts a bit to the less 
  personal-- there's less of an implied contract that's therapy-like--- (not 
  that such a contract ever actually existed, but there are nuances in 
  phenomena). 
  here it shades into Boal's work and similar efforts like Theatre of the 
  Oppressed and Rainbow of Desire. 

  Let's see if this probe hits anyone who wants to pick it up and run with 
  it. Warmly, Adam
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Peter Parkinson 
  To: Peter Howie ; Group Talk 
  Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 3:09 PM
  Subject: Re: Sociodrama open evenings?

  Hi Peter
  History wise, starting 1980 there was a regular one in Thames New Zealand, 
  a small rural community (8000 people) an hour from Auckland. It was a 
  weekly occasion, government funded that I ran together with Sally Christie 
  for 13 years, and it was continues by John Barton (now in Melbourne) and 
  Noel Borst for a further few years after I left the area. Chris Mourant 
  and I (and later Cushla Clark who took my place, ran a Monday evening 
  group for several years in Auckland also on a weekly basis. What open 
  psychodrama will be happening in Auckland from now on is currently being 
  discussed.

  As you know, Peter, I am keen to see open psychodrama be available in each 
  and every centre in the world, and perhaps on the same day of each week or 
  month, so that, when traveling, we can meet one another through the open 
  psychodrama session and have the method available as we travel.

  Cheers

  Peter Parkinson
  Aoteoroa New Zealand

  On 20/06/08 6:31 PM, "Peter Howie" <peterhowie at macquariehouse.com.au> wrote:

  HI fellows,

  A quick question - I know many places run regular psychodrama open 
  evenings - does any one run regular sociodrama open evenings? 

  We ran our first the other night and had a great response.

  Cheers for now

  Peter 

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