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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2>This is very wise, Dale. </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<A title=abepsychodrama@yahoo.com href="mailto:abepsychodrama@yahoo.com">ABE
Psychodrama</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=list@grouptalkweb.org
href="mailto:list@grouptalkweb.org">GroupTalk</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 01, 2010 2:59
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Announcements For Recently
Certified Psychodramatists</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Dear
All,<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">This is to clarify
the announcements of recently certified psychodramatists.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Board does not publish a
list of recently certified psychodramatists.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If names appear in the ASGPP
newsletter or on grouptalk it is because someone other than the Board
provided those names.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">For further
information you can read our “Confidentially Policy” under the subject
The Written Examinations at our website
(www.psychodramacertification.org).<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">While the Board
can publish such a list, we have not.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The issue of publicly announcing
all the names of recently certified psychodramatists is
complicated.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There is one
deadline for sending out letters of the results on the written
examination (and that deadline changes each year).<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>However, persons schedule their
on-sites at various time of the year.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For example one person who
passed the TEP written examination last year still has not scheduled an
on-site examination.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Please
leave them alone and allow them to complete the process when they are
ready.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Furthermore, some
folks may fail a written examination and some folks may fail an on-site
examination.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In the past it
has been very embarrassing to them for folks to say, with good
intention, “Hey how come you have not announced that you were
certified?” <O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">I have attended
meetings of the ASGPP when all new TEPs and CPs are asked to stand, and
a person or two has stood up in that large meeting and yet at that time
they were not certified.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I
have not said anything because I can understand how “humiliating” it
would be not to stand in front of all your peers.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">The Board
Newsletter does offer all new CPs and TEPs an opportunity to include a
bio and photo in our newsletter.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>About one third of all recently certified folks actually do this
and two-thirds do not.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">In conclusion, I
would continue to encourage all those who have passed to tell their
peers and the community so we can celebrate their magnificent
accomplishment.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I would
also encourage all of you who are close colleagues and friends to
contact folks directly and inquire about their certification.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For the rest of us, I
would ask that we be patient and let folks share the good news when, and
if, they want to share good news with us.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><!--EndFragment--><BR>Dale Richard
Buchanan, Ph.D., T.E.P.<BR>Executive Director, American Board of
Examiners in Psychodrama,<BR>Sociometry and Group
Psychotherapy<BR>202-483-0514<BR>abepsychodrama@yahoo.com<BR>www.psychodramacertification.org</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR>
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