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Role Reversal in Psychodrama - Peter Felix Kellerman
Role reversal; is a technique typical to psychodrama, and it is one, which is considered by
many practitioners as the single most effective instrument in therapeutic role-playing. According to
J.L. and Z.T. Moreno (Moreno et al. 1955), such a procedure is important not only for interpersonal
socialization with others, but also for personal self-integration
Leadership is....
Leadership is variously defined around the world. Here at Moreno, we see it as "based on the development of abilities over a long period of time. It is not based on the acquisition of techniques or skills." The following quote succinctly captures our unique and respectful approach to leadership
Using Morenian action methods to create group environments.
This is a short case study article on using Morenian action methods (sociodrama and sociometry) in a group that had come together to investigate views and ideas on climate change. Sociodrama is a learning method that creates deep understanding of the social systems that shape us individually and collectively has been applied in order to understand the social system that is developing around the issues of climate change. A DOWNLOADABLE COPY IS AVAILABLE BY CLICKING HERE
Use of Morenian techniques for intergroup understanding.
The action and group methods developed and taught by J L Moreno were created to make working in difficult interpersonal and intergroup areas both possible and effective. The article we have here is from the USA where they talk about race relations, while in Australia we would talk about multi-culturalism and in NZ about bi-culturalism. This article is a good one to read to be stimulated about ways to assist folks different to oneself to come to seriously understand another group or culture.
Making Interventions in a Group
Interventions are the actions you take in a group as the group facilitator, leader, participant or coordinator in order to develop its functioning with regard to the groups purpose. When discussing interventions it is worth noting that an intervention is something you do either during, before or after a group that assist the group to be effective and to meets its purpose. The areas where you can intervene are numerous. When your imagination and creativity are ‘going’ you will create new and relevant interventions.
Working with the Ladder of Inference – a guide for group workers.
Have you ever been in a Mexican standoff? How about an Australian standoff? A standoff is where you and the other person or groups refuse to budge and you know you are right and they keep insisting, clearly wrongly, that they are correct and you are wrong. “How can they not see the obvious” you think to yourself. Another way to put it is to see each person or group as stuck in symmetrical roles (ways of being), where there is some imperative or need to convince the other that they are ‘wrong’ and you are ‘right’?
Perceptual Positions for Communications By Scott Arbuthnot (edited by Peter Howie)
When was the last time you contributed to a discussion and you just weren't heard? How many times have you noticed people talking at each other without ever really hearing each other? Demanding they be listened to without really listening and really hearing the other person except to bolster their own argument or position?
It happens all too frequently. It's no wonder poor communication is one of the greatest ills of modern organisational and family life. This column introduces an elegant and respectful set of tools to improve your interpersonal communications skills.
Levels of Learning - A model by Peter Howie and Elizabeth Synnot
Levels of Learning is a working heuristic (rule of thumb) that is easy to use as both a reflective tool and a planning tool. Diz Synnot and I have been working with it in groups and on it from a theoretical perspective for many years. When combined with other sophisticated models of human learning and functioning it is one pointer to the variation of human experience and lend confidence to planning or analysis of learning situations.
Role-Play Realising it's Potential for Workplace Learning - Jenny Hutt
Jenny Hutt has worked as an organisational learning and development consultant for nineteen years. She is based in Melbourne and works with public and private sectors in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific. Jenny is a Sociodramatist and TEP-in-training. She is on the teaching staff of the Australian College of Psychodramaand is Immediate Past President of ANZPA.
Moving from Restrictive to Progressive Learning Systems in Professional Healthcare Training
When a trainer works with a group for the first time there are dynamic forces already in play. The trainer approaches the group with a particular warm up and vision for the training that is going to take place. Within the group there will be particular roles and role relationships that participants will have warmed up to. There is a curriculum or negotiated objectives, which provide a basis for the work that the trainer and group will do together. This paper describes how these dynamics come together in the first session of the interpersonal skills module of a 3-week training program in palliative care for registered nurses.
