New Library Addition

I just received a rare copy of "Psychodrama and Sociodrama in American Education", edited by Robert Bartlett Haas, Beacon House 1949, which I bought second hand.  This book is a welcome addition to the Zerka Moreno Library and will suit educators, psychologists, counsellors and sociometrists.  It will be available for borrowing the beginning of Term 3.  Strictly two weeks borrowing period.
Sue Daniel

The Source of Tele - Lunchtime Reading Group - Friday 21 June 2013

This is the fourth Lunchtime Reading and Discussion Group for 2013.

Interpersonal Therapy and Co-Unconcious States,
A Progress Report in Psychodramatic Theory
by J. L. Moreno

This excerpt from the above article is the focus for our lunchtime discussion.  The article itself  really gets to grips with the concept of tele and looks at the unconscious as defined by Freud and the collective unconscious of Jung.  This reading group may be of interest to all doing individual therapy and especially those doing couple and family therapy and also those who work with groups of people.  For example teachers, administrators and youth workers.

  

"The 'first' encounter between two individuals who are destined to form an intimate ensemble is the starting point of co-conscious and co-unconscious states.  These states gain in significance from encounter to encounter.  They are experienced and produced jointly and can, therefore, be only jointly reproduced or re-enacted. A co-conscious or a co-unconscious state can not be the property of one individual only.  It is always a common property and can not be reproduced  but by a combined effort.  If a re-enactement of such co-conscious or co-unconscious state is desired or necessary, that re-enactment has to take place with the help of all partners involved in the event.  The logical method of such re-enactment 'a deux' or 'a plusieurs' is psychodrama.  However great the perceptive ability of one partner of the ensemble might be, he can not produce that event alone because both partners have in common their co-conscious and co-unconscious states which are the matrix from which they draw their inspiration and knowledge. Co-conscious and co-unconscious states are phenomena which they have 'co'-produced and which operate between partners who live in 'intimate' ensembles and can not be substituted by other persons; they are irreplaceable.  They are tied together through 'encounters'; it is life itself which binds them together and it is the experiences of living which develops between them an 'interpsyche', a structured stream of co-conscious and co-unconscious states.  The encounters between individuals and the co-conscious or unconscious states developed between them are the source from which tele, transference and empathy spring. Their operation within every group setting has been stated  by many observers and a consensus has been reached.  Transference dissociates; empathy perceives; tele integrates."

Discussant: Sue Daniel

RSVP Monday 17 June 2013 to Sue on 0417 586 791
Copies of the article for discussion are available from the discussant.

Date: Lunchtime, Friday 21 June 2013.  Meeting just after 12.30 for a 12.45 pm precise start.  Tea, hot chocolate and freshly brewed coffee are provided.  Bring your own lunch and $10.00, which goes toward books for the Zerka Moreno library at PIM.  The session finishes at 1.45 p.m sharp.

Theatre of Spontaneity with Helen Fryer

 

Sunday 30^th June 2013

THE PSYCHODRAMA OF ART and THE ART OF PSYCHODRAMA

WAYS OF SEEING

 

DID YOU SEE THE SKY THIS MORNING?

Painting by Tabitha

What is it in the eye of the painter that is able to see the world and transfer that way of seeing in a visual form, so others might have their way of seeing changed?

What is it on the stage of psychodrama that is able to portray a way of seeing the world and encourages our creative eyes?

How do we in our everyday life open our eyes to the extraordinary?

And how do we dare to face each new morning and place the beginning of a scribble on the page of time and wait to see what emerges?

Helen Fryer is a psychodramatist and painting wishful star, who lives and works in Hobart and knows that someday she will create more time and space to develop her artist’s eye.

Gather together for a cup of tea or coffee from 6 p.m for a 6.30 p.m sharp start at the Psychodrama Institute of Melbourne, 155 Langridge St, Collingwood.

$20.00 ($15.00 MPS Members) SUPPER provided!

RSVP by Friday, 28 June 2013 to Gavin O'Loughin 0403 597 685

www.psychodrama-institute-melbourne.com

Personal Development for Professionals - June/July/August

Winter has set in and with it sometimes comes a turning in, wanting to find warmth and comfort from the cold.  Sometimes we can become stagnant not realising fresh air is as important as warmth.  The following two courses are being run during the term break at PIM.  They each provide an opportunity for exploration of new pathways for healthy working and living. Daniel James' course starts on Saturday, June 15 from 1-4 p.m and Sue Daniel's course begins on Friday afternoon, June 28 from 2 - 5 p.m.  These workshops are designed for professionals from all walks of life and trainees and practitioners of psychodrama who might want to supplement their training with some concentrated personal growth.  

The Therapist's Hunger to Act with the Client and the Role of Reactive Fear - A

Psychodrama in 4 Parts:  Saturdays: 15 & 29 June and 13 & 27 July from 1 – 4 p.m.

Leader: Daniel James

What stops us, as therapists, from truly being 'with' our clients? What within us is triggered which bites down on our spontaneity, eroding our confidence whilst dulling our ability to move with our creativity? How does this impact on the work we do? This series of workshops is for therapists wishing to explore and expand their therapist roles in the fine tradition of the Ancient Greek dictum to, "know thyself". Workshop Numbers: 8 to 10 participants in a closed group format.  Please contact Daniel directly for an interview at isingularity@bigpond.com or on 0427 174 008. 

Fee: $200.00 ($50.00 deposit due by 30 May 2013 or by special arrangement).

About the Leader: Daniel has worked in a forensic environment for 7 years and also works in private practice in Shepparton. He is an accredited Psychodrama-Assistant.

Friday Afternoons with Sue Daniel  - Personal Development for Professionals

 

Life provides many positive challenges and possibilities, which are ours if we have the courage to take them. The aim of personal development is to live life creatively, spontaneously and with vision. These weekly psychodrama workshops are for those who want to explore and enter into the deeper aspects of self with the aim of developing greater strength, vitality and more effective relationships with self and others. There are opportunities to develop new roles and perspectives, acknowledge, celebrate and value old roles and to resolve minor conflicts of living in your personal or professional life. Maximum number in group: 8 

About the Leader: Sue has worked in private practice since 1986, loves yoga and Melbourne skies. She is a trainer, educator and practitioner of psychodrama and individual and group psychotherapist.

Dates: 28 June & 5 July and 26 July & 2 August from 2 – 5 p.m.    
Fee: $250.00 (Trainees and Practitioners and members of MPS $200.00) Deposit $50.00 due by 21 June 2013.

Enquiries to Sue on: 9416 3779 or 0417 586 791