Newest Papers and Articles in the PIM LIbrary

There are five new items in the library written by PIM trainees and practitioners;

1. Rachael Zyznikow's major paper, "Sociometry within an Adolescent Inpatient Environment" - 2013 - no. 99

2. Gavin O'Loughlin's major paper, "The Sliding Upside-down Yoghurt Container Sessions" - 2013 - no. 100

3. Lyndon Medina's paper, "The Seeds of Mirroring" - 2014 - no. 101

4. Cath Russell's paper, "Music Therapy and Psychodrama" - 2014 - no. 102

Please note all books and articles can only be borrowed for one week until the end of term.
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Final LUNCHTIME READING GROUP FOR 2014, Friday, 31 October.

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This lunchtime Reading Group is being held in East Melbourne

We will discuss the following two excerpts from writings of J.L Moreno:

The biological picture of an individual places the psyche within the body (as an epiphenomenon). In the sociometric [and psychodramatic] picture of the individual (person), the psyche appears as outside of the body, the body is surrounded by the psyche, and the psyche is surrounded by, and interwoven, into the social and cultural atom.  

– J. L. Moreno, Sociometry and the Cultural Order

A truly therapeutic procedure cannot have less an objective than

the whole of mankind. But no adequate therapy can be prescribed as long as mankind is not a unity in some fashion and as long as its organization remains unknown. It helped us in the beginning to think, although we had no definite proof for it, that mankind is a social and organic unity. Once we had chosen this principle as our guide another idea developed of necessity.  If this whole of mankind is a unity, then tendencies must emerge between the different parts of this unity drawing them at one time apart and drawing them at another time together. These tendencies may be sometimes advantageous for the parts and disadvantageous for the whole or advantageous for some parts and disadvantageous for other parts. A number of scant proofs have been uncovered which indicate that such a unity of mankind does exist.  Its organization develops and distributes itself in space apparently according to a law of social gravity, which seems to be valid for every kind of grouping irrespective of the membership.  

JL Moreno Who Shall Survive?

Reference: PSYCHODRAMA, SOCIOMETRY, SOCIODRAMA AND SOCIATRY

Edward Schreiber

All enquiries and RSVP to Sue Daniel (Moderator) 0417 586 791 

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  LUNCHTIME READING GROUP

Where?  104 Simpson St, East Melbourne

Cost? $10.00 donation toward resourcing the 'Zerka T. Moreno' library. 

Tea and freshly brewed coffee provided.  Please bring your own lunch.

When? Friday, 31 October 2014 from 12.45 - 1.45 p.m sharp 

Email Enquiries for October Reading Group: pim@netspace.net.au