The Lunchtime Reading Group
Monthly meetings resume on 29 May 2015 with Phil
Smalley as the Guest Speaker, at the Psychodrama Institute of Melbourne.
Regular
meetings from 12.45 to 1.45 pm precisely on the last Friday of every month -
ALL WELCOME!
The Lunchtime
Reading Group is a communal space to meet other readers, writers, trainees and
practitioners and converse about all things to do with reading and writing on
psychodrama and related topics.
The genre of
psychodramatic writing and the possibilities of expanding and discovering
evermore this unique genre, are exciting to us.
Here is a space
to connect with others and share your views, ideas, questions, spontaneous
reflections and just hang out.
Each meeting
will start off with a particular topic, aspect of, or whole book or article,
with a guest speaker or moderator, over coffee, tea and lunch (BYO).
Creative Reflection - Enhancing The Sharing Phase In
Psychodrama
With Phil Smalley
An important,
indeed vital aspect of the psychodrama process is the sharing. At a
psychodrama conference some years ago, I attended workshop called “The
reflective space”. The presenter of the workshop introduced a variation
on the sharing phase. After directing a drama, instead of immediately
launching into sharing, he asked participants to find a quiet space for about
five minutes and reflect on what the drama meant to them. He then brought
the group back together and invited participants to share. His reason for
this was to ensure that the sharing was more than saying the first thing that
came to mind. I found this quite profound as the sharing became much
deeper.
I subsequently
decided to develop that idea further. After directing a drama, I used the
format above but also asked participants to come up with a word which captured
the essence of the drama, incorporate that word in a short phrase, and write it
down on a piece of paper. When the sharing began, I suggested that each
person say both their word and the short phrase and then do their sharing.
After the
sharing was finished, I asked that participants to hand their piece of paper to
the protagonist. What the protagonist then had was, in effect, a ‘poem of
sharing’. My purpose in doing this was not only to enrich the sharing but
also to facilitate the protagonist feeling re-integrated in the group.
Further, s/he had something else to take away, and not have to rely on memory
of what was said.
Finally, if this
were to be used for each drama in an ongoing group, it would be possible to
create an anthology of sharing poems for the group.
Donation: $10.00 ($15.00
for non-MPS members) for freshly brewed coffee, a wide selection of premium
teas, and also to build up the PIM library.
For RSVP, Venue details and Enquiries: pim@netspace.net.au
Administrator: 0410 536 791
