use of "psychodrama" in media

[Peter Parkinson]

Hi Cynthia
I had 15 years of promoting psychodrama through my medical surgery in a
small town in New Zealand. Our work became highly respected and the word
valued in the community. I believe that any opportunity to educate is well
worth while. Currently I am working on a book for the general public on the
principles of growing out of asthma. It is highly educational and features
psychodrama as a central theme.
I say go for it. Public debate can only de myth the Hitchcock image that he
initiated years ago.
Arohanui
Peter Parkinson
Aoteoroa
New Zealand 


On 6/10/08 4:14 PM, "CGayle" <cgayle at zipcon.com> wrote:

> I just read an editorial about the election  (I do NOT want to discuss
> election here), that used the term "psychodrama", stating, "in the psychodrama
> that is this election,...."
>  
> It is the fourth time I have heard "psychodrama" used in this regard this
> year.  A couple times on mainstream tv news. "Psychodrama" is increasingly
> used to describe dramatic intensity....but in a negative vernacular vs a
> positive one. The ups and downs and back and forth's of this election for
> which "psychodrama" has been used seems to refer to dramatic intensity that
> changes often and in surprising ways, like an action thriller, and perhaps
> refers to the intensity of polarizing...the polar opposite of healing.  At any
> rate, I have not liked this usage.
>  
> I started to write a brief comment to the columnist of this article...and then
> I wondered if maybe I was over reacting.  Maybe "psychodrama" is getting a new
> use in the culture.  Is this a concern?  Does it matter?  Is this an
> opportinunity for education?  Would that be nerdy?
>  
> I looked up in dictionary, does psychodrama have other usages?  My dictionary
> is quite dated (20 years), but there was no other usage in Webster's,
> 1988...."an extemporized dramatization designed to afford catharsis and social
> relearning for one or more of the participants from whose life history the
> plot is abstracted".
>  
> Close enough to not be proper use of term by journalists.  Although they make
> up new words and usages every day...the more clever the better.
>  
> Have others read/heard this usage of "psychodrama"?   And if so, what are your
> thoughts and reactions?
>  
> Cynthia Gayle
> Seattle
>  
>  
> 
> 
> Grouptalk mailing list
> List at grouptalkweb.org
> http://grouptalkweb.org/mailman/listinfo/list_grouptalkweb.org

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://grouptalkweb.org/pipermail/list_grouptalkweb.org/attachments/20081006/9fcbd497/attachment.html