attachment and psychodrama

[Adam Blatner]

Dear Chip, I was intrigued by your claim that certain of these ideas and references are "enormously helpful." I want to encourage you to please, please write up examples, a fair number of examples, of how these approaches or tests or whatever are helpful, and how they can be used with psychodramatic or sociometric exercises--- perhaps for the British Psychodrama Journal. 
          Warmly, Adam
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Chip Chimera 
  To: 'clark baim' ; annehale at swva.net ; list at grouptalkweb.org 
  Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 12:53 PM
  Subject: RE: Regarding Ann Hale's question about the AAI


  OK I'm joining in.  I've been lurking for quite awhile. I have recently started a practice doctorate which will hopefully integrate family therapy, attachment and psychodrama. These emails are really helpful to me.  I am a family therapist and also a psychodramatist. 



  As Clark said, Paul Holmes and I have also trained with Pat Crittenden.  In 2000 I did the AAI training in the Mary Main ABCD model. It was helpful and revolutionized the way I work with families.  However the DMM has brought so much more.  The DMM has no 'disorganised' category (only a very small segment in infancy). The model shows how attachment strategies actually do become highly organised as development progresses. It is, as others have pointed out, immensely helpful in targeting effective interventions. 



  I am currently studying her school age assessment of attachment.  It is enormously helpful in working with families where it is all played out in front of you if your eyes are tuned in to see it. 



  It is so interesting to think that there are such a number of us discovering the same things and working on the integration of them.  I am also much taken by Dan Siegal, as well as Allan Schore who has been in the UK for two 2 day workshops in recent years.  I think the present moment work of Daniel Stern is also absolutely spot on for our work in psychodrama. Family therapy is getting interested in the philosophy of embodiment.  I'm looking at overlap.  



  My doctorate will be on how family therapists use action and what theories and ideas are influencing them in the moment. 



  Enough.  I have a number of PDF copies of Pat Crittenden's articles if you are interested. Incidentally, Rudi Dallos, who wrote the book on Attachment Narrative Therapy is Crittenden trained too. 



  Sorry this is long.  I do best with sound bites! 

  Warm regards, Chip Chimera



  -----Original Message-----
  From: list-bounces at grouptalkweb.org [mailto:list-bounces at grouptalkweb.org] On Behalf Of clark baim
  Sent: 08 April 2009 19:59
  To: annehale at swva.net; list at grouptalkweb.org
  Subject: RE: Regarding Ann Hale's question about the AAI




  To provide a little more on the question of attachment and psychodrama, I would recommend the work of Dan Hughes. He is a very highly regarded trainer on attachment issues in relation to adoption and fostering (and child care in general). More info at:
  http://www.familyfutures.co.uk/services/training/dan-hughes.html
   
  Ann, did I see somewhere on listserve that you have started a Facebook group for people interested in attachment and Morenean theory? I would be interested to join such a conversation.
   
  Best regards
   
  Clark Baim, UK
   



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