writing for journal or website

[Martin Putt]

Hi Patti
 Thank you Adam. I too am interested in what you are doing Patti and would
read anything put forward by others in this area. Were I nearby I¹d be at
the workshop with skates on. The warm up  to create something myself builds!

Of course there is great room for this kind of exploration in our community,
and in the wider circles we inhabit of our professional lives, and like you
have been inspired Patti, our method is a great way to explore ethical
dilemmas, issues, notions of boundary, consequences etc. One factor central
to ethical thinking is role reversal, and thus  the widening of our
perspectives and systemic understandings. What emerges in the workshop is
appealing- what you go in with to begin it, how it develops, what is
produced. 

Questions come to mind for me around the area of ethical practices etc in
group work/ group psychotherapy, and the differences from the one to one
relationship.

What about with adolescent clients/ group members etc ­say a 14 year old
disclosing partner abuse in a group setting

Do we think differently about and thus act differently in regard to ethics
or boundaries or professional helping relationships than our psychoanalytic
cousins, family therapists, psychologists, social workers etc. - e.g. Self
disclosure, touch, dual relationship as you mention.

What about the differences between supervisory, training, or collegial or
client relationships?

The relatively smaller nature of our community, especially here in NZ and
Australia of which I am familiar, leads to  ever present dual and multiple
relationships which can create real hindrances and also great potential
benefits (for both parties). There is potential for harm and potential for
joy. 

How can we develop our  role responsiveness/spontaneity to be thoughtful
practitioners in an ethical world rather than rule bound automatons (and in
so doing build or reduce this in others.) What is black and white and what
is grey?

These amongst other things Patti I would bring to the workshop in my
warm-up...²i¹m ready for a drama!²

....and following Adam, can we share our work with each other to build upon
and then upon and then upon....

All the best from sunny NZ

Martin Putt




On 5/02/09 5:14 PM, "Adam Blatner" <ablatner at verizon.net> wrote:

> Hi Patti, these are interesting programs. If there is anyone in your group /
> team / students who might function in the role of note-taker / amanauensis /
> writing up high points of these programs, this in turn could be turned into
> some papers that would be of use to the community.
>     What issues come up as you do these sessions? What do the doubles
> discover? (i.e., what are the hidden attitudes that get brought to the surface
> in various predicaments?)
>          What techniques have been found to be more or less useful in warming
> up or processing various kinds of problems?
>  
>    These and other questions continue to be alive in my mind as I ponder the
> state of the field. Issues of consensus, differences of style, and the like
> have rarely been discussed openly, with the specifics identified.
>      I've been writing about the history of medicine (papers on my website)
> and the progress of a field of endeavor continues to impress me with how many
> different aspects need to be aligned in order to develop the field
> professionally. 
>  
>       While your announcement is the occasion for this email, really, this
> email is addressed equally to the whole psychodrama community, encouraging
> everyone to do likewise.
>  
>       Good wishes, Warmly, Adam
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>> Subject: Singular Pathways Welcomes  You--March 21 psychodrama &
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>> 3.00 Cat 1  CEU Hours of Ethics for Social Workers, LPCs, Addictions
>> Counselors.  3.00 Cat 1 Hours for Psychodrama  Trainees
>>  
>> NOT YOUR TYPICAL  ETHICS WORKSHOP
>>  
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>> Patti Desert, LCSW-C, LCSW-C, Director
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>> Singular  Pathways
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>> ETHICS IN ACTION:  EXPLORING THE  GREY  ZONES
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>> Utilizing  Psychodrama and Sociodrama
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>> Presenter:  Catherine Nugent, M.S., LCPC,  CP/PAT
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>> Ethical  dilemmas rarely offer easy and clear-cut alternatives.  What is
>> ethical behavior?  How do we make decisions when the  Codes are not always
>> clear?  What  are the personal values we bring to the process that influence
>> our  decisions?  In this workshop we  use action methods to explore ethical
>> dilemmas and bring these questions  alive.
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>> Learning  Objectives:
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>>              --Identify contextual issues surrounding sensitive ethical
>> concerns  such as
>>  
>>                self-disclosure, dual  relationships, and touch.
>>  
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>>              --Expand skills to recognize and manage appropriate  boundaries.
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>>              --Explore personal values that influence ethical  behavior.
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>>              --Identify common cognitive errors that can affect ethical
>> decision-making.
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>>              --Experience the decision-making process in action by using
>> techniques
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>>                 drawn from the  field of psychodrama and sociodrama
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>> treatment of anxiety, depression, and trauma.  Her clients include Baltimore
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