Sociometry Training
Edward Schreiber
edwschreiber at earthlink.net
Sat Jul 11 17:15:22 CDT 2009
Hi,
Thanks for this! I particularly love reading sociometry as
"consciousness of choice and access to roles within the group and in
people's lives." I am made aware of systems thinking, Bowen and
Holtzman and others, thinking that this focus on the freedom and
range of choice we have, is dependent in part on who we are
socioemtrically in this country, this world. For instance, for many
years, all of my life really, I could not take a role of legitimate,
in terms of the social honoring of a partner recognized as equal to
others. Thank God that has changed and continues to change! But I
have a role too of consumer, for example. In the HIV treatment world
"victims" were changed to "consumers" attempting to empower people
living with AIDS. But consumer is deadly now, as we have perhaps,
like some scientists tell us, have passed a number of tipping points
in global ecological change. The dying of the coral reefs being one
of note. So what does it mean to offer role training as the ecology
may be tipping? In thinking of these questions for many years and
reading Who Shall Survive? with a magnifying class of a state of
mind, trying to understand each meaning Moreno was asking us to
consider. The most compelling for me, woven throughout, is his view
on the sociodynamic effect as a human wide phenomena to which we are
all being victimized. Some more than others. Women, continents of
people, lgbt youth, and many more. But underneath this effect
happening/noted in all social settings, Moreno realized an "social
and organic unity" among humanity. To the natural world as well.
Sociatry I believe is getting to that organic unity and using
sociometry to allow the sociodynamic effect to be seen and changed.
Someplace we found a quote describing the instruments (sociometry,
sociodrama, psychodrama) are for social change. I liked that. It's
now about pioneering a new frontier, allowing ourselves to follow -
and in my experience now, since my childhood, years of addressing
life's ups and downs, it's fundamentally about finding a direct
relationship with the Godhead, Zerka calls this an autonomous healing
center within us. I am finding this to be what I am finding in
thinking about our method as having tools for all of humankind, but
realize it's all in an early stage, still, now, in our collective's
offering to the world. In other words, I think the best of our work
is before us. Finding dialogue as Ann teaches is great.
Thanks,
Ed
On Jul 11, 2009, at 5:38 AM, HV Psychodrama wrote:
> Adam, your heart is surely in the right place and clearly you are
> coming from wanting to honor something important. However, to add
> to what Ann wrote...sociometry is not separate from psychodrama. It
> would be like trying to teach heart surgery without teaching the
> circulatory system.
>
> It is one of the basics, it is part of everything we do, whether we
> are aware of it or not. And it is vital that we psychodramatists
> understand it, learn how to use it, learn to be conscious of it.
> not as a separate discipline but as part of our method.
>
>
> And to be clear, I am not speaking here of all the sociometric
> group building exercise and warm ups as wonderful as they are. I am
> talking about consciousness of choice and access to roles within
> the group and in people's lives.
>
>
> It is part of the difference between simple role playing and the
> richness of our method.
>
> Rebecca
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Original Message -----
> From: Ann Hale
> To: grouptalk
> Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 10:29 PM
> Subject: Fw: Sociometry Training
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ann Hale
> To: Adam Blatner
> Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 10:28 PM
> Subject: Re: Sociometry Training
>
> Having a special award may seem like a neat thing to do, but it is
> another way to split sociometry off from the action methods, as iff
> it exists apart from the integrative whole as envisioned by
> Moreno. Of course you can separate out "techniques" for a
> structured learning situation, but it is hard to leave out the
> applied and action part.
>
> Every traumatic event is a sociometric one. Every warm-up is a
> sociometric one. Every psychodrama, role play, sociodrama,
> bibliodrama, soul drama, etc. has a foundation in the the nature of
> the interpersonal connections which support the risks taken, the
> willing acceptance of roles, and sharing from the heart.
> Psychodrama is full-circle sociometry.
>
> Let's just keep on, keeping on the soul train of the whole
> shebang. Ann Hale
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Adam Blatner
> To: ABE Psychodrama ; GroupTalk
> Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 5:26 PM
> Subject: Re: Sociometry Training
>
> So what about having an ASGPP award for people who make substantial
> contributions to advancing sociometry? I have proposed this
> recently, and of course folks will need to think about it. But it
> does seem as if sociometry continues to be given more weight in the
> last twenty years. Warmly, Adam
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: ABE Psychodrama
> To: GroupTalk
> Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 3:32 PM
> Subject: Sociometry Training
>
> Dear All,
>
> As usual Rebecca and Ann have been most articulate on the subject
> of sociometry. I would agree that sociometry is best taught in
> training groups and I weave in the Sociometric Healing Circle as a
> way to explore how sociometry impacts every relationship that we
> create. I also teach the unorthodox and that is intrapersonal and
> transpersonal sociometry. I believe that the same sociometric
> patterns that we create with others we also create within ourselves
> (part of our self, parts of our physical body, etc) and with
> transpersonal figures. It take a long time, maybe a few lifetimes,
> to really come to accept and be compassionate to all. We can
> reject something/someone without anger, resentment, hurt and
> judgment. At least I believe that is theoretically possible . I am
> still working on this myself.
>
> Dale Richard Buchanan
>
>
>
>
> Grouptalk mailing list
> List at grouptalkweb.org
> http://grouptalkweb.org/mailman/listinfo/list_grouptalkweb.org
>
>
>
> No virus found in this incoming message.
> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
> Version: 8.5.375 / Virus Database: 270.12.92/2203 - Release Date:
> 06/26/09 05:53:00
>
>
> Grouptalk mailing list
> List at grouptalkweb.org
> http://grouptalkweb.org/mailman/listinfo/list_grouptalkweb.org
>
>
> Grouptalk mailing list
> List at grouptalkweb.org
> http://grouptalkweb.org/mailman/listinfo/list_grouptalkweb.org
> 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/20090711/288be979/attachment.html>
More information about the List
mailing list