Transference

Jenny Wilson jenny at blennerhassett.gen.nz
Mon Jul 13 01:50:22 CDT 2009


Hi Adam
Thanks for reminding me of this - I have found several articles that
look promising.

regards
Jenny

Adam Blatner wrote:
> Please check out www.pdbib.org    Jim Sacks' psychodrama bibliography.
> Many articles on transference. Use search engine and key word. Please
> pass this message about this most valuable resource along to everyone in
> your network. Warmly, Adam
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jenny Wilson"
> <jenny at blennerhassett.gen.nz>
> To: "Peter Howie" <peterhowie at macquariehouse.com.au>
> Cc: "Group talk Listserv" <list at grouptalkweb.org>
> Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 2:09 AM
> Subject: Transference
> 
> 
>> Hi Peter
>> If you or others do know of good articles on transference and
>> psychodrama can you forward me the references please. It is a really
>> interesting area and I would like to learn more.
>>
>> Kind regards
>> Jenny
>>
>> Peter Howie wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I am working up a short term curriculum at present and thought I would
>>> try and clarify this area of work if anyone is up for a challenge. And
>>> if it is so old hat and has been covered to death please point me in the
>>> right direction.
>>>
>>> If the social atom is indeed the smallest unit that we can work with -
>>> either from a practical or theoretical point of view, then I think it
>>> stands to reason that transference and counter transference are never
>>> entirely or even mostly arising from an individuated personality but are
>>> a product of the larger social atom.
>>>
>>> When I think like this I am greatly relieved from having to distinguish
>>> transference from simply having an idea about someone. I find that if
>>> transference is at work at all, then it seems as if it is at work at all
>>> times and it is simply a matter of degree (how much is a transference
>>> from another experience) or degree of importance (how much it interferes
>>> with current relationships) as to whether or not to work with it. One
>>> thing I find hard with the idea of transference is that it seems very
>>> like some of the early template models of the way the brain/mind work. I
>>> can't seem to separate out the transference part of a relationship from
>>> say, my memory of the last time we met, or the first time we met, or how
>>> because you are a Dr I generalise an aspect of my relating to you to all
>>> the other Drs I know.
>>>
>>> Can others help me here?
>>>
>>> Mostly I try and use role theory and the idea of the reciprocating
>>> nature of the way we are with one another.
>>>
>>> Cheers while I get back to the other task
>>>
>>> Peter in Brisbane
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/07/2009, at 5:58 AM, Edward Schreiber wrote:
>>>
>>>> It seems to me that the whole is larger than its parts, although Zerka
>>>> has written that psychodrama/sociodrama fall under an umbrella of
>>>> sociometry.  I think also that the whole method has to include this
>>>> thing called sociatry, the fourth element to the triadic system.
>>>> Thank you Adam and Ann.
>>>>
>>>> Ed
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Jul 10, 2009, at 10:29 PM, Ann Hale wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> *From:* Ann Hale <mailto:annehale at swva.net>
>>>>> *To:* Adam Blatner <mailto:adam at blatner.com>
>>>>> *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 <mailto:ablatner at verizon.net>
>>>>>     *To:* ABE Psychodrama <mailto:abepsychodrama at yahoo.com> ;
>>>>>     GroupTalk <mailto:list at grouptalkweb.org>
>>>>>     *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 <mailto:abepsychodrama at yahoo.com>
>>>>>         *To:* GroupTalk <mailto:list at grouptalkweb.org>
>>>>>         *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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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