Trauma, van der Kolk and psychodrama

[HV Psychodrama]

Bessel Van Der Kolk was very disturbed by a workshop he saw at our 
conference when he was the keynote speaker a number of years before. Judy 
Swallow has spoken to him...I think she sent him Kate Hudgins book. Judy has 
a somewhat removed connection with him. You might try contacting her..
Rebecca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Edward Schreiber" <edwschreiber at earthlink.net>
To: "ASGPP grouptalknew" <list at grouptalkweb.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 8:01 PM
Subject: Trauma, van der Kolk and psychodrama


> Dear Colleagues,
> I had dinner tonight with a psychologist out here in Western Mass.   She 
> is in private practice, but worked in a clinic serving  traumatized kids
> and families for many years.  In any case, she was concerned about a 
> conference she recently attended in the Hartford, CT area, in which
> Dr. Van der Kolk as the keynote speaker.  Interestingly enough, he 
> mentioned yoga and "theater" as helpful in the resolution of trauma. 
> This
> colleague has known of our method for some time so she raised in  front of 
> 300 people the question to him, about the work of J.L.  Moreno and
> psychodrama.  This conference was a few months ago.  Dr. Van der Kolk 
> resolutely announced psychodrama as counter-indicated for the
> treatment of trauma, suggesting abreactive nature of the method, as  he 
> experienced it some time ago, makes the situation worse for  traumatized
> patients.
>
> Does anyone know how to reach him, what we might do to address this  with 
> him?  Does anyone have a connection with him and why might he
> be saying this - around the country - about psychodrama?
>
> Ed
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