Sharing

[HV Psychodrama]

Joe Romance did a wonderful training on sharing at the conference several 
years ago. It took a look at different types of faulty sharing and how the 
director can intervene to get it back on track. The best part was all these 
psychodramatists taking on the roles of unruly group members. There was a 
lot of laughing. I really miss him.

    I haven't seen many psychodramatists who don't allow for sharing. It is 
the third essential part of the psychodrama session. It can be a challenge 
to manage, especially when one doesn't have several hours for the group. One 
of the questions that always comes up has to do with how much sharing is 
helpful to the protagonist...sometimes in large groups they can get 
overwhelmed and so one needs to find creative ways to allow for group 
sharing at the same time protect the protagonist.  This is why we sometimes 
invite sharing in small groups, rather than as a whole group, once the 
protagonist has heard from several people.

    Other concerns have to do with the person who uses sharing to tell the 
entirety of their story and then ends up getting extremely warmed up as the 
group is closing. Or the group member who uses the sharing time to process 
their own experience in a lengthy monologue which creates separation from 
the protagonist rather than connection. When I have a group where people 
often do this I will often ask them to go inside, process first, and then 
share with the protagonist the essence rather than the whole story.





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adam Blatner" <ablatner at verizon.net>
To: "Adam Blatner" <adam at blatner.com>; "Bud Weiss" <bud.weiss at gmail.com>
Cc: <list at grouptalkweb.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2009 9:57 AM
Subject: Re: family sculpture paper


>I agree, well said!  Warmly, adam
>
> --- On Fri, 10/9/09, Bud Weiss <bud.weiss at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> From: Bud Weiss <bud.weiss at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: family sculpture paper
>> To: "Adam Blatner" <adam at blatner.com>
>> Cc: list at grouptalkweb.org
>> Date: Friday, October 9, 2009, 11:36 PM
>>
>> I might also add that while it is
>> totally clear to most directors that a proper warm up ( not
>> too hot and not too cold) is essential for proper and
>> relevant action for the group,  too often, sharing appears
>> to be considered, even by many well trained  psychodrama
>> directors I have witnessed, as a kind of  necessary and
>> less  important part of the psychodrama for which they have
>> spent little time in perfecting and fully understanding. For
>> me, it is the essential aspect of psychodrama. It is the
>> reorganizing and acknowledgement of the reformation of the
>> group resources to allow for further spontaneity on
>> everyone's part.  Without this process well managed,
>>  the action is little more than a practice of self
>> involvement as only part of the three part saying of Rabbi
>> Hillel
>> If I am
>> not for myself, who will be for
>> me?If I am for myself alone, who am
>> I?
>> If not
>> now, When?
>>
>> Thoughts anyone?
>>  Bud
>> On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 5:05 PM,
>> Adam Blatner <ablatner at verizon.net>
>> wrote:
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>> I forgot, did I tell you
>> about this paper I posted
>> on my website?  http://www.blatner.com/adam/pdntbk/famsculptpdmenngr.html
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