HEW research

[T. Treadwell]

ron and jenny
Have not heard of the research you mentioned.  However, you might want to
look at this article...it may be the one ?

Kipper, David A. & Ritchie, T. D. (2003). The effectiveness of
psychodramatic techniques: A meta-analysis. Group Dynamics: Theory,
Research and Practice, 7, 13-25.

Tom


> Hi Ron
>
> I have been keeping an eye out for research comparing or combining CBT
> and Psychodrama for the last year or two (and have searched for these
> articles on good search engines and databases). I have not seen the
> research you mention and am really keen to hear about it if someone has
> a reference. I guess it may not be specifically about psychodrama but
> more about experiential methods in general. There is a good recent
> review article supporting the efficacy of experiential therapy methods
> in general but not comparing it with CBT- I will post the reference once
> I find it.
>
> What is HEW by the way?
>
> There are two papers by Hamanci that may be of interest. The 2006
> research has results that suggest that psychodrama enhances the
> effectiveness of CBT by increasing motivation and may help prevent
> relapse.
>
>> Hamamci, Z (2002) The effect of integrating psychodrama and cognitive
>> behaviour therapy on reducing cognitive distortions in interpersonal
>> relationships. Journal of Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama & Sociometry,
>> Spring, 3 -14.
>> Hamamci, Z. (2006) Integrating psychodrama and cognitive behavioural
>> therapy to treat moderate depression. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 33,
>> 199-207.
>
> Regards
> Jenny
>
>
>
> Ronald Anderson wrote:
>> Arlene Story, TEP, when speaking with my students 5 or 6 years ago, said
>> that while doing graduate work, she had come across a research project
>> from HEW comparing the outcome of experiential methods compared to more
>> cognitive/behavioral approaches, with preliminary conclusions that using
>> experiential methods had more efficacy, with more long-lasting
>> results.    In asking Arlene about where she found that research, as I
>> couldn't find it online, she protested that when she had just moved to
>> Florida, to become clinical director at The Refuge, it was somewhere
>> hidden in boxes she hadn't gotten around to go through yet.
>>
>> Is anyone else in our group aware of such a government-sponsored
>> research project, and where to get hold of it?
>>
>> Appreciate.
>>
>> Ron Anderson
>>
>>
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