http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019188691400083X This is the web address for an open access article on the positive relationship between emotional intelligence and generalized self determination, or what psychodramatists might call “act hunger”. The authors assert that the 2 are linked, and both contribute…

What do we mean by “research”? Is research in Psychodrama possible or worth doing? I see things published under the heading “research” or “theory and research” that do not meet my definitions of research or theory. Some argue that research…

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Action Research is a new international, interdisciplinary, refereed journal which is a forum for the development of the theory and practice of action research. Our purpose with this international, peer reviewed journal is to offer a forum for participative, action…

An article in the Times Digest  (NY Times online service)  about a week ago discussed a new study that is looking at what the effect of making therapists’ notes from group therapy sessions available to the participants in the groups.…

The new online journal E Journal of Psychotherapy Research has an article from Annalisa Versari on the use of psychodrama in a group containing both perpetrators and victims over a span of 15 sessions. You can find the article at…

http://www.ted.com/talks/uri_alon_why_truly_innovative_science_demands_a_leap_into_the_unknown?utm_source=newsletter_weekly_2014-06-13&utm_campaign=newsletter_weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_content=bottom_left_button   This TED talk should be an encouragement to all who fear that, as psychodramatists, they cannot be serious scientists.

Call for papers Zeitschrift für Psychodrama und Soziometrie ZPS Journal of Psychodrama and Sociometry Special Issue on Empirical Research and Science II To Appear in Autumn 2015 Editors: Christian Stadler, Michael Wieser, Kate Kirk, Konrad Schnabel Following the Special Issue…

I’ve responded below to Rebecca’s Q’s.   Are we comparing those treated with psychodrama with those treated with nothing, or with other modalities? Both can be done.   How will we know that it is the psychodrama opposed to being…