http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3198542/

The article discusses measures of therapeutic alliance as outcomes of psychotherapy in individual and group settings.

For families with kids with substance abuse, juvenile delinquency, and serious emotional disturbance, here is an article from Kansas on what constitutes the best practices.  https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu.  You might find this of interest not only for the practices it recommends but also for the reasoning and means of support it gives in choosing a best practice.

American Psychological Association President’s 2005 article on Evidence Based Practice is available at www.apa.org/practice/resources/evidence/evidence-based-statement.pdf

Evaluation of Geese Theatre’s Re-Connect Program: Addressing Resettlement Issues in Prison
Leigh Harkins, Cecilia Pritchard, Donna Haskayne, Andy Watson, and Anthony R. Beech
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol, June 2011; vol. 55, 4: pp. 546-566., first published on May 14, 2010
…Connect program. drama-based intervention|prison program|resettlement…Re-Connect program. Keywords drama-based intervention, prison program, resettlement…short-term impact of a CBT and drama- based intervention addressing resettlement

TY – JOUR
A1 – Konopik, Debra A.
A1 – Cheung, Monit
T1 – Psychodrama as a Social Work Modality
Y1 – 2013/01/01
JF – Social Work
JO – Social Work
SP – 9
EP – 20
DO – 10.1093/sw/sws054
VL – 58
IS – 1
UR – http://sw.oxfordjournals.org/content/58/1/9.abstract
N2 – Psychodrama is the process of enacting or reenacting relevant aspects or roles from current and past events to instill hope in clients who are facing life issues. This article examines the outcomes of a five-stage psychodrama treatment through a social worker’s direct participation in a partial hospitalization program. Observation notes and supervisors’ inputs were used to analyze the therapeutic outcomes of 13 patients who assumed the role of protagonist. Rather than through use of a symptom checklist, the treatment outcomes were measured on the basis of the ability of each patient to connect feelings to expressed concerns and anticipated changes. Through content analysis of communication patterns, these concerns were linked to eight therapeutic themes: change in emotions, family of origin issues, impact of group work, relationships with others, impact of the past, self-awareness, self-worth, and shift of personal views. This study highlights the importance of the combined effort of both the therapist and the patient, making psychodrama a bridge to further treatment. Psychodrama is both a clinical method and an educational opportunity for social workers.
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Jonathan Haidt’s book The Righteous Mind is in a way a study of the opposite of Moreno’s idea of inclusion. The book studies polarization in America.  It discusses how and why humans are so often making “in- groups” and excluding others. We so frequently like to think of ourselves as morally above others who think differently or behave differently– what is that all about? Haidt asks. Well worth reading about.  After all, it is hard to overcome what we fail to understand.  Haidt has developed some intriguing online research and can be found discussing his book and his experiments in moral choices on You tube.   He asserts that those who tend to the right in this country value loyalty, sanctity, and freedom most highly, while those on the left place caring and fairness highest in their priorities.  At the end, he suggests we would do well to listen well to one another’s concerns.

You might like to know that we  now have some researchers from our list–that is, among us, from within our ranks– who are working on collaborating together to produce at least one study.   This is just wonderful, and so much what we hoped for when we put this list together.  Congratulations!

This article is available online in the journal Sex Offender Treatment, Vol. 8, issue 2. Written by Erica Hollander and Marian Craig, it describes a multiyear program of psychodrama treatment for adjudicated sexual offenders, giving a manual and some results of self-reporting by participants. You can get it online free by going to the journal Sex Offender Treatment.

Courtois and Ford, Eds. (2009). Treating complex traumatic stress disorders: An evidence based guide. NY: Guilford Press.

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