67th Annual Conference

Saturday, February 27

Afternoon Workshops

1:30 - 4:00 P.M.

Workshop 101

LGBT Family of Origin and Families of Choice: A Psychodrama Workshop

Chair:

Jacob Gershoni, LCSW, TEP, CGP, Co-Director, Psychodrama Training Institute, New York, New York

For LGBT persons, dealing with family of origin issues is often fraught with tension and conflicts, which at times go unresolved for years. Psychodrama offers unique possibilities to support LGBT group members in rehearsing meaningful dialogues, resolving conflicts while creating a supportive network. Workshop will explore issues experientially in action.

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Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:

1. Assess group warm-up (cohesion) as various sociometric techniques are applied in action.

2. Follow the transformation of the protagonist’s narrative into action.

3. Participate as protagonist, auxiliary or audience in the enactment.

4. Identify issues specific families with LGBT members as they work with groups and choose a central concern to focus on.

Course References:

Jacob Gershoni, (Ed.) (2003). Psychodrama in the 21st Century: Clinical and Educational Applications. New York: Springer Publishing Co.

Blatner, A. (2000). Foundation of Psychodrama; History, Theory and Practice. (4th ed.) New York: Springer.

Kipper, D, A. (1986). Psychotherapy Through Role Playing. New York: Brunner-Mazel.