Therapeutic Spiral International

Concretizing to Warm People Up

Concretizing to Warm People Up

The three parts of the interview and demo with Anna focus on concretizing for warm-ups . When we concretize thoughts, feelings and "act hungers" we literally make the invisible visible . We are able to take action with objects that represent...

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TSM Canon of Creativity

TSM Canon of Creativity

Written by: Cho-Kin Chan (M. Ed., PGDip., B.F.A.) , Theatre Practitioner, Certified Psychodramatist (BPA/UK, HKPA/HK), Drama Therapist (NADTA, US), TSM psychodrama trainee The Wonderful TSM Wizard of Oz From Canon of Creativity of Classical...

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Report From a TSM Clinician

Report From a TSM Clinician

Written by: Tan Hong Kheng, Singapore As TSM has become one of my main practice therapy models for my clinical work, case recording was a challenge. I thought of a way I can maintain a record that not only contains my work done in session, but is...

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TSM Men’s Group

TSM Men’s Group

Written by Joshua Lee The tele flowed across differences too.  It was great to hear the older men share their positive projections of the younger men, stating, “You remind me of all the energy I once had as a younger man.”  And it was delightful to...

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From Observing-Ego to our True Self

From Observing-Ego to our True Self

Written by: Ashfique Rizwan, MPH, MSc; Business Manager, Therapeutic Spiral International (TSI) & Candidate, TSI International Certification using TSM Psychodrama Observing-Ego (OE) is one of the safety structures of Therapeutic Spiral Model...

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Courage is Fear that has said its Prayers

Courage is Fear that has said its Prayers

Kate Hudgins, Ph.D., TEP, as  a guest on the Trauma Therapist 2.o podcast discussing the topic Courage is Fear that has said its Prayers, with Guy Macpherson. Kate is all about experiential therapy, and specifically psychodrama. Experiential...

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Containment 1⁄4 Safety with Action Methods

INTRODUCTION According to research on neurobiology (Rausch, van der Kolk, et al., 1996), we now know that intense dissociated affect can cause retraumatization of the brain by overwhelming it with the very same emotions that were never expressed,...

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