By Scott Giacomucci, MSS, LSW, CTTS, CET III The continued opiate epidemic has severely impacted young people as drug overdoses have reached unprecedented levels. Young people, more than ever, have been seeking addiction treatment with...
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Being in two places at once: renegotiating traumatic experience through the surplus reality of psychodrama
By Scott Giacomucci & Amy Stone Abstract This article continues the dialogue started by Skolnik 2018 about the synergistic union of social work and psychodrama group approaches. The theoretical and clinical alignment of psychodrama and...
Experiential Addiction Treatment: Creating Positive Connection through Sociometry and Therapeutic Spiral Model Safety Structures
By Scott Giacomucci, MSS, LCSW, CTTS, CET III, TSI AL Many argue that addiction is preceded by a sense of psychosocial dislocation, experiences of relational trauma, attachment ruptures, or neglect. The lived experience of drug addiction is...
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The Sage Handbook of Counselling and Psychotherapy (4th edition)
At over 600 pages and with more than 100 contributions, this Fourth Edition brings together the essentials of counselling and psychotherapy theory, research, skills and practice. Including new content on assessment, theory, applications and...
TSM Six Safety Action Structures American Society for Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy
The TSM Six Safety Action Structures have been developed and used to concretize spontaneity and provide containment and group cohesion for all Therapeutic Spiral Model (TSM) groups for several decades now (Hudgins & Toscani, 2013). The...
TSM Psychodrama for Personal Restoration, Renewal, & Cultural Connection
10 – 15 February, and 17 – 22 March, 2019 These retreats will each combine 30+ hours of personal growth, psychodrama sessions with diverse cultural adventures on the beautiful and mystical island of Bali in Indonesia. Included will be a trip to the...
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New Book From Vlada Zapesotsky – The Way Home: Discovering the Path to Your Truth, Nature, and Inner Treasures
Hello, my dear friends! I am here to inform you about the release of my book The Way Home: Discovering the Path to your Truth, Nature and Inner Treasures. This is a very exiting time for me and I am looking forward to share my book and the vision...
Reflections from Linda Ciotola, M.Ed., TEP TSM Trainer
Recently, I had the opportunity to direct a private TSM psychodrama a deux, using OEcards, strength roles concretized with scarves, and use of "the triple double" (BD/Classical double/CD in fluid action as needed) from the director's role. Of...
Why We Move Away from Our Inner Home, or Why We Disconnect from Our True Self – Vlada Zapesotsky, MA, PAT
Over the past years, I have researched and developed a healing concept and action model called The Way Home to Your True Self, which is a practice of returning to one's inner beginning, one's true nature and whole self. This concept of...



