There can be positive change after adversity. By Adena Bank Lees, LCSW For those who have experienced trauma, it is common to feel like life will never be the same again. As evidenced by a growing body of research, though, humans have the ability...
by Steven Durost, PhD, AL Scarves on the floor and saris wrapped around participants. 96 degree heat drying sweat as it comes of the body and fans providing more noise than relief. This day is the fourth day of a seven day stretch of TSI...
Hello All you Lovely Psychodramatists. Dr. Kate has asked me to write a blurb about the TSM training I have been offering in Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA over the past three years. It started off as something organic and has evolved into four modules,...
I think most of you know that Mario is now the Co-Director of TSI with me. It feels good to have someone in that role again since Francesca retired. But I really feel her presence these days as I connect more with some of the trainers on our...
By Scott Giacomucci, MSS, LSW, CTTS, CET III Abstract The experience of traveling has the power to provide us with rich experiential learning experiences and a deeper understanding of psychodrama theory. I offer this article as an personal...
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...
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...
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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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...
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...
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...