| Roussos, Tina |
From being dumped by waves to finding shells on the beach: Rediscovering life after a mental health crisis in later life (PDF, 74.5 KB) |
Journal 33 December 2024 |
anxiety, continuum, doubling, intervention, isolation, loneliness, mental health, Moreno, sociometry |
There is a myth in the mental health field that medication is the only intervention option for older patients. The patients themselves often believe this myth. Depressed and anxious older people talk of reduced contact with friends and family, withdrawing into themselves, and being judged for not shaking off the illness. Experiencing significant losses of life partners and long friendships, and trying to cope with their mental illness, they often believe that at this time in their lives they are not going to be able to make new friendships and cannot look forward to positive experiences. I wanted to challenge this myth. |
3 |
2024-12 |
| Brown, Hamish |
Collaborative Decision Making in Facilitated Groups and Other Organisations (PDF, 230.1 KB) |
Journal 31 December 2022 |
collaboration, decision making, dependency, development, facilitation, leadership, Moreno, organisation, relationship, role, role theory, social system, sociometry, subgroups |
Developing collaborative approaches in organisational settings is very challenging. If collaboration were simple most organisations would adopt such practices with ease. However, this is rarely the case. I have spent nearly three decades working to find effective ways to bring about collaboration in organisational settings. This paper presents the approach that I and my colleagues from Phoenix Facilitation developed to make collaborative decision making in groups and complex organisational settings possible. It is based primarily on the Psychodramatic theories of sociometry and role theory. In this paper I will introduce you to three dimensions of organisational life that are central to organisational functioning and discuss how these dimensions relate to one another. I will present a diagnostic and descriptive model that arises from this approach, which assists in seeing and understanding the relational dynamics people in the organisation are experiencing. This model also directly assists in planning organisational change. |
2 |
2022-12 |
| Rock, Cissy |
Embodying a Creative Revolution: A Sociodramatist at Work (PDF, 96.9 KB) |
Journal 31 December 2022 |
as if, community development, creativity, encounter, God, health, mirroring, Moreno, playback theatre, relationship, role, sociodrama, sociometry, spontaneity, systems theory, warm up |
This article explores Moreno’s notion of sociatry and the required creative revolution that involves everyone in the healing of society (Moreno, 1947). It will appeal to anyone wanting to work sociodramatically or wanting to get to know about Moreno’s concepts of sociatry and creative revolution. It is also relevant for anyone working with principles of social justice, equity, dignity, diversity and inclusion. |
7 |
2022-12 |
| Gurnsey, Simon |
Book Review: Social Work, Sociometry, and Psychodrama (PDF, 103.3 KB) |
Journal 31 December 2022 |
book review, sociometry |
Social Work, Sociometry, and Psychodrama: Experiential Approaches for Group Therapists, Community Leaders, and Social Workers (Psychodrama in Counselling, Coaching and Education Book 1) By Scott Giacomucci Springer Nature Singapore 2021 Reviewed by Simon Gurnsey |
10 |
2022-12 |
| Synnot, Elizabeth |
Book Review: Sociometry, experiential method and the Science of Society (2012) (PDF, 673.3 KB) |
Journal 29 December 2020 |
book review, J L Moreno, sociometry |
Sociometry, Experiential Method and the Science of Society; an approach to a new political orientation (2012 edition). By J.L. Moreno. The North-West Psychodrama Association. United Kingdom. Reviewed by Elizabeth Synnot. This book is the second edition. It was first published in 1951 by Beacon House, New York. It includes much of Moreno’s significant sociometry writing from the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. His writing continues to be relevant today with current social upheavals and tensions between and within social groups exacerbated by internet and other satellite communications. |
10 |
2020-12 |
| Gurnsey, Simon |
Developing community through collective projects and activities: the benefits of using sociometry (PDF, 360.2 KB) |
Journal 27 December 2018 |
arts participation, community development, community engagement, development, resilience building, sociometry |
In this article, I will let you know how Gap Filler creates ways for people to interact with others and their city, using examples of some of the Gap Filler projects I have been involved with over the past few years. I will focus on identifying the creative sociometric interventions that build relationships. This article will be of interest to practitioners working in community development, resilience building, arts participation or other community engagements. |
8 |
2018-12 |
| Logeman, Walter |
Moreno's Scientific Methodology: By, Of and For the People (PDF, 324.3 KB) |
Journal 24 December 2015 |
experimental design, Moreno, principles of sociometry, Psychodrama, scientific methodology, social science, sociometry, spontaneity |
This paper is an exposition of the scientific methodology developed by Jacob Levy Moreno. It is based on an extensive reading of his writing and the discovery that the heart of his philosophy includes a research paradigm that incorporates human spontaneity and unpredictability. Six principles have been identified and formed into a working description so that research may be by the people, of the people, and for the people. The paper invites a greater consciousness of this research methodology. The author hopes that practitioners of psychodramatic methods will be encouraged to apply it in their work. |
12 |
2015-12 |
| Tyler-Smith, Keith |
Mainstream Moreno: Teaching Teachers to use Action Methods (PDF, 736.0 KB) |
Journal 5 December 1996 |
sociometry |
This article describes how a course on Advanced Action Methods for Teaching Professionals was designed, approved and taught for the staff development unit of the Christchurch Polytechnic as part of their Certificate of Adult Teaching (CAT) programme. This course is one module in a series of courses that make up the Diploma of Adult Teaching, a nationally recognised qualification for tertiary level tutors. The challenge was to design a course that met the needs and requirements of a teaching institution while at the same time preserving the essential principles of spontaneity, role development, sociometry and warm up, as developed by J.L. Moreno. |
1 |
1996-12 |
| Hucker, Neil |
Book Review: The Autobiography of J.L Moreno M.D. (Abridged) (PDF, 206.8 KB) |
Journal 22 December 2013 |
sociometry |
This 2011 Edition of Moreno's autobiography brings together works previously published in the Journal of Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama and Sociometry in the Spring and Summer of 1989 1. As noted by Jonathan Moreno in his erudite foreword to the 1989 version, it was an edited 124 page version of Moreno's five hundred page original autobiographical reminiscences, written several years prior to his death in 1974. This current edition has been re-edited by Zerka Moreno. We are indeed lucky to have this recording and editing of his autobiography by Jonathan Moreno his son and Zerka T. Moreno, his second wife. |
25 |
2013-12 |
| McKimmie, Peter |
Building a Student Support System using Sociometry (PDF, 287.7 KB) |
Journal 8 December 1999 |
sociometry |
The paper describes the development of an effective student support system in a senior high school with 80 teachers and 1400 students in the age group of 13 to 18 years. The support system is constructed using the principles of sociometry. The data collected during the process of setting up the system and implications of the findings are discussed. |
5 |
1999-12 |
| Jones, Diana |
Sociometry and Social Network Analysis: Applications and Implications (PDF, 86.2 KB) |
Journal 15 December 2006 |
social system, sociometry |
No abstract available |
10 |
2006-12 |
| Anna, Bona |
Who Will I Choose And Who Will Choose Me? Using Warm Up and Sociometry to Facilitate a Progressive Classroom Culture (PDF, 74.7 KB) |
Journal 11 December 2002 |
sociometry |
Discusses the use of warm up, sociometry and sociometric thinking in facilitating a progressive classroom culture. It is observed that these methods helped the students to release their anxiety and warmed up to progressive roles and a sense of fun and spontaneity. |
1 |
2002-12 |
| Phelan, Helen |
The Internal Consultant: The Sociometrist Working with Transitions (PDF, 74.1 KB) |
Journal 12 December 2003 |
sociometry |
Discusses the links and relationship between sociometry and the transition process. It is indicative of how the internal consultant makes positive interventions in transitions and within an organization. |
5 |
2003-12 |
| Brown, Hamish |
The Hauraki Seachange Project (PDF, 352.1 KB) |
Journal 23 December 2014 |
collaboration, decision making, facilitation, multi-stakeholder, sociometry |
Creating opportunities for a community to resolve issues that affect it is an exciting and empowering notion. Central to this is a sociometric challenge. This paper describes how a large multi-stakeholder group was facilitated in a decision making process. We present the reasoning behind the use and selection of sociometric criteria and describe the application of sociometry in this facilitated process. A liberating notion is that people can work collaboratively to reach alignment regardless of what their organisational structures and decision making modes are. |
3 |
2014-12 |
| Bassi, Jerri |
Sociometry and Psychodrama with Teenagers: Improving the Quality of Their Lives (PDF, 565.6 KB) |
Journal 3 December 1994 |
adolescents, sociometry |
A counsellor's attempt to improve the quality of the lives of teenagers at risk of drug and alcohol abuse in a Dunedin community setting is discussed. The methods used, based on Jacob Moreno's principles on self-realisation, to make them understand their place on a sociometry scale and enable them to connect by sharing their experiences are described. |
1 |
1994-12 |
