These opinion articles or 'op-eds' offer suggestions, inspire hope, and showcase our collective creativity and spontaneity during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, and beyond. Please enjoy these heart-felt offerings sprinkled with good humor and creativity.
We are blessed to have so much talent flourishing throughout our community.
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HERE IS A COLLECTION of wisdom from a variety of psychodramatists. Authors share their experiences and short opinions about the differences between in-person, face-to-face psychodrama and online psychodrama via Zoom or other online platforms.
Marlo Archer
PhD, CGP, TEP
“gathering without airfare, hotels, and months of planning…”
Amy Clarkson
LCAT, TEP, MT-BC
“surplus reality can transform virtual space…”
Scott Giacomucci DSW, LCSW, BCD, FAAETS,CP, PAT
Pamela Goffman
LMHC, TEP
“The hardest part of directing seemed to be the sense of helplessness…”
“keep my eye and gut on every group member…”
David Moran LCSW, CAC, CCDP-D, TEP
“This is uncomfortable and requires a learning curve.”
John Skandalis LMHC, TEP
“In the online setting the class benefited by…”
John Olesen
MA, TEP
“exploratory rituals honoring the intuitive knowing and tele…”
Tzivia Stein-Barrett
LCSW, CP, E-RYT
“groups made up of people from all over the world”
Kerry Conca
LMHC
“transformed into magical treehouses and safe spaces…”
Tian Dayton
PhD, TEP
“online work has brought our field closer”
Kate Hudgins
PhD, TEP
“see people’s micro-facial movements and nonverbal behavior…”
Zhong Lianghong
DEd, TEP
“the connective feeling could be affected when it is online…”
Regina Sewell PhD/MEd, PCC, LMHC, CP, PAT
Daniela Simmons
PhD, TEP
“carob isn’t terrible, but it’s not chocolate…”
Rosana Zapata
LCSW, CAP, CP, PAT
“the screen is literally a mirror…”
“refrain from just leaving the meeting…”