This book is the classic guide to initiating dramatic activities in the classroom. "Creative Drama in the Classroom" teaches the non-specialist how to plan simple activities and to adapt material for use in creative drama and language arts programs.   In this book, the author introduces students to a variety of genres and strategies, including mime, play structure, improvisation, and using drama the special education curriculum. Unlike other texts, McCaslin focuses on drama as an art form as well as a teaching tool.   The author, the late Nellie McCaslin, was a theater historian and educator who was considered the country's leading authority on children's theater, died on Feb. 28, 2005 at St. Vincent's Manhattan Hospital at the age of 90.  Example of a simple improvisational scene:  "The scene is a toy shop on Christmas Eve. It is midnight, and the owner has just closed the door and gone home. At the stroke of midnight, the toys come alive and talk together. They may consist of a toy solider, a rag doll, a beautiful doll, a clown, a teddy bear, a jack-in-the-box, etc. Let us know by your conversation and movements who you are and why you were not sold." #Drama #Education #Teaching #Creativity #Theater #Psychodrama

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Pennsylvania

Creative Dramatics in the Classroom

International Journal of Action Methods (which has since returned to its original name of The Journal of Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy) Fall 1997 issue., marking the 50th anniversary of Dr. J.L. Moreno's journal. 

Articles include "Classical and Contemporary Psychodrama: A Multifaceted Action-Oriented Psychotherapy by David A. Kipper and "Drama Therapy and Psychodrama: An Integrated Model" by Renee Emunah. Both authors are true legends and scholars in the field.

Paper cover (stapled) in very good condition.  #Psychodrama #ActionMethods #Roleplay #DramaTherapy #Journal #Groups

Psychodrama, Skill Training and Role Playing 

The International Journal of Action Methods 

"Action Against Trauma: A Trainer's Manual" by Kate Hudgins, Roberta Culbertson and Edward Hug, discusses how to use experiential methods and the humanities in post-violence communities. Originally published by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, the book focuses on the value of the Therapeutic Spiral Model of psychodrama and discusses the neurobiology of trauma and action structures for group safety and self care, along with discusing how the humanities -- literature, history, religion, drama, theater and story telling -- provide sufficiently large psychological and cultural containers that allow memories of violence to have their place without letting them overtake events. Excellent condition with a very minor wear on edges of cover. ￼SIGNED by Kate Hudgins and Edward Hug! #Psychodrama #ActionMethods #Trauma #CommunityTrauma #CollectiveTrauma #Humanities #Experiential #Psychotherapy #Brain￼

A Trainer’s Manual

Action Against Trauma

This book, in CD form, written by the late John Raven Mosher, a well-known trainer of #psychodrama, consists of his thoughts and practices on how to integrate psychodrama with myth, shamanism, rituals, and other healing methods.




The Healing Circle

The Journal of Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy, Spring 2011, published by the American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama. Table of contents includes:

• The Early Influence of Moreno and Psychodrama on Theodore Sarbin and Role Theory by Vincent W. Hevern and Adam Blatner
• Empirically Validated Treatment: Evidence-Based Application of Psychodrama in Interactive-Behavioral Therapy by Daniel Tomasulo and Nancy J. Razza
• The Use of Art with Social Atoms in Substance Abuse Treatment Planning by Jean Campbell
• Empty Chair Grief Work from a Psychodramatic Perspective by Marvin Knittel
• An Interview with Zerka Moreno by Marcia Karp
• Psychodrama and the Future of Social Sciences by Jonathan D. Moreno
• The Willingness Exercise Structured Psychodrama: An Illustrated Description by Bill Coleman
• Hidden Twins: What Adult Opposite Sex Twins Have to Teach Us, book review by Zerka T. Moreno
• In Memoriam: David A. Kipper, Ph.D. by Adam Blatner #Psychodrama #Sociometry #GroupPsychotherapy #Group #GroupSkills

Spring 2011

The Journal of Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy


The Journal of Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy, Spring 2012, published by the American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama. Table of contents includes:

• Non-Clinical Psychodrama: Lawyers and the Psychodramatic Method by John Nolte
• Comparison of Interpersonally Oriented Verbal and Action-Oriented Psychodrama Groups by Graduate Student Participant Observers by Herbert M. Dandes
• The Subjective Genogram: An Action Therapy Tool in Family of Origin Work by Daniel Wiener
• The Denial Buster: An Illustrated Psychodrama by Bill Coleman
• An Alcoholic Family Sociodrama Explores Social Atom Roles by Karen Carnabucci
• Relationship Trauma Repair: An Experiential Multi-/Sensory Model for Working with PTSD by Tian Dayton
• The Words of the Father, review by John Nolte
• The First Psychodramatic Family, review by John Nolte
• The Theatre of Spontaneity, review by Adam Blatner
• Impromptu, review by Adam Blatner

Used: Softcover (75 pages) in near-new condition. #Psychodrama #Sociometry #Groups #GroupPsychotherapy #ASGPP #GroupSkills


The Journal of Psychodrama, Sociometry, and Group Psychotherapy

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Colorado

A Novel

A seductive, unputdownable psychodrama following one brilliant, ruthless man who will stop at nothing in his pursuit of success Maurice Swift is handsome, charming, and hungry for fame. The one thing he doesn't have is talent - but he's not about to let a detail like that stand in his way. After all, a would-be writer can find stories anywhere. They don't need to be his own. Working as a waiter in a West Berlin hotel in 1988, Maurice engineers the perfect opportunity: a chance encounter with celebrated novelist Erich Ackermann. He quickly ingratiates himself with the powerful - but desperately lonely - older man, teasing out of Erich a terrible, long-held secret about his activities during the war. Perfect material for Maurice's first novel. Once Maurice has had a taste of literary fame, he knows he can stop at nothing in pursuit of that high. Moving from the Amalfi Coast, where he matches wits with Gore Vidal, to Manhattan and London, Maurice hones his talent for deceit and manipulation, preying on the talented and vulnerable in his cold-blooded climb to the top. But the higher he climbs, the further he has to fall... Sweeping across the late twentieth century, A Ladder to the Sky is a fascinating portrait of a relentlessly immoral man, a tour de force of storytelling, and the next great novel from an acclaimed literary virtuoso.

A Ladder to the Sky

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#hardcover #fiction #thriller #suspense #psycological #psychodrama #sociopathy #brothers #crime #drama #botm

Tennessee

Hailed by New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell as “a force to be reckoned with,” Liz Nugent is back with a powerful and unsettling new novel that will invite comparison to the bitter relationships in HBO’s blockbuster series Succession, as it follows three brothers, bound by blood but split by fate, and delves into the many ways families can wreak emotional havoc across generations. All three of the Drumm brothers were at the funeral. But only one of them was in the coffin. William, Brian, and Luke: three boys, born a year apart, trained from birth by their wily mother to compete for her attention. They play games, as brothers do…yet even after the Drumms escape into the world beyond their windows, those games—those little cruelties—grow more sinister, more merciless, and more dangerous. And with their lives entwined like the strands of a noose, only two of the brothers will survive. Crisply written and quickly paced, perfect for fans of breathtaking suspense, Little Cruelties gazes unflinchingly into the darkness: the darkness collecting in the corners of childhood homes, hiding beneath marriage beds, clasped in the palms of two brothers shaking hands. And it confirms Liz Nugent—whose work has invited comparisons to Patricia Highsmith and Barbara Vine and has been celebrated as "captivating" (People) and "highly entertaining" (The Washington Post)—as one of the most exciting, perceptive voices in contemporary fiction.

Little Cruelties

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“Psychodrama: Volume III” by Dr. J.L. and Zerka Moreno adds to Dr. Moreno’s writings about psychodrama and his discoveries and observations about the use of his action method. Among the chapters are “Psychodrama of Childhood and Adolescence,” “Pre-marital and Marital Psychodrama” and “Psychodrama of Psychiatric Disorders,’ in addition to an overview of psychodramatic techniques.  Please note: This comb-bound photocopied book (by permission of Zerka Moreno when I studied with her in the 1990s) is incomplete, starting on page 38. #psychodrama #marriage #adolesence #psychodramatechniques

Psychodrama: Volume III

Photocopied writings on “Hypnodrama and Psychodrama” by J.L. Moreno, the originator of psychodrama, and James M. Enneis, director of St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C. This writing is listed as Psychodrama Monographs No. 27, originally published in 1950 by Beacon House, Dr. Moreno’s publishing house, and details how psychodrama can be combined with hypnosis. Also includes a photocopy of a 1969 edition of “Puppets and Psychodrama” by Jaime Rojas-Bermudez, a pioneering psychodrama trainer in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with an introduction by Dr. Moreno. Photocopied with the permission of Zerka Moreno, when I studied with her in the 1990s in Highland, N.Y. A few of the pages are upside down.  #psychodrama #hypnosis #puppets #moreno

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Hypnodrama and Psychodrama

J L Moreno, the founder of sociodrama and sociometry, is best known for the impact he had on group psychotherapy, out of which he created psychodrama. This is now one of the most important and popular of the `creative′ therapies, practiced throughout the world.  The concept of "role"was central to Moreno′s theory and throughout his life he played many himself. In this book, A. Paul Hare and June Rabson Hare describe a man who was, among other things, a psychiatrist, dramatist, theologian, inventor and educator, who made significant contributions in all of these areas in addition to being a major influence on social science and group psychotherapy. This book is a good companion to Rene Marineu's 1989 biography of Dr. Moreno titled "Jacob Levy Moreno: 1889-1974" and a must-read volume for any student of psychodrama and sociodrama as well as others who want to understand this pioneer and his work.  Note: This paperback is part of Sage Publications' Key Figures in Counselling and Psychotherapy series. It is in like-new condition. #Psychodrama #Psychotherapy #ActionMethods #Moreno #Biography #CreativeArtsTherapies #Counseling

Key Figures in Counseling and Psychotherapy

J L Moreno, the founder of sociodrama and sociometry, is best known for the impact he had on group psychotherapy, out of which he created psychodrama. This is now one of the most important and popular of the `creative' therapies, practised throughout the world. The concept of `role' was central to Moreno's theory and throughout his life he played many himself. A Paul Hare and June Rabson Hare describe a man who was, among other things, a psychiatrist, dramatist, theologian, inventor and educator, who made significant contributions in all of these areas in addition to being a major influence on social science and group psychotherapy. Moreno's theoretical and practical contributions to therapy also cover a br

J. L. Moreno

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This is a photocopy of the out-of-print book written by Dr. J.L. Moreno, and Zerka Moreno, the co-developers of #psychodrama — and their son Jonathan. ￼ it is a Psychodrama and Group Psychotherapy Monograph, No. 40, published in 1964 by Beacon House, Dr. Moreno’s publishing company at the time. ￼ details how the Morenos used elements of psychodrama to raise their son Jonathan. ￼It was photocopied with permission from Zerka Moreno when I studied with her in the 1990s. ￼

The First Psychodramatic Family

The comb-bound photocopedbook contains Dr. J.L. Moreno’s very long poem, known as “the words of a father,” as well as a separate section on what he called “theology of the Godhead.” it is a must reading for any serious student of #psychodrama, which Moreno developed, and the understanding his mystical views.



Nellie McCaslin

Creative Dramatics in the Classroom

David Kipper & Renee Emunah

The International Journal of Action Methods

Kate Hudgins, Roberta Culbertson & Edward Hug

Action Against Trauma

John Raven Mosher

The Healing Circle

ASGPP

The Journal of Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy

ASGPP

The Journal of Psychodrama, Sociometry, and Group Psychotherapy

John Boyne

A Ladder to the Sky

Liz Nugent

Little Cruelties

J.L. Moreno & Zerka Moreno

Psychodrama: Volume III

John Boyne

A Ladder to the Sky

J.L. Moreno & James Enneis

Hypnodrama and Psychodrama

A. Paul Hare & June Rabson Hare

J. L. Moreno

J.L. & Zerka Moreno

The First Psychodramatic Family

J.L. Moreno

The Words of the Father