“From the innovators of psychodramatic experiential treatment for trauma comes this exciting and exhilarating new book on the art, science, and craft of experiential treatment for trauma survivors. The book is a delightful weaving of academic research, practical clinically-based and research-tested tools and techniques, and compelling stories of personal change and growth from practitioners at the front lines of trauma treatment around the world.”
—Dale Richard Buchanan, Ph.D., TEP, former Director of Clinical Therapies, Saint Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, DC
“The standard prognosis for trauma survivors is grim, appearing recalcitrant to drug and traditional talk therapies. With this stark background and in light of the greater global awareness of the human and social costs of traumatic experiences—with causes as diverse as armed conflict, ethnic warfare, and extreme weather events—this book provides hope to the field of psychology, which longs for innovation. As the son of the founders of Psychodrama and a professor at University of Pennsylvania medical school, I find the Therapeutic Spiral Model well-grounded in psychological theory and the latest research in neurobiology, providing a bridge to the most effective psychodrama treatment for trauma.”
—Jonathan D. Moreno, Ph.D., David and Lyn Silfen Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Professor of the History and Sociology of Science, and Professor of Philosophy (by courtesy), University of Pennsylvania; author of The Body Politic, one of Kirkus Reviews’ “Best Books of 2011”
“This book is a crystal, each facet of which is complete in itself. It glitters with the simplicity of the core principles of the Therapeutic Spiral Model, facilitating embodied learning and reframing in the brain.”
—Olivia Lousada, D.Psych., senior trainer in Psychodrama and author of Hidden Twins
“An eloquent and moving account of how trauma can be healed; a literary tapestry describing both the supporting neuroscience and the creative collective that is TSM. Transcending time, place, and cultures, [this book] gives us more than hope—it gives us a design for global healing.”
—Linda Ciotola, M.Ed., TEP, TSM certified trainer and team leader and co-author, with Karen Carnabucci, of Healing Eating Disorders with Psychodrama and Other Action Methods: Beyond the Silence and the Fury
Healing World Trauma
with the Therapeutic
Spiral Model
by the same author
Psychodrama with Trauma Survivors
Acting Out Your Pain
Edited by Peter Felix Kellermann and M.K. Hudgins
Foreword by Zerka T. Moreno
ISBN 978 1 85302 893 9
eISBN 978 1 85302 893 9
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Foreword by Adam Blatner
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
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First published in 2013
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ISBN 978 1 84905 923 7
eISBN 978 0 85700 700 1
To our larger Psychodrama Family—Zerka Moreno and Dale Richard Buchanan; to the hundreds of clinicians around the world who have kept the Therapeutic Spiral Model alive in their own work, and to the clients and protagonists who have so courageously shared their stories of trauma and healing with us over the years.
Contents
Foreword: Therapeutic Spiral Model as a Type of Psychotherapeutic “Heart Surgery”