Recovery in Action: Experiential Methods to Help Clients Stay Sober by Regina Sewell Ph.D/MEd, LMHC, PCC, CP Many of our clients have worked on mustering up the courage or the will to get sober. These are important steps. But the … Continue reading →
Auteurs, Thespians, and Emotions. Except it’s all truly heartfelt. Psychodrama! by an anonymous contributor I am a self-confessed introvert. And I’m also an addict. I was recently cajoled into attending a Psychodrama session. I’d heard things about it – years … Continue reading →
Psychodrama in Residential Addiction Treatment: Addressing Shame by Bill Coleman, LMSW, TEP Psychodrama at Sierra Tucson has a long history. It has been offered since the opening days in 1983 and long considered one of the most powerful forms of … Continue reading →
Addiction, traumatic loss, and guilt: A case study resolving grief through psychodrama and sociometric connections by Scott Giacomucci, DSW, LCSW, TEP Highlights Psychodrama offers a process for speaking directly to the deceased person in surplus reality and an opportunity … Continue reading →
Motivational Interviewing in Action: How Action Methods Cut Through Clients’ Defenses and Ambivalence by Regina Sewell, Ph.D., LMHC, CP and Rebecca Walters, LMHC, LCAT, TEP “Motivational interviewing is a directive, client-centered counseling style for eliciting behavior change by helping clients to … Continue reading →
Psychodrama and Resistance Part 1 by Rebecca Walters, LCAT, LMHC, TEP What words do you use to describe your most difficult and resistant clients or groups? Sarcastic, demeaning, stubborn, obstinate, aggressive, uninvolved, defensive, sleepy, passive, etc. . . . you … Continue reading →
Creating Sustainable Change by Regina Sewell, Ph.D., LMHC and Rebecca Walters, LCAT, LMHC, TEP *Note: All names have been changed to protect privacy. Clients often come to treatment because other people feel that they need to change and/or because external … Continue reading →
Motivational Interviewing in Action: Examples from the Field by Regina Sewell, PhD, LMHC & Jennifer Salimbene, LCSW-R, CASAC, CDAC, TEP *Note: Names have been changed in order to ensure privacy Motivational Interviewing, developed by Rollnick and Miller (1991), is a directive … Continue reading →
