Beginning in September 2020, the Michigan Psychodrama Center will present a four-part Bibliodrama skills training workshop series. Each workshop will provide successively more complex training regarding how to develop and present a Bibliodrama within various environments, including faith and therapeutic communities. Bibliodrama is a kind of structured sociodrama based on a story of some kind….
Category: Sociometry
Seating Assignments Boost Business Productivity More Than Wage Increases
Where you sit in the workplace will have a direct and measurable impact on your productivity. In fact, according to a study described in the Harvard Business Review[i] (HBR), moving employees between teams and workstations increased sales revenue an average of 40%. Changes to employee’s physical space had a greater impact than incentives or increases…
How Psychodrama Helps Build Key Business Skill of Emotional Intelligence
According to an article in the Harvard Business Review entitled “How Emotional Intelligence Became a Key Leadership Skill” (April 2015), there are five components of emotional intelligence that allow individuals and business leaders to recognize, connect with, and learn from their own and other people’s mental states: Self-awareness Self-regulation Motivation (defined as “a passion for…
Barone’s PAT Application Approved by American Board of Examiners
The Michigan Psychodrama Center recently announced that co-founder Patrick T. Barone had passed all his American Board of Examiners (ABE) psychodrama certification exams and was officially a CP, meaning a Certified Practitioner of Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy. The Michigan Psychodrama Center is now proud to announce that Mr. Barone has also achieved “PAT” status….
What is Sociometry?
J.L. Moreno was a psychiatrist born in 1889 in Romania. He is credited with the development of group therapy, sociodrama and psychodrama. One of his basic contributions is sociometry. Sociometry is the measurement of social choice, meaning the decisions, both conscious and unconscious, that are made regarding inter-personal affiliation. These measurement tools can be used…