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Adam Blatner's Papers* on:
November 19, 2015
* For publications in chapters in books, articles in peer-reviewed professional journals, and so forth, see webpage listing his publications .
Psychotherapy and General Psychology Topics:{A Psychiatrist's Notebook: A Brief Introduction to the other articles in this section of the website:} (June, 2006)
Action Explorations (1) (February, May 2012)
Action Explorations (2) (June 2012)Aggregate Experiences (1/16/07)
Anger Management: Some Techniques
Applied Role Theory: A User-Friendly Language for Psychology (5/2/06)
Archetypes: The Relevance of the Concept
The Art of Psychotherapy: Reflections (12/28/06)
Auto-Tele: Clarifying Your Inner World (3/18/11)
Being Nice: It's Not So Easy (12/6/05)
Believing: Considering the Psychology (8/28/11)
Belongingness (6/20/08)
Beyond Psychotherapy 2/12/10
Breadth of Existence: Ripples in the Cosmos (3/17/11)
Bringing Others Forth: Reflections on Helping (8/18/06)
Broadening the Horizons of Psychotherapy (5/15/08)
Boundaries & Access in Relationships (1/27/10)
A Checklist for Diagnosing Factors Contributing to Depression (4/26/10)
"The Choosing Self": Developing the meta-role functions. (5/2/06)
The "Collective" in Psychology
Complexities of Mind (1/14/07)
Conflict Resolution: Techniques (12/11/02)
Control and Surrender: Seeking a Wise Balance (7/6/08)
Creative Arts Therapies: Some Perspectives (11/14/04)
Creativity in a Time of Change (5/9/2010)
Demystifying Mysticism (10/21/11)
Deep Maturity: (A lecture series for Senior University Georgetown) October, 2008
1. Introduction 2. Principles (based on Tarot Cards)
3. Further Principles 4. Psycho-Alchemy 4a. (Further notes on Alchemy)
5. Mandalas and Soul Lessons 6. Maps of the Journey
Addenda: "Merit Badges" Esoteric Mandalas
Depths of Psychology: "A Poor, Forked Creature" 12/07
The Developmental Nature of Consciousness Transformation (2004, posted 12/10)
Diagnosis in Psychiatry (June 15, 2006)
Diagnostic Variables--The Most "Relevant" Ones
Doubt versus Conviction: A Spectrum of Temperament
Emotional Intelligence & Social & Emotional Learning: Some References
Exploring Interpersonal Preference 2/11/07
The Expressive Arts Therapies: Some Reflections 9/12/12
Factors in Human Development (Infancy-Teen Years) 6/12/11
Factors in Adult Development 6/12/11
Forgiveness (10/18/05)
Grief Work: Principles and Strategies (2/19/05)
Gifted Children: Social and Emotional Needs (Interview, February 2011)
Hermeneutics: The Art of Interpretation (4/4/08)
The Hero Process
History of Psychotherapy (Reflections and Very Brief Overview) (5/12)
(1) Introduction and Freud through Rank (early 1930s)
(2) Psychoanalysis at its Height, Behaviorism, Group Therapy Late 1930s - early 1950s.
(3) Innovations in Psychotherapy---Humanistic, Family, Others 1960s - 1980s.
(4) Developments in the 1990s and Beyond. Continuing Trends.
(5) Further Reflections (5/26/12)
Illusions (1): Recognizing Misleading Illusions (6/10/11)
Illusions (2): Supplemental Notes (6/10/11)
Imagination Development Introduction (10/19/14)
2. Surrealism in the Comics
3. Faeries and Elves
3a. Bibliography on Faeries, Elves, etc.
4. Playful Travels Among the Dimensions
5. Mythmaking, Gilgamesh
6. Applications
The "Inner Brat": Considering the Primal Illusions 12/07
Just a Little Bit: Reflections Lesser Psychodynamics
Mandalas: Practical Applications (Part 1, Basic Principles) (Presentation at the AATA Conference 11/09)
Mandalas: Part 2, Further Applications.
Medications: A Psychiatrist's Perspective (June 15, 2006)
Meta-Cognition: Thinking About Thinking (October, 2013)
1. Introduction: Why we should do this, Illusions, Role as Tool (9/30/13)
a. A listing of Illusions
2. Effective Thinking
3. Creativity and Playfulness
4. Social Embeddedness
5. Language as Illusion
6. Spirituality
(The) More We Can Be (about Role Expansion as a Primary Drive) 8/06
Not in the Books: Some Personal Observations
Nonverbal Communications Part 1: Overview
Nonverbal Communications, Part 2: Learning by Using Experiential Methods
Ongoing Negotiations 12/07
Papers about "Oppression"
Aspects of Oppression (6/2/10)
Thoughts on Oppression (8/25/06)
Varieties of Subtle Oppression (5/24/10)
Morenian Methods and the Theatre of the Oppressed (6/6/10)
The Semantics of Oppression
Optimism (Reasons for Optimism) 2/17/06
Paradigm Shifts (Current--Overview) (6/26/08)
Paradigm Shift 1: Meta-Meta-Cognition (6/22/08)
Perpetrator PTSD: Thoughts About Unresolved Guilt 5/31/07
Personal Meaning: Associated Fields
Personal Meaning: Deepening via Dramatic Approaches
Postmodernism: Frequently Asked Questions (7/27/02)
Pre-Conscious Mind: Addressing the... (a key to therapy and consciousness-raising) 01/24/12
The Primal Illusions of the "Inner Brat" (11/20/07)
Psychological-ization (3/21/07)
Psychological Literacy (4/07/10)
Relational Disorders: Problems of "Diagnosis"
Role Dynamics: An Integrative Approach to Psychology
and a User-Friendly Language (5/2/06)
Role Theory Bibliography (2/6/05)
Role Questions (What you can ask yourself about a role; 2/6/06)
Self-Awareness (Six Lectures for Senior University Georgetown, October, 2009)
1. Introduction 2. Motivations 3. Foolish Coping Techniques
4. Body Cues, Temperament, & other Factors 5. Social Connectedness
6. Spirituality & Summary
Self: Psychological Reflections on the Nature of the Self (3/29/06)
Self-Deception: Understanding through Role Dynamics (10/1/09)
Semantics: How Words Mean , (July, 2013)
“Shrink” or “Expander”: Re-evaluating the Psychotherapist’s Role 2/12/10
Social Being-Ness: How we are socially embedded (8/3/05)
Social Depth Psychology (See "Sociometry" Below---multiple papers.) Also "Tele" (below)
Social Psychology (A Lecture Series, February, 2015)
1. Introduction
2. Role Theory
3. Social Status
4. Nonverbal Communication
5. Interpersonal Preferences (Sociometry)
6. Oppression and Conclusion
Tele: The Dynamics of Rapport (7/6/09)
Theology: Reflections on Moreno's Theology (4/10/13)
Unhelpful Overgeneralizations: A Form of Psychobabble (7/18/03)
The University of Yourself: A Curriculum for Integrative Learning (10/14/05)
The World Needs You: A Brief Reflection on Meaning (8/01/01)
Visionaries
1: Overview (9/29/11) 2. Philosophical Visionaries (Ken Wilber and others) (10/3/11)
3: Psychology (10/10/11) 4. Education (10/17/11 ) 5. Evolution and Consciousness (10/24/11)
6. Inter-Spirituality (10/31/11) (6b: Summary 10/31/11)
Wisdom-ing (12/10 from article in 2005)
Psychodrama Topics:
Blatner's Chapter on Psychodrama (Chapter 13 on Psychodrama in Corsini & Wedding's 7th edition {2005} of their textbook, Current Psychotherapies. It also has updated references to 2007, and some more recent notes.)
Advancing Theory in Psychodrama: Notes (11/05)
Announcements of International and National Psychodrama Events (Periodically updated)
Applied Improvisation: J. L. Moreno as a Pioneer 9/22/12
Awards given by the American Society for Group Psychotherapy & Psychodrama (ASGPP) in the Past (7/20/06)
ASGPP Conferences (See below for "International Conferences")
2013 Webpage (highlighting international visitors)
Axiodrama 4/7/08
Beyond Psychotherapy (Plenary presentation at the 2013 ASGPP Conference)
Books and Papers about Psychodrama for Sale! (New!)
Considering Moreno's Contributions 8/06
Directory of Psychodramatists: Photos and Captions, National & International!
Drama in Education as Mental Hygiene: A Child Psychiatrist's Perspective (8/20/02)
Expanding Communications Through Psychodrama 4/4/08
Exploring Your Spiritual Journey Using Action Methods (4/18/11)
Empty Chair Grief Work Marvin Knittel (April 2010 article)
Family Therapy: Psychodramatic Methods in F.T. (1994)
Family Sculpture in Psychodrama, An Example 9/4/09
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) (1/23/95)
Glossary of Psychodrama Terms (Please Help!) (1/11/13)
"Grouptalk": A Psychodrama Listserve: How to Subscribe (updated 8/10)Historical Distortions of Psychodrama: Mistakes in the Professional Literature (6/29/02)
Another Recent Example of a Historical Distortion of Psychodrama (9/26/02)
Historical Outline of Group Psychotherapy & Psychodrama (7/23/07)
History of Psychodrama 1940s-1980s (01/17/13)
History of Psychodrama: Miscellaneous Notes (6/30/02)
History of Psychodrama
Criminology: Time Magazine, June, 1969 (Richard Korn's Work) (7/27/13)
Photo Gallery about Moreno, Moreno's stage design (and other stage design), other historical pioneers.
Other figures nationally and internationally in a Psychodrama Photo Directory
The History of Psychodrama in Brazil (6/14/03)
Imagination Development (Supplement to Workshop at ASGPP Conference, April, 2010)
Imaginative Interviews: A Psychodramatic Warm-up for Developing Role-Playing Skills (10/01/02)
Improvisational Theology (8/16/12)
Innovations & Integrations in Psychodrama (6/17/12)
International Conference Pictures
Forthcoming and Recent (2005-2014) Conferences
International Psychodrama News
Past International Psychodrama News A-E
Past International Psychodrama News F-M
Past International Psychodrama News N-ZMaking Magic: Part of the Drama Therapist's (or Psychodramatist's) Repertoire (11/06/03)
The Magic Shop: Notes (6/30/02)
Master of Ceremonies: A New Role for Psychodramatists & Drama Therapists (4/21/06)
Moreno's Influence on Martin Buber's Dialogical Philosophy -- Robert Waldl (2/7/10)
Morenian Methods and the Theatre of the Oppressed (6/6/10)
Morenian Methods in the Treatment of Psychosis (Reinhard Krueger's Paper, 8/09, posted here)
Open Letter to Psychodramatists (4/4/10)
Performance Awareness (A consideration of its associated psycho-social dynamics). November, 2006 ... Also, a related paper on the
Development of Performance Awareness
Photo Directory of Psychodramatists (index)
including photos of international leaders)
Photos of Dr. J. L. Moreno, Zerka Moreno (and other Historical Figures)
" scenes on psychodrama stages
Photographs of the "Moreno Wood" in Brazil
Our International Colleagues (Photos from 2013 ASGPP Conference)A "Psychodramatic" Story (an old Hasidic Tale)
Psychodrama 'a deux' (applications in one-to-one counseling) Jim Vandermay 5/21/08
Psychodrama and Psychoanalysis (A panel at the April, 2010 ASGPP conference)
II: Dr. Amy Schaffer's Paper
III: Dr. Dominick Grundy's paper: An Imagined Dialogue between Moreno and Freud
Rationale for Psychodrama (4/7/13)
The "Richness" of Psychodrama (8/26/02)
Re-Visioning Psychodrama (Plenary Presentation at ASGPP, 4/11/08)
Psychodrama as Ritual (4/9/10)
Role Dynamics: An Integrative Approach to Psychology
Role Playing in Education (1995 -> 10/18/09)
and a User-Friendly Language (5/2/06)
Shakespeare's "Proto-Psychodrama" by John Casson (posted 12/02/11)
Sociodrama (Reflections and Introductory Remarks) posted 10/17/09
Sociodrama in a Changing World (Table of Contents) (posted 3/23/11)
Sociodrama in Education (paper written first in 2006, posted 10/17/09)
Sociodramatic Role-Play: Exploring the Theoretical Foundations of Applied Theatre (e.g., sociodrama, psychodrama, drama therapy, etc.) 721/11
Sociometry Bibliography (Revised, 7/3/09)
Sociometry Notes 1 (7/6/09)
Sociometry Notes 2: Exploring Your Connectedness (7/6/09)
Sociometry Notes 3: Current Issues (7/29/04)
Sociometry: The Dynamics of Rapport 6/21/2011 (a paper appearing in the Group Psychologist in two parts in 2010)
Sociometry as Social-Depth Psychology 10/7/12
Social Depth Psychology 10/21/12
Sociometry: A Social Depth Psychology (7/15/13)
Spirituality: Using Action Methods (11/04/11). Also see above under "Exploring Spiritual Journeys" (posted April 2011) on a similar theme, but with different content.)
(The Psychodrama) Stage (Diagrams and Descriptions) (3/24/08)
Teaching Empathy (9/4/02)
Tele: The Dynamics of Rapport ( 7/6/09)
Theoretical Foundations of Psychodrama (1998 -->5/2/06)
Theory in Psychodrama (Part 2) (6/5/02)
Why Drama? Considering the Underlying Rationale for Using Interactive and Improvisational Drama October, 2006
Zerka Moreno: Many Faces of Drama (1997)
(see also under philosophy below, articles on Re-Story-ing the Soul and Enacted Dialogue)
Philosophy & Spirituality
Approaches to a New Religious Sensibility (Jan 30, 2009)
The Great Story (1): The Epic of Evolution (General Thoughts) (June 9, 2010; still adding pictures, comments)
The Great Story 2 : from The Big Bang to the Emergence of Life (June 10, 2010)
The Great Story 3 : from Life to the Emergence of Consciousness in Humans (June 11, 2010)
4. Further Supplements to the Great Story, miscellaneous ideas and images (June 10, 2010)
Science versus Religion (2/6/09)
Intelligent Design: A Commentary (8/18/05)
The Fine-Tuned Universe (mid-2005)
Critiquing the Leaps of Faith Associated with
the Concept of the Biblical God
Comments by Adam Blatner on
Wayne Teasdale's List of Needed Paradigm Shifts (9/05)
Issues in Interfaith Spirituality
Guidelines for Inter-Religious Understanding (11 /05)
Ten Principles of Creation Spirituality (11/05)
Postmodernism: The Implications for PsychotherapyEthical Issues That Need to be Considered Nowadays
Exploring Spiritual Issues using Enacted Dialogue
Faith and the Matrix of Meaning (11/17/06)
God Actively Being Everything (12/24/06)
Image-ing God: a theological contemplation
Interfaith Spirituality: Six Lectures: (1/26/08 - 3/3/08)
1: Overview 2. Cultural Trends. 3: L. Reed: Further Aspects. 4. L. Mitchell: Experience and Enthusiasm
5. Common Denominators. 6. Implications
Life is Greater than What Can Be Lived (11/26/08)
My Mandala Drawings and Their Meanings (12/6/05)
Esoteric Mandalas (11/27/08)
More Mandalas 2008 2007 (12/08)
Myths for Today
Poetic Theology (1/30/07)(The) Process Theology of Alfred North Whitehead:
Its Relevance from a Psychiatrist's Perspective (2002)
Related: The Implications of Process Philosophy (2005)
Proportionality in Religion 12/16/08
Scientists' Bible 12/07
Spiritual Issues in Psychotherapy: Some Common Themes
The Sri Yantra as a Symbol for Contemplation (12/12/08)
Beyond the Sri Yantra---Some of my own interpretations-1 7/21/13
The Tree of Life According to Kabbalah: A Map of the Soul
References to Papers on the Kabbalistic Tree of Life
Supplemental Material on the Kabbalistic Tree of Life
Another Essay on the Tree of Life
Drawings of the Tree of Life Diagram (1)
The Tarot of Creativity
Yoga: the Wider Dimensions 1/12/09
Other Topics
Why Attacking Iraq is a Baaad Idea: 18+ reasons.
Why we should leave Iraq: 20 or more reasons
Challenging the "war on drugs" 2004, 2011
Supplement (2015): Epilogue by Russell Jones, from his 2012 book, Honorable Intentions.
History of Medicine: Some Stories (Lectures Given to Feburary 2009 Senior University Georgetown)
1. Introduction: Invention of the Microscope, Beginnings of Germ Theory
1a: Supplement: Very Brief Overview Pre-history to around 1550.
1b. Supplement: Very Brief Overview: History of Medicine since 1600.
1c: Supplement: Further History of the Microscope
2. Contagion, Infection, Antisepsis
3. The Beginnings of Immunology
4. Anaesthetics
5. Dietary Deficiency Diseases (still being worked on)
6. Hygeine: Cholera, Hookworm, Sanitation.
6a: Dental Hygiene and Plaque Control
Renaissance: Lesser Known Aspects of the Early Renaissance
(Lectures given at the October 2010 session of Senior University Georgetown)
1. Introduction and Overview (Posted 10/29/10 provisional!)
1a. The History of Printing (To be gradually composed and posted in November ?)
2. Humanism and Neoplatonism
3. Syphilis
4. Minor Revolutions in Medicine: Vesalius, Paracelsus and Others.
5. The Witch-Hunts.
6. Summary and Reflections on History, Comparisons with Our Present Era.
Singing for the Fun of It
Song-Fest Song Sheet Sampler
Simple Heart-Songs (9/18/2011)
Alphabets & Writing Systems: ("Scriptology")
Scriptology (a lecture series for the Winter-Spring 2011 session of Senior University Georgetown)
1. Introduction 2a. Very Early History (Primal and Early Inventions). Early History (Babylonian & Egyptian) 3b. Mid-History 4. Later Developments
5. Invented Alphabets 6a: Playing Around with Alphabets 6b. Summary
Notes on Scriptology (6/27/08)
Bibliography on Alphabets & Writing Systems
Why My Mother Threw Out My Comic Books
Part 1: A Brief History 1890s to 1948 (Setting up the Main Drama) (posted 6/14/09)
Part 2: The EC Comics Story, Dr. Fredric Wertham, and the Comics Code (not yet posted)
Part 3: A Brief History of Comic Books after 1956.
Foolin' Around
Journal of (Very) Speculative Philosophy (#!) (5/31/11) Journal No. 2 (01/06/11)
Trying to Explain (An Occasional Paper) (5/31/11)
Moldy-Dimensional Whatever (6/15/11) Mysterio-solo-mio (6/17/11)
Confabulations 1 (8/29/10) Confabulations 2 (8/31/10) Confabulations 3 (8/30/10)
Confabulations 4 (4/18/11) Confabulations 5 (5/12/11) Confabulations 6 (5/12/11)
Confabulations 7 (5/12/11) Confabulations 8 (5/12/11) Confabulations 9 (5/26/11)
Confabulations 10 (5/30/11) Confabulations 11 (8/16/11) Confabulations 12 (9/30/11)
Fractal Metaphysics (1/06/11) Confabulations 13 (11/27/11) Confabulations 14 (11/28/11)
Confabulations 15 (6/7/12) Confabulations 16 (6/7/12) Confabulations 17 (6/7/12)
Confabulations 18 (6/17/12) Confabulations 19 Confabulations 20 (6/15/12)
Confabulations 21 (8/23/12) Confabulations 22 (11/22/12) Confabulations 23 (01/18/13)
Confabulations 24 (7/10/13) Confabulations 25 (World-making) (7/12/13) Confabulations 26 7/17/13
Confabulations 27 Confabulations 28 7/20/13
Confabulations 29 Confabulations 30 7/24/13 Confabulations 31 11/11/13
Confabulations 32 (Eeksplanations) 12/03/13 Confabulations 33 (Spiritual Mitochondria) (12/06/13)
Confabulations 34 (Experimentations) 01/24/14 Confabulations 35 What's It Like (7/27/15)
Explanations Index (A series of webpages that playfully and with illustrations explain what it's all about.
A bit of art-philosophical-poetry.)
Cartoons
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