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I Hate Halloween

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31 Oct 2024

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I know some people absolutely love Halloween, and go all out for it – the costumes, the decorations, the candy – but I am not a fan. As an ACOA (Adult Child of Alcoholics), I...

Spreading the Sociometric Wealth

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22 Jul 2023

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Psychodrama, Sociometry

Early on in my Psychodrama training, I was taught that the sign of a healthy group is that the sociometry is always changing. As a Psychodrama Director, I know that if I don’t facilitate that...

Psychodrama: It’s Not Just For Groups

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26 Apr 2019

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Individual Therapy, Psychodrama

I was 31 years old, living in New York City, working as Director of Operations of a multi-million dollar marketing firm, making 6 figures, and by all societal measurements, “successful.” If, as Bill Wilson said in...

Are You Failing Or Just Growing?

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01 Apr 2019

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Psychodrama, Sociometry

On April 1st, 1921, JL Moreno set a stage in Vienna, Austria with a throne and a jester’s hat, invited the audience of over 1,000 people to step up and psychodramatically take on the role...

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Start Voo-in’ Motherf*cker

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30 Jun 2017

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Body, Fear, fear release, Release, Trauma

I was traveling with a colleague on a flight to Reno, Nevada last fall, and as we started our descent, we headed into heavy turbulence. You know the kind. It’s when the Captain tells the...

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Hitting The Reset Button

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21 Aug 2016

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Addiction, Family, Psychodrama, Recovery, Shame, Spirituality

Walking the beach at low tide, I get to see patterns in the sand that Mother Earth has reset; those patterns that are often covered over with water. It got me to thinking about sorting...

How Free Do You Want To Be?

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19 Apr 2016

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Psychodrama, Recovery, Shame

I recently facilitated a Psychodramatic Bodywork® workshop and one of the big themes of the weekend was, “How Free Do You Want To Be?” I’ve been pondering this profound and provocative question ever since. In order to...

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Self Compassion or Self Judgment? You Decide.

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18 Apr 2016

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Addiction, Psychodrama, Shame, Trauma

Are you aware of how you talk to yourself and whether it’s from a place of self compassion or self judgment? The truth is, most of us aren’t. When you watch this Dove Commercial, it’s...

Doubling As Co-Regulation

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26 Mar 2016

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Body, Doubling, Tele

The field of Interpersonal Neurobiology and my training in Somatic Experiencing® have profoundly changed the way I practice psychotherapy and psychodrama, as they have both served to deepen my understanding of how the nervous system...

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We’re All Suffering From Attachment Disorder

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28 Jan 2016

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Addiction, Body, Fear, Recovery, Sadness

Think you’re not suffering from attachment disorder? Think again. Are you a phubber? Ever been talking with someone (in person), your phone sounds, and without even thinking, you look away in the middle of the other person’s sentence?...

Right Sized

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26 Jan 2016

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Addiction, Psychodrama, Recovery, Shame, Spirituality, Trauma

When I look up into the night sky – which I often do – I am awed by the magnitude of it all. The stars rise and set and the planets all continue to make their...

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Walking the Walk Into A New Year’s Resolution

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01 Jan 2016

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Body, Psychodrama, Psychodrama Techniques

As the New Year is upon us, many people have made resolutions to get on a path of new behavior – giving up something, like smoking or cursing – or a new path of adding something, like...

The Day The Silence Ends

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04 Oct 2015

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Addiction, Ethics, Recovery, Shame

As thousands from all over the world gathered today in Washington, DC to participate in the Unite to Face Addiction Rally, I’m optimistic that their message will help lower the stigma of having the disease of addiction, and...

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Putting One Foot In Front of the Other – The Legacy of 9/11

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11 Sep 2015

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Anger, Doubling, Fear, Grief, Psychodrama, Sadness, Trauma

As I sat watching Late Show host Stephen Colbert and Vice-President Joe Biden talk about how they have both endured great tragedy, on the eve of the fourteenth anniversary of 9/11, I was moved by the deep...

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The Business of Recovery – A Delicate Balance

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02 Sep 2015

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Addiction, Ethics, Recovery

The Universe has a real sense of humor. Last week, I participated in an Ethics Panel in San Diego, with a focus on referrals in the treatment industry. That doesn’t seem very odd so far,...

I Hate Halloween

Spreading the Sociometric Wealth

Psychodrama: It’s Not Just For Groups

Are You Failing Or Just Growing?

Start Voo-in’ Motherf*cker

Hitting The Reset Button

How Free Do You Want To Be?

Self Compassion or Self Judgment? You Decide.

Doubling As Co-Regulation

We’re All Suffering From Attachment Disorder

Right Sized

Walking the Walk Into A New Year’s Resolution

The Day The Silence Ends

Putting One Foot In Front of the Other – The Legacy of 9/11

The Business of Recovery – A Delicate Balance

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