Family Therapy Supervision in Action
Keywords:
supervision, psychodrama, family therapy, sculpting, clinical impasseAbstract
There is a growing body of research, as the psychodrama community has understood for
some time, that supports the idea that our bodies have their own intelligence and that
insight can come from action. By working nonverbally using sculpting and other
psychodramatic methods in family therapy supervision, we as family therapy supervisors,
have found that clinicians are able to overcome therapeutic impasse with clients when they
work through difficulties using insights that come from the body and action. This article
describes our method and provides clinical examples of its effectiveness working with
couples and families.
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