Psychodrama and Sociometry- Ideal Tools for Building and Marketing a Practice
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action methods for businessAbstract
The psychodramatic and sociometric themes of creativity and responsibility and the techniques of warm up, encounter, role play, and social atom diagramming offer therapists ideal tools for marketing and building a practice. Psychodramatic practitioners, trainers, and others with knowledge of the method can effectively market their businesses, practices, or organizations by using the techniques they know so well. In this article, the author reviews those principles in the context of marketing and gives examples of how psychodramatists, creative arts therapists, other helping professionals, performers, and creative entrepreneurs can benefit from the suggested action methods.
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