The Michigan Psychodrama Center is pleased to announce an exciting workshop schedule new for 2019. Kicking off the 2019 season is our March workshop entitled “Unraveling Conflict Patterns in Relationships: The Karpman Drama Triangle in Action.” Developed by Stephen Karpman in the 1960s, the model uses a triangle to map the connections between people in groups, particularly in groups where…
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Impact of Childhood Trauma is Carried in the Cells of Brain and Body
Recent research has confirmed that exposure to trauma does not merely change us emotionally and psychologically, it also changes us physically. In fact, the impact of exposure to trauma runs so deep that it has an enduring impact at the cellar level. This fact was reinforced by research recently performed at the University of British Columbia where it was found…
Michigan Psychodrama Center to Present Bibliodrama Workshop at 2019 ASGPP Conference
The Michigan Psychodrama Center’s Bibliodrama workshop, entitled Cosmic Forgiveness and Reconciliation, will be presented by Patrick T. Barone, JD, CP, PAT, and Elizabeth A. Corby, PhD., CP, PAT, at the 77th Annual ASGPP 2019 Conference: Discovering New Worlds: Transformational Advances in Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy. The 2019 conference begins Thursday, May 2, 2019, at 9:00 AM and concludes Sunday,…
MPC to Present at National ASGPP Conference in Texas April 2018
Michigan Psychodrama Center co-founders Elizabeth Corby, Ph.D, CP, PAT and Patrick Barone, JD, CP, PAT are pleased to announce that they are scheduled to present two workshops at the annual conference of the American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama. The 2018 conference location is Dallas Texas, and the dates are April 19 – 22, 2018. The first workshop, entitled…
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 work that goes beyond money…
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. Here’s how this all works,…
Barone Successfully Completes Exams and is Certified by the American Board of Examiners
It’s official – Patrick Barone, co-founder of the Michigan Psychodrama Center, is now a Board-Certified Practitioner of Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy. Mr. Barone learned that he had successfully completed his examinations via an email dated January 15, 2018. The email bore the subject “Congratulations You Are Now Certified,” and began; Congratulations! On behalf of the American Board of Examiners,…
Don’t Miss MPC’s Hero’s Journey Workshop October 14, 2017!
Have you ever had to face chaos? If you’ve been around more than a few years, then of course the answer is yes. No matter how orderly and predicable our lives may have become, we know, deep inside, that there is no escaping chaos. A devastating medical diagnosis, divorce, accidents, job loss, natural disaster. One way or the other, there…
Patrick Barone’s Psychodrama Certification Nears Completion
On August 7, 2017 Barone received an email from the Psychodrama American Board of Examiners that began as follows: Congratulations! Your application has been approved for admission to the 2017 examination process. The examination process referred to here is the written comprehensive board exam that is required for certification as a practitioner of psychodrama. Once this exam, and the “on-site” is…
Using Psychodrama to Resolve Conflict in the Business Place
Introduction: In the business world, we have work groups and work teams. A work team has members who work interdependently on a specific, common goal to produce an end result for their business. A work group is two or more individuals who are interdependent in their accomplishments and may or may not work in the same department. (Wengrzyn, 2016). Conflict…