Psychological Eclecticism and Nothing

 

I recall being advised by my then supervisor, about 30 years ago, to look around for a psychotherapy modality that grabbed me and then to learn it thoroughly and not become prematurely eclectic. I followed that advice. Psychodrama was that modality for me and I am steeped in its traditions and have practiced it for decades and hope to do that for a few more.

However I have more than a passing familiarity with a some other fields of practice, I have a grasp of Archetypal Psychology and I am qualified in Imago Relationship Therapy. I have grappled with my multiple perspectives, and have written a paper about my tension with Imago for the AANZPA Psychodrama Journal: The Imago Affair. I’ve been thinking about this more of late.

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Nora Bateson

 

What pattern connects the crab to the lobster and the orchid to the primrose and all the four of them to me? And me to you? ”
–Gregory Bateson

Listened to a wonderful podcast http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/04/nora-bateson-the-pattern-that-connects/ today Nora Bateson about her movie http://www.anecologyofmind.com/index.html

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