Directory of Psychodramatists (USA: E-F-G)

(Compiled by Adam Blatner, Photos mainly by Adam Blatner, unless otherwise noted, usually taken at national conferences over the last ten years.)  Revised: June 8, 2008.
     Here are Vickey Finger,  Atieno Fisher, Ruth Friedel, Anath Garber, Antonina "Nina" Garcia, Ildri Bie Ginn,  Elaine Goldman, Lorelei Goldman, Steve Gordon,  Jacob Gershoni

 

          Vickey Finger has been a trainer in Flagstaff and very active on the Publications committee for a number of years                                                                                                                           



 

  Atieno Fisher is a psychodramatist (Certified Practitioner) in Washington DC who offers retreats, coaching and meeting facilitation through Usoni Transformation Services ( www.usoni.com) and presents at various conferences (Golden Fleece, Improv in Business, Capitol Creativity Network, Association for Conflict Resolution, etc.) on the use of simulations in consulting. She serves on the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the ASGPP.                                                                                                     


 

 
 

 

 Ruth Friedel,  Portland, Oregon. This teacher of psychodrama has been training in the Northwest for over 15 years. 


 



 

     Anath Garber, a trainer in New York, one of the last to train with Moreno  in the early 1970s!                                                                                                                        




 

 Antonina ("Nina") Garcia, LCSW, Ed.D, TEP, is a major trainer in New Jersey and South Florida, as well as elsewhere. She co-authored a book on Sociodrama and was the recipient of several awards from the ASGPP. 

 


 

    Jacob Gershoni, TEP, is a trainer of psychodrama in New York City                                                                                                                    



 

   Ildri Bie  Ginn, one of the main trainers in the Boston Area, also has integrated Bioenergetic Analysis.                                                                                                     






 

  Gong Shu, Ph.D., TEP, lives and teaches in St. Louis, Missouri, and also travels regularly to Taiwan and other sites in Asia, where she trains psychodramatists. She's writing a book about the integration of Taoist philosophy and psychodrama. 

 
 

  Elaine Goldman, Ph.D., TEP, (now retired), was the premier trainer of psychodrama in Arizona during the 1970s and 1980s. She wrote a book and produced a very useful training video. 

 

 

 Lorelei J. Goldman, MA, Special Education, TEP, is the Training Director of the Psychodrama Institute of Chicago; a five year member of an award-winning ensemble group called "Still Acting Up" (involving performers who are 60-80 yrs of age); the creator of "Seasons of Our Lives." wants to network with those who are in entertaining and psychodrama. email:  loreleigoldman@sbcglobal.net     or phone: (773)  465-8504 .   wireless ph: 312  513-6574  (Website: http://hometown.aol.com/lmbn7/myhompeage/business.html                             .                            

 

 



 

                  Steve Gordon