Directory of Psychodramatists (USA: N-R)

(Compiled by Adam Blatner, Photos mainly by Adam Blatner, unless otherwise noted, usually taken at national conferences over the last ten years.)  Revised,  April 17, 2008.
     Here are Nan Nally-Seif, Cathy Nugent, John Olesen, Carole Oliver, Mary Palmer, Patty Park, Paula Patterson, Esme Pitel, Susan Powell, Rob Pramann, Herb Propper, John Rasberry, Pam Remer, Rebecca Ridge, Joe Romance

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Nan Nally-Seif, CSW, TEP, is currently the chairperson of the American Board of Examiners in Psychodrama, etc., and a trainer at the Psychodrama Institute of New York (City) .

 
 

Catherine D. Nugent, LCPC, CP/PAT, is a psychodramatist in Maryland.  She was certified as a practitioner in 1985, with Doug Warner and Bob Siroka as her primary trainers.  During the 1980s, Cathy worked as a full-time psychodramatist in a psychiatric hospital, where she has also used action methods for staff training and community education.  Since the early 1990s, Cathy has worked as a program administrator with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services), and she conducts a small private practice in psychotherapy and psychodrama.  She is currently a PAT, co-leading a psychodrama training group for mental health professionals and students with Linda Cioltola and Joseph Kenna.  Cathy is a Fellow of the ASGPP, and has twice served as President of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter, ASGPP.  Her primary areas of interest and expertise, in both her administrative and clinical work, are trauma recovery; prevention, treatment, and recovery for substance use disorders; spirituality; and self-care for professionals.  cathynugent@comcast.net

 
 

John Oleson, C.P., is a psychodramatist in San Francisco.

 
 

Carole Oliver, M.Ed., TEP, trains in Montclair, NJ.   Website: www.psychodrama.net

 
 

Mary Palmer is an active trainer in Minneapolis-St. Paul area of Minnesota, and active in the Midwest Collective of the ASGPP.

 
 

Paula Patterson is an active psychodramatist in the Gainsville, Florida area, where she integrates Playback Theatre, clowning, and the arts in working with medical patients                                                                                                .

 

Patricia Park, L.M.S.W., TEP. is a trainer of psychodrama in El Paso, Texas.

 
 

Esme Pitel is a psychodramatist in Florida                                                                                                             ,

 
 

Susan Powell is a PAT working and training in Dripping Sprints, a suburb of Austin, Texas.                                                                        ....

 

Rob Pramann, Ph.D., TEP, CGP, is a psychologist living in a suburb of Salt Lake City. His special interests in psychodrama include its application to spiritual/Faith related issues, psychological trauma, and Person-Centered Psychotherapy. He has posted various articles related to psychodrama along with his training schedule/description at www.ssccc.com.  His e-mail address is UtahSSCCC@aol.com      .

 

Herb Propper PhD TEP is director of Celebrations of the Soul, a central Vermont center for psychodrama, sociodrama and sociometry. Activities include a Training Group in Burlington VT, personal growth groups, groups for persons in recovery, support groups for persons living with HIV/AIDS, individual therapy and sociodrama demonstrations.  In association with Unite Theatre for Social Action of Chittagong, he leads workshops in Therapeutic Theatre in Bangladesh.  He is a practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism, and includes the integration of Psychodrama and Buddhism in special workshops                                                                                                                     Email:   socitele1@verizon.net

 
 

John Rasberry, M.Ed., TEP, is the President of the ASGPP (2007-2009). He has established a training center in Tupelo, Mississippi, at the "Mid-South Center." Email: Midsouthcenter@aol.com

 

Pam Remer, Ph.D., TEP, trains psychodramatists in Lexington, KY, where she's on the faculty of the University of Kentucky. She has also become one of the new executive editors of the International Journal of Action Methods.

 
 

Rebecca Ridge, M.A., TEP, trains both in Minnesota and in Southeastern Australia.

 
 

Joe Romance, CP, is in the Miami, Florida area.  In 2006-7, he has been the editor of th Psychodrama Network News.  (He died in late 2007. )