Sociometrics: Embodied, Experiential Processes for Relational Trauma Repair

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Editorial Reviews

“In Sociometrics, Tian Dayton masterfully integrates principles of group dynamics and psychodrama therapies with insights into bodily states and feelings gained from contemporary neuroscience. Sociometrics infuses therapeutic principles in an intuitive and functional program that shifts the agent of healing from the therapist to the group. We learn that through sociometrics, the threads of healing are woven as the client experiences a reconnection with the inner self and a connection with others.”—Stephen W. Porges, PhD, Distinguished University Scientist, Indiana University; Professor of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina; creator of the Polyvagal Theory

“With her decades of experience, taught by the masters, Tian Dayton has become one herself. In Sociometics, she offers the clinical field another enriching, engaging book that clearly details how to work with the ramifications of trauma and addiction. Her detailed theoretical and practical descriptions of the use of sociometrics and psychodrama empower clinicians in all settings to create a space of safety and choice for the client. I have witnessed her work and seen the movement for those caught in the flight, fight, or freeze mode. Work that sometimes never gets resolved, or takes years, is readily hastened in these action methods.”—Claudia Black, PhD, Senior Fellow at The Meadows and author Unspoken Legacy: Addressing the Impact of Trauma and Addiction within the Family

“Having watched Dr. Dayton doing a psychodrama, I am gratified to read this clear explanation of the process and additionally to be exposed to the concepts of sociometrics. This book provides a roadmap for clinicians to approach patients with complex trauma in an evidence-based skill set steeped in solid aspects of neurobiology. Dr. Dayton provides a generous mix of the theoretical and clinically practical for practitioners to utilize in their work.”—Mel Pohl, MD, Senior Medical Consultant, Pain Recovery Program, The Pointe Malibu Recovery Center and author of A Day without Pain

“Sociometry is a part of J. L. Moreno’s triadic system of psychodrama, sociometry, and group psychotherapy. Dr. Dayton has spent her entire career adapting these methods for practical use in working with addiction and trauma. Sociometrics respect Moreno’s theoretical roots, and in so doing, Dayton’s adaptations have retained the creativity and spontaneity so core to Moreno’s thinking while creating an approach that is tailored for use in treating addiction and trauma.”—Daniela Simmons, PhD, TEP, President, American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama (ASGPP), Founder & CEO of TELE’DRAMA International

“Sociometrics help us to resolve attachment trauma through an embodied form of therapy that brings our relational deficits from yesterday right into the present so that we can revisit and resolve them in them today. They help clients to become aware of how they are dragging their hurt from the past and recreating it in the present. Sociometrics actually get clients on their feet and engaging with each other in ways that give them new experience and practice at opening up. The process is the very opposite of isolation and withdrawal, rather it’s one that fosters communal containment and connection. For teens and young adults who struggle with addiction, this is game-changing. It helps them to build the skills of emotional literacy so that they can self-reflect and share in meaningful ways with their peers. And these skills of resilience become portable as they take them into the futures they are building as sober and contributing adults.”—Jamison Monroe, Founder of Newport Academy/Newport Institute

“Tian Dayton demonstrates a deep understanding of Dr. Moreno’s work. Dr. Dayton’s writing makes complex theory accessible and pleasurable to read. This book will help practitioners and those affected by trauma to understand how psychodrama and sociometry in groups can provide unique, powerful healing of our deepest wounds.”—Regina Moreno, MA, author of The Words of the Daughter, and Miriam Zachariah, MA, TEP