Law, Psychodrama and Family Therapy

PRESENTERS: Don Miller, PhD., Marriage and Family Therapist; Grover Porter, Esq., Attorney at Law

The reputedly arid academic world becomes less so when disciplines abandon their isolation from each other and enter freely into interaction. This is especially so with applied disciplines such as law and family therapy. This program will illuminate how psychodrama and law may improve one another and offer the best of both worlds. They both benefit directly from a method and array of techniques to broaden the context of our work. Mr. Porter will show how psychodrama facilitates his work in discovering and developing interaction between counsel and the jury in a unique and special manner. This is analogous to the family therapist ebb and flow of members as one or another come into focus within a session.

Objectives:

1. Educate attendees in basic elements of Psychodrama

2. Demonstrate methods that are useful for attorneys or therapists

3. Use experiences in shared work to explain how the professions may benefit common

clients

4. Identify how the perceived barriers may be reduced by these methods

Donell Miller, PhD, TEP, LMFT is the leader of ongoing Psychodrama work in the Inland Empire. He has been an active member of IE‐CAMFT for several years. Grover Porter, Esq. is a leading defense attorney in the San Bernardino Courts. He has used the tenets of psychodrama to enhance his successful practice and enhance the interpersonal quality of his work. These two professionals will provide a preview of their presentation to be presented at the Psychodrama National Conference.

NEW LOCATION:  LLU Behavioral Health Institute, 1686 Barton Road, Redlands, CA 92373