Family Therapy Supervision in Action

There is a growing body of research, as the psychodrama community has understood for some time, that supports the idea that our bodies have their own intelligence and that insight can come from action. By working nonverbally using sculpting and other psychodramatic methods in family therapy supervision, we as family therapy supervisors, have found that clinicians are able to overcome therapeutic impasse with clients when they work through difficulties using insights that come from the body and action. This article describes our method and provides clinical examples of its effectiveness working with couples and families.