Open Sessions

Hudson Valley Chapter of the American Society for Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama

Evenings of Psychodrama
Open sessions will be presented on
the third Friday of most months at 7:30 PM
at Boughton Place on Kisor Road in Highland, NY

Open sessions are two to two and a half hour psychodrama sessions offered by certified psychodramatists to the general public. You may participate as little or as much as you want.

2011 Open Sessions

November 18 : Peter Pitzele, Ph.D.

Bibiodrama/ The Story of Ruth

In this two hour evening of Bibliodrama we will move from the sociodramatic---or in this case the bibliodramatic--- to the psychodramatic and back again as we explore the Biblicial Ruth, her relationships and her choices and our own relationship to the story.

Peter Pitzele, Ph.D. directed the Psychodrama Service at Four Winds Hospital for seventeen years . During that time and since he developed Bibliodrama, now recognized as a a principal methodology in the field of contemporary midrash. He was trained by Zerka Moreno and others at The Moreno Institute in Beacon, NY, Peter was the recipient of the Innovators Award from the American Society for Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama for his development of Bibliodrama.

For many years Peter was an adjunct faculty member of the Jewish Theological Seminary and Union Theological Seminary. Currently Peter is Dean of Faculty of Storahtelling, Workshop Director for the intergenerational theater company Roots&Branches, and Faculty Member at Large: Institute for Contemporary Midrash. He continues to write and study, and he travels widely as a scholar/artist in the United States, Europe, and Israel. Peter has his Ph.D. in literature from Harvard. He has taught literature at Harvard and Brooklyn College. Peter has written many articles and two books: Our Fathers’ Wells: A Personal Encounter with the Myths of Genesis, published by Harper SanFransisco and Scripture Windows: Towards a Practice of Bibliodrama, runner-up for the best book in Jewish Education, l998, published by Torah Aura.

Contribution: $8/ $5 for students and those on limited income

Save the date!
Next Open Session:
March 16

In case of questionable weather or for more information please call:
(845) 255-7502

Email us at hvpi @ hvc.rr.com and we will notify you electronically of upcoming events each month!

2011 Open Sessions

November 18 : Peter Pitzele, Ph.D.

Save the date! Next Open Session: March 16

Save the date!
Next Open Session:
March 16