New book: Integration Theory — psychodrama, sociodrama and social transformation in one framework

Dear colleagues, I am glad to share that my book Integration Theory has just been published and is now available on Amazon. The book grew out of many years of work as a psychodrama and sociodrama trainer at İJUNGİ (Istanbul Jungian Psychodrama/Sociodrama and Group Processes). It starts from three questions that many of us meet in our groups: How does a new role change our capacity to connect? What useful function may be hidden in a trait we have rejected? How can shared experience become collective action? Drawing on Jung, Moreno, Sherif, and others, the book proposes a framework in which differentiation expands rather than threatens the possibilities for connection and participation. Book One sets out the theoretical argument, from the evolution of matter and living systems to the psychology of groups, labour, class and collective action. It also discusses the framework’s limitations and how its propositions could be tested. Book Two is about practice: the architecture of empowerment, the shadow-to-role cycle, the SQuAT protocol, and exercises for psychotherapy, sociotherapy, education and worker communities. The thread running through it is the move from interpretation to enacted roles, and from enacted roles to everyday relationships. I hope it will be of use to practitioners and trainers in psychodrama, sociodrama, and group work, and to anyone interested in how personal and social change relate. I would warmly welcome your comments, critiques and ideas for dialogue, and would be happy to discuss the shadow-to-role cycle or the SQuAT protocol with anyone who wants to try them in their own groups. 📖 Amazon (US): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJ5T69KW 📖 Amazon (DE): https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0HJ5T69KW With warm regards, Muhammet Turabi Yerli MD PhD TEP İJUNGİ – IAGP Affiliate Organisation Representative info@ijungi.com