Research Interests

Integrative Buddhist Practices such as Self Compassion with Psychodrama.

Biography

Sylvia Israel is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT 31245), a certified Trainer, Educator and Practitioner of Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy (TEP) and a Registered Drama Therapist, and Board Certified Trainer (RDT/BCT). She is Director of the Bay Area Moreno Institute, Founder of Bay Area Playback Theatre and a Trainer in the Therapeutic Spiral Model of Psychodrama working with trauma survivors. Sylvia maintains a private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area, working with individuals, couples and groups. She also provides psychodrama training and is a trail lawyer consultant. Sylvia is former Officer and Member of the American Board of Exminers of Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy. She earned her MA from the CIIS Drama Therapy Program.

Education

M.A San Francisco State University in Theater

M.A. California Institute of Integral Studies in Psychology/Drama Therapy

Trainer, Educator and Practitioner of Psychodrama

Awards & Distinctions

Fellow Award by American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama (ASGPP) in recognition of service (2007)

Recognition of Service Award by the North American Drama Therapy Association (2005)

Courses

Psychodrama

Publications

Israel, S. (2019). The Therapeutic Spiral Model: A Psychodramatic Whole Person Approach for Working with Trauma in Serlin, I., Kripner, S., & Rockefeller, K. (Eds.). Integrated care for the traumatized: A whole person approach. Rowman & Littlefield: Lanham, MD.

Israel, S. & Plummer. E. (2011). Psychodrama and Ritual Theater in Schrader, C. (Ed.) Ritual theatre: The power of dramatic ritual in personal development groups and clinical practice. Jessica Kingsley: London.