PSYCHODRAMA
Introduction
Jacob L Moreno
introduced a group therapy method in 1925, which is now used as sociodrama,
axiodrama, role playing and analytic psychodrama
The patient is groomed for the roles to play with
representatives of important people in the patient's past and current life,
whose needs for insight preferably fit in with parts they assign
Meaning
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Psychodrama is a special form of group therapy
which provides the patient with an additional opportunity to gain
self-insight.
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It uses structured, directed dramatizations of a
patient's emotional problems and experiences.
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Members are encouraged to act out immediate or
past life situations, conflicts or problems
Aim
To develop greater awareness to patient about his thoughts,
feelings, and actions and of how they affect others
Elements involved in Psychodrama
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A stage to play the drama, it should be round
and should have two or three step like levels
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Protagonist: the patient is selected to be the
major subject for the specific enactment. He is the star; he best typifies the
concern of the group
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Auxiliary Egos: The therapeutic actors to whom
the protagonist is responding or reacting
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Director: The therapist who direct the actors
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Producer
Phases
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Warm-up: the psycho-dramatist involves the group
in a discussion of issues deemed important to explore for that session. Once a
group concern emerges, a protagonist is supported and encouraged to come forth
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Shaping and presentation:
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Sharing: The group members express what events
in their own lives were touched on by the action.
Advantages
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It helps the patient to define his problem
clearly
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To explore the patient's adaptive and
maladaptive coping responses to his problem
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To identify misperceptions, unrealistic goals,
and distortions of reality
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