WARMUP TECHNIQUES IN A MARRIED COUPLES GROUP

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  • RENATE G. ARMSTRONG Author
  • DAVID SCHUR Author

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https://doi.org/10.12926/x9w7r803

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WARMUP TECHNIQUES, MARRIED COUPLES GROUP

Abstract

The warm-up technique has been defined as "the process of getting an individual or group to loosen up and become ready to actively participate in the session" (Corsini, 1966, p. 202). Being a concept developed by Moreno (1958), it has been considered an essentially psychodramatic technique, which "usually begins the psychodramatic session, especially if the group has not already been 'warmed up' by previous rewarding interaction" (Sturm, 1965, p. 52). However, this technique can also be most profitably utilized to mobilize the therapeutic process in other types of group therapy.

References

BLINDER, M. S. & KIRCHENBAUM, M., 'The 'Techniques of Married Couples in Group 'Therapy, Archives of General Psychiatry, 17, ( 1 ) , 1967, pp. 4 4 5 2 .

CORSINI, R. J. Roleplaying in Psychotherapy. Chicago: Aldine, 1966.

MALAMUD, D. ? MACHOVER, S. Toward Self·Understanding; Group Techniques Self. Confrontation. Springfield, Ill.: Thomas, 1965.

MORENO, J. L. Psychodrama, Volume I. Beacon, N. Y.: Beacon House, 1964, 1972.

MORENO, J. L. & MASSERMAN, J. H., (Eds.), Progress in Psychotherapy, Volume 3. New York: Grune and Stratton, 195'8, PP,· 86-131.

STURM, I. E. 'The Behavioristic Aspects of Psychodrama, Group Psychotherapy, Vol. XVIII, No. 1-2, 1965. pp. 50-64.

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2025-01-18

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Vol. 25 No. 3 (1972): Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama, and Sociometry

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