Elements of Relinquishment in Psychodrama: Choice-Relinquishing Junctions in the Psychodramatic Process of the Protagonist

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  • ELIYAHU AVRAHAMI Author

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https://doi.org/10.12926/xexccx52

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Protagonist

Abstract

In this article, the author uses the metaphor of a journey to describe the psychodramatic process. A journey along the psychodramatic road includes junctions at which the protagonist must decide which way to turn. The author concludes that an exclusive choice exists only with the relinquishment of all other alternatives. The existential concepts of encounter and responsibility are presented as essential factors in psychodrama, along with the requirement that the protagonist allow defense mechanisms, as great as control, to be placed in the director's and group's hands. The choicerelinquishing junction model constructed here aims to show the advantages of a person being here-and-now at the junction, and having a spontaneous passage at the junction. Furthermore, to make a suitable choice, the protagonist needs to evaluate the alternatives both rationally and emotionally because letting go cannot take place without emotional relinquishment and support from the group.

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2026-01-23

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Vol. 48 No. 3 (1995): Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama, and Sociometry

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