The Psychodramatic Reenactment of a Dream

Abstract

In this article, the author describes his use of psychodrama as a vehicle to help individuals relate their dreams to current life situations. The author adapted Montague Ullman's Dream Appreciation method as the warm-up phase of psychodrama. This three-stage technique involves group members directly and personally in the dream as they share feelings and metaphors as if the dream were their own. A trust relationship and an empathic bond between protagonist and group members are almost immediately established. A report of an experience by one of the protagonists includes details about her experience of the total process and her integration of the
process into her life situation. The author concludes that both professionals and students can profit from this combined method.