Drama Therapy and Psychodrama: An Integrated Model
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PsychodramaAbstract
This article contains a model that integrates-purposefully and systematically-core concepts, processes, and purposes of drama therapy and psychodrama. The model involves a gradual, paced progression from playful dramatic work that facilitates interaction and a sense of liberation from real-life constraints to psychodramatic work that deepens one's examination and transformation of personal, emotional life issues. Eight therapeutic issues are examined from the perspective of the integrative model: group cohesion, group versus the individual, resistance, transference and the client-therapist relationship, the use of metaphor and the role of interpretation, levels of intervention, conflict and difficulty among group members, and spirituality. Case examples and vignettes are interwoven throughout, offering the reader a vivid picture of the work in a variety of contexts, including both group therapy and individual therapy settings.
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