DRAMATIZED CASE MATERIAL AS A SPRINGBOARD FOR ROLE PLAYING

Abstract

Since Moreno developed the method of role playing [ including psychodrama (16) and sociodrama (13)] first as a training procedure (12) and later as a therapeutic technique, its potentialities are becoming more and more apparent. A great variety of applications and procedures have been developed so that practically every form of social adjustment has been explored to some degree. Its potential use as a technique in human relations has been advocated for the past several years (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 15, 17) and there is general agreement on the values the method contributes.