PSYCHODRAMATIC TECHNIQUES IN ACADEMIC SETTINGS

Abstract

The comments below are based upon the author's experience in applying psychodramatic techniques to a variety of academic situations where psychotherapy itself was not an explicit, prominent goal. The settings discussed are university courses, theological seminary "sharing groups," an ecumenical lay academy, a teacher training project, a criminological institute and a medical school. No special claim to originality in the specific techniques used is being made, but this summary may serve the orientation need of the psychodramatist considering the possibility of offering his services in the academic area, or of the professor already there, who wonders how psychodrama may help him in his work. Inasmuch as this presentation is necessarily brief, the reader is encouraged to call or write the author at the address above for details of further interest, including the specific identities of the institutions involved.