ABSTRACT

Psychodrama: Advances in Theory and Practice provides a comprehensive overview of developments in the theory and practice of psychodrama, integrating different psychodramatic schools of thought.

Psychodrama is one of the pioneering approaches of psychotherapy and is practised by thousands of practitioners and in most countries of the world. The editors of this volume bring together contributions from Europe, South America, Australia, Israel and the USA to explain and explore recent innovations. They look at how psychodrama has contributed to the development of psychotherapy, introducing concepts that have had a profound influence on other therapies. These include concepts such as role theory, the encounter, the co-unconscious, the social atom, sociometry, action research, group psychotherapy, the cycle of spontaneity and creativity, role play and many related concepts and techniques.

This book will be of great interest to all students, practitioners and trainers in the field of psychodrama. It will also appeal to professionals and students in the related fields of psychotherapy, counselling, psychology and psychiatry.

part I|150 pages

New perspectives on psychodramatic theory

chapter 2|20 pages

Spontaneity-creativity

The psychodramatic concept of change

chapter 3|12 pages

Reformulating psychodrama as an experiential reintegration action therapy (ERAT)

The corrective emotional approach

chapter 4|14 pages

The role of the meta-role

An integrative element in psychology

chapter 5|16 pages

Psychodrama, role theory and the cultural atom

New Developments in Role Theory

chapter 6|13 pages

Let's face It

Mirroring in psychodrama

chapter 7|14 pages

A chaos theory perspective on psychodrama

Reinterpreting Moreno

chapter 8|16 pages

Existential-dialectic psychodrama

The theory behind practice

chapter 9|12 pages

How does psychodrama work?

How theory is embedded in the psychodramatic method

part II|142 pages

Developments in psychodrama practice and research

chapter 11|20 pages

Transgenerational analysis and psychodrama

Applying and extending Moreno's concepts of the co-unconscious and the social atom to transgenerational links

chapter 12|14 pages

Clinical foundations of the Therapeutic Spiral Model™

Theoretical orientations and principles of change

chapter 14|14 pages

Psychodrama in miniature

chapter 17|8 pages

Psychodrama and child development

Working with children

chapter 18|14 pages

Psychodrama and psychopathology

Purposefully adapting the method to address different pathologies

chapter 19|10 pages

Jungian psychodrama

From theoretical to creative roots