ABSTRACT
Interpersonal schemas are rooted in the body so that changing them requires not only changing cognitions but also breaking bodily rooted habits in the form of motor schemas. Creating new action patterns, including the motor component, may be more powerful than cognitive restructuring. The drama techniques, mostly inspired by Jakob Moreno and Fritz Perls reader most often use are: two-chairs, role-play and enactments. These are living a new golden age, thanks to Emotion-Focused Therapy, Schema Therapy and Sensorimotor Therapy. Role-play arises naturally from a narrative episode. The therapist selects a piece of a scene where the focus is a dual relationship and asks the patient to stage it. It usually starts with patients in the role of themselves and therapists embodying the other. If role-play is conducted in a group, the group members play the others and the scene can include more than two characters. Overall, indications about drama techniques and their goals are similar to guided imagery with rescripting.
