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Essentials of Psychodrama Practice
Social Work Sociometry and Psychodrama, 2021Co-Authors: Scott GiacomucciAbstract:AbstractThe essentials of Psychodrama practice are covered in depth within this chapter. Fourteen core Psychodrama interventions or techniques are described with corresponding depictions of their use within Psychodrama group sessions. The Psychodrama techniques of doubling, mirroring, and role reversal are presented with their relationship to Moreno’s developmental theory. Considerations for the application of Psychodrama interventions on teletherapy is also provided. Various types of Psychodrama scenes are described with reference to the Psychodramatic Spiral and the Hollander Curve. The processes of closure, de-roling, and sharing at the end of a Psychodrama enactment are outlined.
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Psychodrama and Social Work Theory
Social Work Sociometry and Psychodrama, 2021Co-Authors: Scott GiacomucciAbstract:AbstractThis chapter includes an overview of foundational Psychodrama theories—action theory, catharsis, and surplus reality. The three phases of a Psychodrama group (warm-up, enactment, and sharing) and the five elements of a Psychodrama (stage, protagonist, director, auxiliary egos, and audience/group) are described. Morenean philosophy and sociometric theory are revisited as they relate to Psychodrama. The similar elements of Psychodrama theory and social work are underlined including the importance of mutual aid, spontaneity, creativity, empowerment, self-determination, interpersonal skills, relationships, group stages, and roles.
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Psychodrama Practice in Clinical Social Work with Individuals
Social Work Sociometry and Psychodrama, 2021Co-Authors: Scott GiacomucciAbstract:AbstractThis chapter is devoted to the clinical practice of Psychodrama in individual sessions. Fundamental differences between Psychodrama in groups and one-to-one contexts are discussed including the use of auxiliary roles, the therapeutic relationship, and modifications for basic Psychodrama interventions. An overview of the use of the empty chair, objects, and/or the therapist as an auxiliary ego is included. The limitations and strengths of using Psychodrama in individual sessions are discussed. Multiple Psychodrama scenes (strengths-based, intrapsychic, and interpersonal) are depicted from a social work practice example with clinical processing.
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Creating an Evidence Base for Social Work, Group Work, and Psychodrama
Social Work Sociometry and Psychodrama, 2021Co-Authors: Scott GiacomucciAbstract:AbstractThis chapter is devoted to outlining the research literature of Psychodrama and group therapy. Evidence-based practice trends and their impact on practice in the field of social work are described. Psychodrama is also framed within the research bases of the humanistic-experiential psychotherapies, creative arts therapies, and body- and movement-oriented therapies. While the quality and quantity of research available on the effectiveness of Psychodrama are limited, current findings support its use to as a treatment for various mental health conditions. Shortcomings and critiques of research in Psychodrama are included while indicating a need for higher quality Psychodrama research studies. The research history of Psychodrama’s founder, Jacob Moreno, is also described to provide insight on Psychodrama’s historical relationship to research.
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Other Experiential Approaches Similar to Psychodrama
Social Work Sociometry and Psychodrama, 2021Co-Authors: Scott GiacomucciAbstract:AbstractThis chapter will briefly introduce further methods that Moreno created related to Psychodrama, as well as other approaches similar to Psychodrama but developed by others. Social microscopy and sociodrama will be outlined pertaining to Moreno’s additional dramatic approaches. Axiodrama, monodrama, autodrama, ethnodrama, bibliodrama, and teledrama each will be introduced as other dramatic approaches based on Psychodrama. Drama therapy, gestalt therapy, Playback Theater, Theater of the Oppressed, Internal Family SystemsTherapy, Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor Therapy, and family/systemic constellations will each be briefly presented with their similarities and differences to Psychodrama.
Jochen Becker-ebel - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Psychodrama in Individual Settings
Fundamentals of Psychodrama, 2020Co-Authors: Falko Von Ameln, Jochen Becker-ebelAbstract:Psychodrama is often perceived as a pure group method. However, with some modifications, Psychodrama is also ideal for working in an individual setting. This chapter introduces the three variants of Psychodrama in individual settings (monodrama, Psychodrama a deux, autodrama) and illustrates them with the aid of case studies. The chapter concludes with thoughts on the design of the integration phase in an individual setting.
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Basic Theoretical Concepts of Psychodrama
Fundamentals of Psychodrama, 2020Co-Authors: Falko Von Ameln, Jochen Becker-ebelAbstract:This chapter introduces some essential theoretical concepts of Psychodrama: spontaneity and creativity, tele, encounter and the theory of social networks as well as Moreno’s role theory. These theories form the important constituents of Psychodrama as an independent method. Each concept is presented along with a critical appraisal and examined for its significance in Psychodramatic practice. The concept of surplus reality, which is often underestimated in Psychodrama literature, is reconstructed as a fundamental principle of the method. Lastly, this chapter offers an overview of Moreno’s significant theoretical advancements in Psychodrama.
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Therapeutic Factors in Psychodrama
Fundamentals of Psychodrama, 2020Co-Authors: Falko Von Ameln, Jochen Becker-ebelAbstract:To begin with, this chapter refers to the empirical findings on the effects of Psychodrama, for example changes in attitudes through the change of perspective in the role reversal, improvement of interpersonal competence and empathy or the role-expansion caused by the Psychodramatic work. The second part of the text describes the nonspecific effects of Psychodrama in line with Yalom and Grawe’s models, and then presents the Psychodrama-specific impact factors such as catharsis, and experiential learning.
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The Life of J. L. Moreno and the Origin of Psychodrama
Fundamentals of Psychodrama, 2020Co-Authors: Falko Von Ameln, Jochen Becker-ebelAbstract:This chapter provides an overview of the life of Jacob Levy Moreno and the biographical stages that shaped the development of Psychodrama. This context makes it easier to understand Psychodrama and its philosophy.
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Basic Elements of Psychodrama
Fundamentals of Psychodrama, 2020Co-Authors: Falko Von Ameln, Jochen Becker-ebelAbstract:Moreno developed Psychodrama from his theatrical experiments, and the proximity of Psychodrama to the theater is evident. In view of this fact, it is not surprising that the stage is one of the most important basic elements of the process. The stage in Moreno’s Institute in Beacon Hill had three levels with a balcony.
Hod Orkibi - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Concretization as a Mechanism of Change in Psychodrama: Procedures and Benefits
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021Co-Authors: Aviv Kushnir, Hod OrkibiAbstract:Concretization is a concept that has different meanings in different psychological theories and varying manifestations in different psychotherapies. In Psychodrama, much of the available information on concretization draws on J. L. Moreno’s initial conceptualization, descriptive case studies, and interpretations in the various approaches. However, concretization has not been empirically studied as a concept or as a therapeutic mechanism of change. Therefore, the purpose of this qualitative study was to generate an empirically based conceptualization and operationalization of concretization as well as to identify its clinical benefits in Psychodrama. To this end, semistructured in-depth interviews were conducted with seven experienced Psychodrama therapists. Using a grounded theory approach for the data analysis, the model that emerged consists of three pathways toward concretization: realistic concretization, symbolic concretization, and integrated concretization. The findings suggest a sequential multistep operation that can be linear or nonlinear, depending on the protagonist’s need. The findings also underscore four benefits of concretization as a mechanism of change in Psychodrama: reducing the ambiguity of the problem, externalizing the protagonist’s problem, enhancing the therapist-protagonist therapeutic bond, and bypassing the protagonist’s defense mechanisms. The model is discussed in light of the findings and the literature, and future directions are suggested.
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positive Psychodrama a framework for practice and research
Arts in Psychotherapy, 2019Co-Authors: Hod OrkibiAbstract:Abstract In the last two decades, positive psychology researchers have been studying the factors that promote well-being and optimal functioning to help individuals and communities thrive and flourish. This article introduces positive Psychodrama as a framework for practice and research that builds on a sustainable and growing body of research indicating that a complete notion of mental health consists not only of the absence of mental illness symptoms but also the presence of mental health indicators. I address the question of how does Psychodrama look through the lens of positive psychology. After an overview of Psychodrama background and research, positive concepts in J. L. Moreno’s Psychodrama theory and philosophy are revisited and linked to contemporary positive psychology literature. Empirically-supported positive psychology interventions are also reviewed and examples of positive Psychodrama activities are presented. Psychodrama therapists and researchers are encouraged to focus not only on decreasing mental illness but also on improving mental health, thereby contributing to the growing body of literature on this topic.
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Integrative systematic review of Psychodrama psychotherapy research: Trends and methodological implications.
PloS one, 2019Co-Authors: Hod Orkibi, Rinat Feniger-schaalAbstract:Background Psychodrama is an experiential psychotherapy in which guided role-play is used to gain insights and work on personal and interpersonal problems and possible solutions. Despite the wealth of literature describing clinical work, Psychodrama intervention research is relatively scarce compared to other psychotherapies and psychological interventions. Objective For this reason we implemented the integrative approach to systematic review that authorizes the combination of publications with diverse methodologies and all types of participants, interventions, comparisons, and outcomes. Our aim was to produce a comprehensive summary of Psychodrama intervention research in the last decade that critically evaluates methodological issues to inform future studies. Methods We searched four major electronic databases (PsycINFO, PubMEd, Scopus by Elsevier, and Web of Science) for peer-reviewed articles on Psychodrama interventions published in English between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2017. The quality of qualitative and mixed methods studies was assessed on the basis of pre-established guidelines, and the risk of bias was assessed for all quantitative randomized control studies, consistent with the PRISMA protocol. Findings The database search and a hand search resulted in 31 Psychodrama intervention publications. Overall, these studies examined the effects of Psychodrama on more than 20 different outcomes and most studies had adult clients. The next largest group was adolescents, whereas only two studies involved children. Thus Psychodrama intervention research in the last decade suggests there are promising results in all methodologies, and highlights the need to enhance methodological as well as reporting quality and to theorize and examine modality-specific mechanisms that lead to therapeutic change. Recommendations to improve methodology, transparency, and specificity in reporting future Psychodrama and other psychotherapy research are discussed.
Monit Cheung - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Psychodrama as a social work modality
Social Work, 2013Co-Authors: Debra A Konopik, Monit CheungAbstract:Developed in the early years of the 20th century by Viennese psychiatrist Jacob L. Moreno, Psychodrama is an experiential method of group psychotherapy that uses action techniques to explore the root of psychological and social problems (Moreno & Moreno, 1969). Psychodrama is the process of enacting and reenacting past concerns and imagining the situation reoccurring in a present form, allowing patients to uncover thoughts and feelings that may not be accessed solely through talk therapy. Psychodrama enhances problem-solving insight and facilitates personal growth on cognitive, affective, and behavioral levels (Avrahami, 2003). The acting method aims to encourage communication, clarify issues, enhance physical and emotional well-being, and foster skill development. As an action-oriented technique or a clinical role-play, Psychodrama provides a context in which individuals examine habitual patterns of reacting to certain problems and discover alternative ways to respond in a safe, supportive environment. Psychodrama is applied to diverse age and treatment groups, from children to older adults, and from chronically mentally ill or cognitively impaired people to those who desire improved functioning with their families or in work settings. Psychodrama should not be viewed as a separate school of thought; rather, it represents an integrative approach to treatment, incorporating methods from various theoretical approaches such as cognitive, behavioral, gestalt, empowerment, psychoanalysis, and other individual and group treatment modalities. Because of Psychodrama's experiential nature, clinicians can use it as an educational method to observe and practice clinical skills. It appeals to social workers because of its utility in a variety of settings; its strengths-based, transtheoretical approach to practice; and its application of a contextualized framework through consideration of the client's perspective. Although research on Psychodrama tends to validate specific techniques through case demonstrations (Kipper, 2005), there is a body of empirical studies with data to support the technique applications of Psychodrama and its outcome-based effectiveness, utility in social work, and educational function. APPLICATIONS OF STRENGTHS-BASED TECHNIQUES Psychodrama techniques are person focused, aiming at bringing out the client's positive outlook on life. A meta-analysis conducted by Kipper and Ritchie (2003) found four reviews of Psychodrama research over a span of 23 years. These four reviews served as the initial research on doubling (that is, another group member imitating the role and actions of the protagonist) and role reversal (that is, the protagonist playing the role of the person of concern) as techniques in Psychodrama. In another analysis, Kipper and Hundal (2003) studied 34 case illustrations of Psychodrama to demonstrate its client-focused nature. A third empirical study, conducted by Rademaker, Vermetten, and Kleber (2009), highlighted the value of Psychodrama as a group technique to help 22 veterans release somatic, depressive, and other posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms. A more recent study on six psychiatric adolescent patients (mean age, 16.67 years) found that qualitative and quantitative data could be captured in the observatory process to identify symptom reduction after a weekly 12-session analytical group Psychodrama program (Gatta et al., 2010). These studies identified the strengths of Psychodrama as a method for aiding clients in the discovery of their issues and the subsequent identification of solutions. A major component of Psychodrama is the use of the here-and-now technique that focuses on the current feeling in the present moment, aiming to express unpleasant emotions that were stuck in the past. One study on the resolution of interpersonal situations among 16 female undergraduate students found that Psychodramatic doubling helped break client "resistances," yielding "revealingness" as an outcome of moving forward after revealing past feelings (Hudgins & Kiesler, 1987, p. …
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Psychodrama as a Social Work Modality
Social work, 2012Co-Authors: Debra A Konopik, Monit CheungAbstract:Psychodrama is the process of enacting or reenacting relevant aspects or roles from current and past events to instill hope in clients who are facing life issues. This article examines the outcomes ofa five-stage Psychodrama treatment through a social worker's direct participation in a partial hospitalization program. Observation notes and supervisors' inputs were used to analyze the therapeutic outcomes of 13 patients who assumed the role of protagonist. Rather than through use of a symptom checklist, the treatment outcomes were measured on the basis of the ability of each patient to connect feelings to expressed concerns and anticipated changes. Through content analysis of communication patterns, these concerns were linked to eight therapeutic themes: change in emotions, family of origin issues, impact of group work, relationships with others, impact of the past, self-awareness, self-worth, and shift of personal views. This study highlights the importance of the combined effort of both the therapist and the patient, making Psychodrama a bridge to further treatment. Psychodrama is both a clinical method and an educational opportunity for social workers.
Joshua Marquit - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the effectiveness of trauma focused Psychodrama in the treatment of ptsd in inpatient substance abuse treatment
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020Co-Authors: Scott Giacomucci, Joshua MarquitAbstract:This single group pretest-posttest study explores the effectiveness of trauma-focused Psychodrama in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at an inpatient addiction treatment center. The results contribute to the limited research bases of both Psychodrama and PTSD treatment outcomes in inpatient addiction treatment. The present study supports the potential effectiveness of two trauma-focused Psychodrama models, the Therapeutic Spiral Model and the Relational Trauma Repair Model. Findings of the research demonstrate clinically significant reductions in overall PTSD symptoms (over 25% change) and each PTSD symptom cluster (i.e., re-experiencing and intrusion, avoidance and numbing, and hyper-arousal). Additionally, patient satisfaction exit survey data support overall treatment effectiveness and highlight its tolerability, and capacity for establishing emotional safety, connection, and group cohesion. Patients even described the trauma-focused Psychodrama treatment approach as enjoyable and helpful. Overall, the results of this study are promising, and support continued clinical application of trauma-focused Psychodrama treatment with other subpopulations diagnosed with PTSD. However, the ability to isolate effects of trauma-focused Psychodrama in this study is compromised due to the absence of a control group and participants' involvement in other inpatient treatment services.