Psychodrama Group Therapy with Children, a training course
Training course in Gaza with Stefan Flegelskamp and Agnes Dudler from 2014 - 2017 medico international switzerland, GCMHP and Institut für Psychodrama SZENEN, Cologne Germany
Psychodrama Group Therapy with Children
Part 1 of the guidance to Symboldrama with traumatized children
I. Introduction
II. The history
III. Basic Aspects
1. The way children play
2. Group therapy with...
For the straight path was lost – The Encounter in psychodrama and resilience in...
Deborah Tamanti
ABSTRACT
Starting from an experience of working with psychodrama carried out in a situation of social marginalisation linked to the pandemic period, the aim of this article is to return to the Encounter, the heart of psychodrama, to grasp the pulsating aspects that, more than a hundred years after...
The specificities of conducting online therapy groups
Reflections and observations of a psychodramatist
By Pavel Kornienko.
This text is a reflection of experience that I gained and systematized within three months of online work. Undoubtedly, many details will get clearer as the experience grows. However, I would be glad if the text would already be helpful to some...
The main types of stages in psychodrama
By Roger Schaller.
This article describes various ways of shaping the stage of psychodrama. The stage can help people rediscover themselves by reducing pressure and providing them with greater freedom to express themselves and broaden their experiences (Moreno 2008, p. 77).
The following ways are discussed: Inner stage, Paper stage, Screen...
Empty chair work in individual setting
By Roger Schaller.
The empty chair as a diagnostic tool in individual therapy.
Representing an interaction partner
The empty chair technique is a central method in one-person role play, where it can be helpful to use an empty chair to represent a feeling, and then engage in a dialogue with this feeling...
Living a good life – Leading a psychodramatic encounter group for everybody
By Manfred Jannicke Abstract
This is a report from a psychodrama group in Berlin which was open to everybody and was called "Living a good life". It has emerged from the final phase of the psychodrama training of the author and his colleague and it continued to exist as an ongoing,...
Director’s commentary
By Roger SCHALLER
Abstract
The focus of this article is on the interactions between client and therapist during the planning and execution of the scenic play in individual psychodrama. The so called „director’s commentary“ on the border of the stage facilitates the scenic understanding and activates the therapeutic process. A case...
Psychodrama Group Therapy for Children
By Stefan Flegelskamp
Abstract
Stefan Flegelskamp describes psychodrama for a group of children from the age 8 upwards. The children should be close in age and have a similar level of development. The aim of the therapy is to socialize the children through children’s play. The focus is directed at the...
Working with reluctant clients
Implementing elements of psychodrama for successful psychotherapy with traffic offenders by Roger Schaller
Abstract
Successful psychotherapy is often assumed to depend on a client’s willingness to participate and his or her motivation to change. In traffic therapy, however, therapists are confronted with resistant clients who only attend therapy in order to get...
Neuroscience and Psychodrama.
Validating the Mind/Body Approach of Psychodrama by Tian Dayton.
"The body remembers what the mind forgets." J.L. Moreno
Neuroscientists are currently validating principles that have been guiding psychodramatists for nearly a century. One example of this is Moreno's philosophy of co-creation, that is, that we are beings who develop not in...