by İnci Doğaner
Summary: In this paper, the results of a research about therapeutic change in psychodrama is presented. In 3 training and 4 therapy groups the participants were asked 2 questions to be answered freely. These questions were: 1. What is the evidence (manifestation) of therapeutic change that comes from PD a) in you, b)in your group friends, c) in your clients 2. What were the therapeutic factors in this process?
In addition they were asked to point out on a scale from 0 to 10 about the global therapeutic change in themselves and of their 3 group friends. In some groups also the leader and the co-leader pointed out fort he whole group.
One training group was directed by Dr. A. Ozbek during 1987- 1993; one training group was co-directed by Dr. İ. Doğaner, E. Kapkın and A. Baykara. All other groups were directed by Dr. İ. Doğaner.
The answers were classified with content analysis method.
In the questionnaire part, the number of answering subjects were 70: 50 female and 20 male aged between 23 to 52 (mean=38.2± 6.6). For question 1a, spontaneity and creativity was highest for training groups while being cured was highest was for the therapy groups. For the question 1b, for your friends part, training groups gave the answer as healing and insight at the most and therapy groups expression and awareness. For question 2 the method specific factors were the highest in both groups.
For the global chance scale, the leader and co leaders correlation was 0.536 (p= 0.040) leader co-leader mean point and friends mean correlation was 0.583 (p=0.018) in training groups. In all groups global change point for leader and co-leader mean point was 7 for 38.9% of subjects.
We can conclude that psychodrama has specific outcomes like becoming spontaneous and creative and improving in expression. That has to be taken into consideration and to be measured in PD specific scales.
About the author: Inci Doganer, M.D. is currently a supervisor, trainer of Dr. Abdulkadir Ozbek Psychodrama Institute. She is also, the FEPTO representative of Dr. Abdulkadir Ozbek PD Institute, former chair of Training Committee and a member of Research Committee of the Federation. She was the co-founder and co-director. She is the currently founding member and the president of Izmir Psychodrama Society which is founded in 2009. This society is expected to be one of the nuclei of a national organization.
Contact email: inci.doganer@gmail.com