Psychodrama

Psychodrama (from the Greek psyche - soul and drama - action) is a method of group psychotherapy developed by Ya.L. Moreno.

The essence of the method is that the patient plays out important episodes from his life on stage, reliving traumatic situations. Group members play the roles of people significant to the patient. This is how conflicts are emotionally experienced and resolved.

Psychodrama allows the patient to better understand his internal conflicts, realize repressed emotions, respond to them and find new ways of behavior. The method is widely used to treat neuroses, depression, and communication disorders.

The main components of psychodrama are: stage, protagonist (main patient), auxiliary “I” of the protagonist, director, group. Sessions are conducted under the guidance of an experienced psychodramatist.

Psychodramas are active methods of psychotherapy, a theatrical form of psychotherapy in which group members alternately become observers and spectators, and then performers. Nobody hides the concept of “psychodramatic stage” (stage area, theatrical design), reflecting the essence of psychodrama, but it has not been emphasized in the same way as systemic phenomenological concepts and terms emphasize

The difference between psychodrama and theatrical performance is that any elements of stagecraft are a means of performing a stage task. What stagecraft are we talking about? Performing arts can be dancing, singing,