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The easiest way to answer this question is to say that sociodrama addresses a group issue rather than a personal issue (as with psychodrama). Again, looking at the words themselves, socio means “of or relating to society.” For example; sociology, socioeconomic, etc., and drama means to act out, so a sociodrama is literally an acting…
One definition of psychodrama, which comes from Antonina Garcia and Dale Buchanan, is as follows: Psychodrama is a deep action method developed by Jacob Levy Moreno (1889 – 1974), in which people enact scenes from their lives, dreams or fantasies in “an effort to express unexpressed feelings, gain new insights and understandings, and practice new…
In the December 2015 issue of the Harvard Business Review, Author Alison Wood Brooks writes about “Emotion and the Art of Negotiation.” The Idea in brief is that in business, professional negotiators typically focus on “strategy, tactics, offers and counteroffers,” and don’t pay attention to how emotions, theirs and others, might increase or lessen the…
Sociometry, developed by Jacob L. Moreno, is a field within social science that delves into the study of social relationships and interpersonal interactions within groups. In the context of the courtroom, sociometry plays a crucial role during jury selection and trial, offering valuable insights into the dynamics between individuals involved, including the attorneys, judge, and…
The Michigan Psychodrama Center will be holding a one day “Intro to Psychodrama” workshop on Saturday March 5, 2016 in Royal Oak Michigan. No experience is necessary, and both therapists and non-therapists are welcome to attend. For those who don’t know much about psychodrama, this is a great opportunity to learn the basic concepts as…
Many of the challenges around the holidays involve family dynamics and unfinished childhood business. Interactions with parents and siblings can stir up long-buried feelings we thought we put behind us. One wrong word said can feel like we have taken a step back in time to when we were five years old. With that in…
This simple question lends itself to a rather more complicated answer, which begins with a bit of history about Jacob L. Moreno, M.D., the founder of Psychodrama. Both of Moreno’s parents were Sephardi Jews, but by all accounts Moreno was not particularly religious. He was however deeply spiritual. Moreno believed that we are all connected…
In J.L. Moreno’s psychodrama, role reversal is a crucial technique used to promote empathy and understanding within the therapeutic process. It involves participants in a psychodrama session switching roles with each other, allowing them to experience the thoughts, emotions, and behaviors of the other person involved in a particular psychodrama scene. Role reversal serves several…
Psychodrama, sociometry and group psychotherapy utilize various tools which are unequaled in their ability to teach emotional intelligence (EI) to individuals, groups and organization through the ability to help others “experience” the components of EI in themselves and in others, through the role reversal process. Role reversal exercises can be done in one-on-one settings using…
Dr. Corby’s work in the field of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) has greatly influenced her work as a psychodramatist. Cognitive therapy and psychodrama can be done in the individual session setting or in group therapy. Cognitive therapy is based on the cognitive model, which sets forth that thoughts generate behaviors and physiological responses, and that all…