COUNSELING And DRAMA

This Book Uses Nine Case Studies To Show How Psychodrama Methods Are Used In A One-On-One Therapeutic Session. The Book Shares A Brief History Of Psychodrama And Summarizes Research On The Use Of Psychodrama With Individual Therapy. There Are Many Effective Methods Of Psychotherapy But Few Incorporate The Elements Of Action Found In Psychodrama. Psychodrama Is A Method Of Therapy That Bypasses Traditional Talk-Listen Therapy. A Client Enters A Three-Dimensional Sphere Of Therapy That Brings The Past And The Future Into The Present. It Is Three Dimensional. A Client Creates The Space And Time Within Which Issues Are Confronted. Imagine Being The Client And Being Able To Paint Every Aspect Of Your Life You Wish To Explore But Rather Than Looking At The Canvas And Talking About It You Step Over The Frame Of The Picture And Move About Through The Space And Time You Have Just Created. That Is What Sets Psychodrama Apart From All The Other Therapeutic Modes. So I Have For You A Book That Shows You How To Use This Powerful Tool When You Sit Alone With Your Client With Talk-Listen Tools Wanting More. The Case Studies I Have Used Included A Twenty-Five Year Old Woman Who Was Sexually Abused At The Age Of Twelve; A Forty-Five Year Old Man Searching For Meaning To His Life; A Young Man Who Struggled With The Death Of His Father And Unfinished Business; A Teenager Feeling Depressed; Parents Struggling With Hanging On And Letting Go Of Their Daughters Leaving The Nest; A Grieving Young Man Whose Friend Died In An Auto Accident In Which He Was Driving. I Also Show How To Use Psychodrama With Family Counseling. The Most Significant Aspect Of The Book Shows How To Use Psychodramatic Methods Such As Role-Reversal Soliloquy Empty Chair Doubling Interpsychic And Intrapsychic Encounter Mirroring The Use Of A Wisdom Figure Role Reversal With God The Use Of Guided Imagery To Name A Few. I Share This Gift With You.