Psychodrama and Protagonist
PSYCHODRAMA
I. Defining Psychodrama
- Founded by Dr. Jacob Levy Moreno
- Which means It means full psycho-realization
- It is a technique for expressing difficult emotions and facing deep conflicts by having group participants enact significant life events. It is a method to externally express the internal psyche and work with a person's representation of the past, present, and future in the current moment.
- Dr. Moreno defined psychodrama as "the science which explores 'the truth' by dramatic methods". Moreno emphasized that the main goal of psychodrama was to help clients discover their inner truth, express repressed re·pressed adj. Being subjected to or characterized by repression. ..... Click the link for more information. emotions, and create authentic relationships with others.
II. Brief Background and View to Human Nature
Psychodrama was originated by Jacob Levy Moreno (1889-1974) who taught, practiced and continuously developed psycho-dramatic methods in Europe and United States since 1921 until his death in 1974. Moreno was born in Romania, immigrated to Austria with his family as a child, and moved to the United States in 1925. As a psychiatrist trained in Vienna at that time, his training was psychoanalytically oriented. However, he disagreed with Freudian focus on dysfunctions, and instead, developed an approach based on human strength and potential.
He believed in innate human capacity for creativity and spontaneity that make us co-creators of our own universe and the world at large. It is said that he told Freud: “You analyze people’s dreams. I make their dreams come true.” He was a man of abound energy and charisma and was constantly involved in creating and finding new ways to heal the individuals, the society and the world.
Among his many contributions was creating the American Society for Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama and the Psychodrama Training Institute in
I. Defining Psychodrama
- Founded by Dr. Jacob Levy Moreno
- Which means It means full psycho-realization
- It is a technique for expressing difficult emotions and facing deep conflicts by having group participants enact significant life events. It is a method to externally express the internal psyche and work with a person's representation of the past, present, and future in the current moment.
- Dr. Moreno defined psychodrama as "the science which explores 'the truth' by dramatic methods". Moreno emphasized that the main goal of psychodrama was to help clients discover their inner truth, express repressed re·pressed adj. Being subjected to or characterized by repression. ..... Click the link for more information. emotions, and create authentic relationships with others.
II. Brief Background and View to Human Nature
Psychodrama was originated by Jacob Levy Moreno (1889-1974) who taught, practiced and continuously developed psycho-dramatic methods in Europe and United States since 1921 until his death in 1974. Moreno was born in Romania, immigrated to Austria with his family as a child, and moved to the United States in 1925. As a psychiatrist trained in Vienna at that time, his training was psychoanalytically oriented. However, he disagreed with Freudian focus on dysfunctions, and instead, developed an approach based on human strength and potential.
He believed in innate human capacity for creativity and spontaneity that make us co-creators of our own universe and the world at large. It is said that he told Freud: “You analyze people’s dreams. I make their dreams come true.” He was a man of abound energy and charisma and was constantly involved in creating and finding new ways to heal the individuals, the society and the world.
Among his many contributions was creating the American Society for Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama and the Psychodrama Training Institute in