1st Edition

Psychodrama Since Moreno Innovations in Theory and Practice

    Internationally recognised practitioners of the psychodramatic method discuss the theory and practice of psychodrama since Moreno's death. Key concepts of group psychotherapy are explained and their development illustrated.

    Introduction; I: Encounter as the principle of change; 1: Time, space, reality and the cosmos The four universals of Moreno's philosophy; 2: Spontaneity and creativity; 3: Locus, matrix, status nascendi and the concept of clusters; II: The locus and status nascendi of psychodrama; 4: Bucharest and Vienna; 5: Of morals, ethics and encounters; III: The matrix of psychodrama; 6: Relationships and roles; 7: The measurement of human interactions; 8: The cosmic circus; 9: The global task Sharing time and space; 10: Disintegration Its role in personality integration; 11: Cornerstones of role reversal; 12: The dynamics of interpersonal preference

    Biography

    Marcia Karp, Dr Paul Holmes, Paul Holmes, Michael Watson

    `A book that has a lot to offer therapist who are using psychodrama, as well as the many who are outside this particular field.' - The Therapist