Mental Health Diagnosis and
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Phases of psychodrama
- correct answer - warm-up phase
Action
Sharing and discussion phase
What are our roles in psychodrama as a director?
- correct answer - director - help facilitate, keep things on tract
What are the big components of psychodrama?
- correct answer - is primarily an action approach to group therapy in
which clients explore their problems through role playing, enacting
situations using various dramatic devices to gain insight, discover their
own creativity, and develop behavioral skills. This type of therapy
weaves together imagination, intuition, physical action and various
dramatic devices to explore a wide range of psychological problems. It
allows group members to explore various roles and aspects of
themselves, and to experience their perception of others with whom they
have a relationship.
,The role of the protagonist in psychodrama
- correct answer - the person who is the focus of the psychodramatic
enactment - the one who presents a problem to be explored.
The role of the auxillary egos in psychodrama - correct answer -
supporting players, are those in the group other than the protagonist and
the director who take part in the psychodrama, usually by portraying the
roles of significant others in the life of the protagonist. Four functions of
the auxillary egos: 1. Play out the perceptions held by the protagonist, at
least in the beginning, 2. To investigate the interaction between
protagonist and their own roles, 3. To interpret this interaction and
relationship, and 4. To act as therapeutic guides in helping the
protagonist develop an improved relationship.
The role of the audience in psychodrama - correct answer - includes
others in the group before whom the problem explored. Function
psychologically as a kind of externalized mirror.
The role of the stage in psychodrama - correct answer - the area where
the enactment takes place. Represents an extension of the life space of
the protagonist and should be large enough to allow movement.
What is a double? - correct answer - another part of the protagonist
, Within psychodrama, the acting part, what are the important aspects of
it? - correct answer - help them understand the situation. Others
perspectives and self awareness, get those feelings out. Insights about
the nature of human relationships
What 2 concepts are really important for psychodrama to even happen?
What do you need to be able to act in the psychodrama therapy for it to
be effective? P. 193 - correct answer - encourage creativity and
spontaneity in this type of therapy
Defense mechanism - ego - correct answer - protect the ego from
threatening thoughts and feelings
Group process - correct answer - •all the elements that are basic to the
unfolding of a group from beginning to end
I.e., -group norms, generating trust, how conflict emerges in a group,
patterns of resistance, intermember feedback
Group techniques - correct answer - •leader interventions aimed at
facilitating movement within a group
I.e., -conducting initial interviews, asking a member to role-play a
conflict, challenging a member's belief system, suggesting homework