What is psychodrama?
In psychodrama
You belong to a group and you can be your true self. You grow to trust the others, so you don't feel the urge to hide or conceal. The group easily becomes an integral part of your life.
We work with words, actions and feelings on significant relationships, situations and life events. You turn your experiences into images and scenes, act out what's real and what's impossible, what you think, dream, feel, fear or desire - you name it. You focus on yourself and those important to you, your past, present and future, your joys and sorrows, your needs and regrets, your thoughts and feelings.
You don't need any talent or experience in acting.
The experience helps you figure out who you are, why you feel, think and behave the way you do. You learn to understand others better. You function better in real life.
Psychodrama helps you connect to the world around you.
Direction
Each session starts with warm-up games and creative activities. There is frequent laughter and there are some stirring moments. You learn what has happened to the others and what's on their minds.
The warm-up sets the course of the occasion. Sometimes, there will be a group game, where everybody plays an equal part. At other times, one member chooses to work on a personal issue and becomes the centre of attention if they and the group wish so.
Action
In a group drama, the participants engage in a story. They set the scene, assume the roles, and act out the story guided by their hunch and emotions.
In a protagonist drama, a group member shares an experience and the other group members impersonate the people, pets, objects or feelings mirroring what the protagonist enacts. The protagonist takes up each role for brief periods.
We, leaders facilitate the drama, help the players verbalize important questions of self-knowledge, take new perspectives, figure out root experiences and work out potential solutions.
