Psychodrama and Spirituality: A Practice-Friendly Review
Gökhan Özcan
Spiritual Psychology and Counseling February 15, 2019 DOI: 10.37898/spc.2019.4.1.0058 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Citations | 5 |
| Key points | Argues that Moreno's psychodrama is grounded in spiritual and existential sources, including theology and texts on the God–man relationship, and that this spiritual dimension is visible across the method's theory and practice. Proposes that Jungian Psychodrama, Souldrama, and the Therapeutic Spiral Model can be understood as contemporary spiritually oriented extensions of psychodrama. |
Abstract
Psychodrama is a set of widely-used philosophy, theories, and techniques on which J. L. Moreno laid the foundations. Moreno built his philosophy and practice on spiritual grounds from existential thought, theology, and texts about the relationship between God and man. This article aims to summarize the definition, basic process, and techniques of psychodrama, a group of psychotherapy methods, to reveal the relationship between Moreno philosophy and spirituality in different aspects and to examine Jungian Psychodrama, Souldrama, and the Therapeutic Spiral Model in this context as contemporary spirituallyoriented psychodrama approaches.