Psychodrama, Surplus Reality and the Art of Healing

Zerka T. Moreno has practiced psychodrama (of which she is co-creator) for almost 60 years. She has written numerous professional articles and is in demand all over the globe as a conference presenter and teacher. Leif Dag Blomkvist is Director of the Swedish Moreno Institute and executive director of the Nordic Board of Examiner in Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy. Thomas Rutzel works in private practice as a psychotherapist in Germany.

• Preface. Acknowledgements. An Early History of Psychodrama. Introduction. Time and Death. The Moment of Surprise. Ecstasy and Role Reversal. Surplus Reality. Clinical Applications: The Use of Humour and Magic Objects. The Surreal Experience. Psychodrama and the Deliberately Distorted Mirror Technique. Psychodrama as Healing Theatre. Psychodrama as Tragedy. Diagnosis in Psychodrama. Sharing in Psychodrama. The Creation of the Double. Projection and the Participation Mystique in Psychodrama. Group Psychotherapy and the Individual. The Protagonist. Sociometry. The Tragic Self. Epilogue. Notes. Bibliography. Index.