Psychodrama

the long version

In this clear and spirited book, Dr. Lewis Yablonsky, a pioneer for over twenty-five years in psychodrama and group psychotherapy, explains how the emotional and social problems in one's life may be untangled through the use of psychodrama. Unlike most forms of therapy, which rely upon the gradual attainment of insight and self-awareness, psychodrama produces an immediate and intense emotional experience and a resulting resolution that exceeds the traditional method of "understanding" a problem. The peak experiences of psychodrama give the participants- both the protagonists and the auxiliary actors- a chance to relive, to replay, the events and emotions, the joy, pain, conflict, and grief we so rarely understand while we are experiencing them in our everyday lives. Dr. Yablonsky shows in precise detail the way in which self-help psychodrama groups can be organized to resolve problems between parent and child, husband and wife, teacher and student. -- from Book Jacket.