Using Psychodramatic Techniques to Work with Sexually Abused Children and Adolescents
Psychodrama is a form of psychotherapy that utilizes dramatic action to create a safe, supportive setting in which to practice new and more effective roles and behaviors. Individuals are offered the opportunity to creatively develop new solutions to old problems. For more than half a century, Psychodrama has been recognized as one of the more powerful approaches to trauma treatment. It reaches into the hearts of people who cope with everyday difficulties, misfortunes, crises and life stressors. In this day long training, participants will be able to didactically and experientially learn how to utilize healing Psychodramatic techniques in the treatment of sexually abused children and adolescents. We will explore the Psychodramatic framework that is incorporated into therapy sessions including: warm-up; action; working through; closure and sharing. We will process a variety of interventions such as doubling, mirroring, role reversal, soliloquy, concretization and maximization.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify, describe and experience at least three Psychodramatic techniques that are effective in the treatment of sexually abused children and adolescents.
- Describe the value and advantages of incorporating expressive therapies into treatment.
- Identify the “do’s” and “dont’s” of incorporating psychodrama into trauma treatment.
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