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Psychodrama Drug Addiction Treatment
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2 years ago · Austin
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What psychodrama is
Psychodrama is a form of experiential therapy that uses role-playing, props, guided re-enactments, role reversal and mirroring to recreate an emotional experience, so that hidden feelings attached to it can be addressed.
The aim is to let shame, anger and the other emotions a person has been carrying be released and worked through as the situation is re-experienced, with a therapist guiding it. Experiencing something reaches emotions in a way that talking about it does not.
Rehab programs use it for substance abuse, trauma and behavioral issues, and clinicians also use it in sober living to help people reshape unhealthy relationship patterns.
- Type
- Experiential therapy
- Developed
- Early 1900s
- Methods
- Role-play, props, re-enactment, role reversal, mirroring
- Used for
- Substance abuse, trauma, behavioral issues
Psychodrama runs in groups. Admissions can tell you how it fits into a residential or outpatient plan.
Benefits of Psychodrama Drug Addiction Treatment and Experiential Therapy
- Encourages healing of the family unit during rehab
- Helps clients develop a greater sense of self-awareness and perspective
- Teaches clients how to express their needs in a healthy manner
- Fosters personal growth emotionally, spiritually, and psychologically
How Psychodrama Is Used in Addiction Treatment
At Nova Recovery Center, experiential therapy is used in some educational groups and in our Family Program. During our family workshop, we use Family Sculpting or psychodrama to address codependency issues and the complexities of family dynamics.
During one such exercise, we use hula hoops as a prop and visual aid to represent boundaries. The therapist first uses the hula hoops to show clients how relationships should look and then asks clients to use them to demonstrate how their own relationships look. This challenges both the client and their family members by visually showing them the issues related to their personal relationships and also provides an opportunity for the therapist to create actionable conversation with questions such as, “Why do you need to have control of another person?” or “Why are you allowing someone else to keep you inside of their hoop?”
Psychodrama at Nova is used as a tool to develop meaningful conversations about boundaries, relationships, codependency and other family challenges. These conversations are excellent teaching tools that help clients and their families address anger, frustration and other negative emotions, heal from past hurt, and begin developing strategies to improve the functionality of their relationships and family dynamic.
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