RECENT DEVELOPMENTS OF PSYCHODRAMA IN WESTERN EUROPE

Abstract

Moreno called psychodrama "the method which elicits the truth of the soul through action." In order to assess the expansion of psychodrama as a special psychotherapeutic method in Europe we must take a look at the cultural and scientific setting in which it was conceived, developed and introduced and in which it has begun to spread. These four phases seem to overlap with the four quarters
of our century.