Comparing and Using Psychodrama with Family Therapy: Some Cautions
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The authors discuss some specific confusions that recently have arisen from comparing and concurrently employing psychodrama and family therapy. The article clarifies the following for each of these therapeutic modalities: (a) enactment; (b) planning and directing; (c) being with the client(s); (d) temporality; (e) truth. The authors also provide guidelines for therapists who use these modalities concurrently in their work.
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