Use of Psychodramatic Intervention with Families: Change on Multiple Levels
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Psychodramatic interventions can promote multiple level changes, changes in both problem definition and behavior. After examining the concepts of first and second order change, the author compares aspects of the psychodrama process and psychodramatic interventions to selected, commonly employed first and second order change techniques from other theoretical orientations, specifically family systems approaches. Parallels are drawn between the goals of each. Brief descriptions of the psychodramatic interventions include examples of how they might produce second order change.
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