BRIEF REPORT - Note on Some Forms of Resistance to Psychodrama

Abstract

A number of us who work in institutional settings, regardless of philosophy of therapy, encounter resistance from staff members, most frequently nurses, who are disturbed by the fact that patients often seem disequilibrated after having been in a psychodrama. The psychodrama therapist may be met with questions such as: "What have you done to my patient?" or "Why are the patients so often upset when they come out of their psychodrama sessions?"