The Use of the Reflective Team in a Psychodrama Therapy Group

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  • SANDRAJ.M. TURNER Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12926/3k58py38

Keywords:

Psychodrama

Abstract

In this article, the development of the reflective team process is traced, and the concept is applied to a psychodrama inpatient therapy group in which the focus was noticing role development. A format for conducting a reflective team process in an inpatient group is described, and the particular benefits to both the protagonist and group members are identified.

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2026-01-23

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Vol. 50 No. 1 (1997): Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama, and Sociometry

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