THE DENIAL BUSTER (c), A Structured Psychodrama: An Illustrated Description

Authors

  • Bill Coleman Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12926/ewkfc905

Keywords:

psychodrama, experiential therapy, drama therapy, action methods, group therapy, group process, creative arts therapy, structured psychodrama

Abstract

Classical psychodrama assumes that the action begins in the present to establish the issue, moves to the past to enact the origins of the issues and determine a corrective, then moves back to the present to reenact with the new corrective. It also assumes that the director "follows" the protagonist wherever the psychodrama goes. Structured psychodrama, as in The Denial Buster, imposes a format of roles, and it starts in the present, goes into the future, then returns to the present.

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Published

2026-01-22

Issue

Vol. 60 No. 2 (2012): Journal of Psychodrama, Sociometry, & Group Psychotherapy

Section

Practitioners' Corner

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