Dream Sociodrama

Authors

  • Joseph Dillard, LCSW, PhD Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12926/fbny4n85

Keywords:

dreaming, integral, AQAL, encounter, psychodrama, sociodrama, dream sociodrama, integral deep listening, dream sociometry

Abstract

An outgrowth of Moreno's sociodrama and sociometry and the AQAL (all quadrants, all lines, all levels, all states, and all styles) model of Ken Wilber, dream sociodrama is one methodology of a multiperspective, integral life practice called integral deep listening (IntegralDeepListening.com). A playful excursion into constructive absurdity, dream sociodrama asks the protagonist to choose three life issues and then tell a dream or nightmare or share a waking drama. Alternatively, the protagonist may choose a sociocultural crisis or a historical or fictional event, or the group can present a shared issue, such as a work problem. Several group members take one role in the drama and answer scripted questions designed to generate transformations, often surprising and cosmically humorous, followed by the protagonist doing the same. All develop action plans based on recommendations elicited by the interviewing process.

References

Dillard, J. (2012). Waking up: Using integral deep listening to transform your life. Berlin: Deep Listening.

Dillard, J. (2016a). Dream sociometry: A multi-perspectival path to the transpersonal. Berlin: Deep Listening.

Dillard, J. (2016b). The drama triangle in the three realms: Relationships, thinking, dreaming. Berlin: Deep Listening.

Moreno, J. L. (1953). Who shall survive? Foundations of sociometry, group psychotherapy and sociodrama. Beacon, NY: Beacon House.

Wilber, K. (2001). Sex, ecology, spirituality: The spirit of evolution (2nd rev. ed.). Boston, MA: Shambhala Publications.10

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Published

2026-01-22

Issue

Vol. 65 No. 1 (2017): Journal of Psychodrama, Sociometry, & Group Psychotherapy

Section

Theory and History

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