Law Enforcement Critical Incident Teams: Using Psychodramatic Methods for Debriefing Training
Abstract
The Critical Incident Stress Management Team of the Mesa, Arizona, Police Department uses psychodramatic techniques for debriefing training. The process involves the action methods of roleplay, warm-up, doubling, role reversal, and deroling. These methods blend well with current critical incident training models and with the previous models developed in the psychodrama department of St. Elizabeths Hospital. In this article, the authors report on their use of the models and present a scenario that they developed for training personnel in debriefing procedures.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity
Aging
Elder Care
and Social Issues
Health
Medicine and Society
Publication details
- Journal / source
- The Journal of Psychodrama Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy
- Publisher
- American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama (ASGPP)
- Volume
- 48
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 51–60
- Publication date
- 23 January 2026