Working With Parts of Self or Body Parts in Psychodrama

This chapter outlines the use of intrapsychic psychodrama to explore parts of self, internal roles, and relationships to parts of our body. The presence of inner conflict and ambivalence in trauma therapy will be outlined along with psychodramatic processes for working through it. The differentiation and integration of parts of self will be discussed as it relates to healing from complex trauma and CPTSD. The technique of splitting auxiliary roles into different parts will be discussed as an intervention for promoting safety in psychodrama with perpetrator or conflicting roles. Multiple psychodrama group examples will be included in this chapter relating to psychodrama with parts of self, parts of other roles, and body parts.