Psychodrama-Like Interventions, Sculptures, Structures, and Empty Chairs

This chapter focuses on psychodrama-like interventions that employ psychodrama methodology without engaging in full psychodrama scenes. Psychodrama-like interventions are particularly useful to help warm-up a group to psychodrama, for a new director to practice facilitation before directing a full psychodrama, and for time-limited group sessions. Multiple psychodrama-like interventions, psychodramatic structures, and sociodramatic exercises will be outlined while emphasizing their utility in the treatment of complex trauma. Exercises that will be covered include improv games and spontaneity games, psychodramatic letter writing and journaling, timeline exercises, sociodramatic empty chair structures, short role-playing warm-ups, and multiple psychodramatic structures.