Psychodrama (psyche = mind; drama = action) was created at the beginning of the 20th century in Vienna (Austria) by Jacob Levy Moreno. The inspiration was the so-called “theater of spontaneity” in which actors represented everyday events or press news on stage without a prior text. Moreno discovered that the representation of a character has repercussions on the individual's own experience, as shown in the report on the Jorge and Bárbara case.
Psychodrama represents a landmark moment in the transition from individual psychotherapy to group psychotherapy and represents an alternative to the psychoanalytic couch, so in vogue at the time. Basically, it is individual group therapy.
Morenian Psychodrama is a psychotherapeutic model that is based on action, preferably carried out in a group and whose core is the dramatization of the individual experiences of the protagonists, that is, the different roles that they assume, in their lives, as individuals in relationship with the world and with others – the drama can take place around the various roles he assumes throughout his life. For Moreno (1953/1992), we define ourselves through our relationship with others, so through psychodrama we can create alternative roles that allow us to interact with others in our social atom, in a more adaptive and renewed way.
Basically, Psychodrama can be seen as a journey for participants to spontaneity, the “person acts instead of remembering”.
The conference is organized into 3 moments according to the 3 phases of Psychodrama:
– Warm-up: History of Jorge and Bárbara, dynamics and theoretical framework of Psychodrama;
– Dramatization: experience in psychodrama groups in specific contexts (prison, children’s and youth homes…) making reference to the instruments and main techniques of Psychodrama;
– Comments: dynamics to close the session and space for questions.
Bibliographic references:
– JL Pio Abreu; “The Morenian Psychodrama Model”, Climepsi Editores: 2006
– Torres, António Roma; “Everything you always wanted to know about Psychodrama”, Edições Afrontamento: 2018
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Lídia Serra
Lídia Serra is a clinical and health psychologist and neuropsychologist, with an international doctorate in Neuropsychology from the University of Salamanca, receiving the extraordinary doctorate award from the same university. He has an official master's degree in Neuropsychology from the University of Salamanca, a master's degree in Clinical and Health Psychology and a degree in Psychology from the University of Évora. She also has a postgraduate degree in Health Statistics from the Faculty of Sciences of Universidade Nova de Lisboa. She has worked in various intervention contexts as a psychologist, held management positions, namely coordinating the 1st cycle in Psychology at ISEIT – IP de Almada, was deputy director of the same institution, member of academic bodies and study cycle evaluation committees. She is an active member of the OPP, supervisor of professional internships and works in private practice. She is currently an Assistant Professor at UAL.
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Carla Sofia de Sousa Oliveira
Clinical and Health Psychologist
Degree in Systemic and Dynamic Clinical Psychology from the University of Coimbra (2006), Integrated Master's Degree in Clinical and Health Psychology Sub-area of Specialization Forensic Psychology (2008), Training in Psychodrama (2008); Specialist in Clinical and Health Psychology by the Order of Portuguese Psychologists (OPP), Advanced Specialty in Justice Psychology.
Currently working in Clinical and Health Psychology at the Local Health Unit of the Alentejo Coast, in Primary Health Care (Odemira Health Center);
Since 2012, developing clinical activity in Prisons.
From 2019 to 2022 he was part of the prevention team at the Center for Integrated Responses of the Alentejo Coast, promoting prevention projects in the area of Addictive Behaviors and Dependencies.
Her experience as a Clinical Psychologist also involves working with young people in Therapeutic Community, Children and Youth Homes and CPCJ`s.
Clinical Psychology and people are his passion.
