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Clinical and No-Clinical Setting Specificities in First Session Short-Term Psychotherapy Psychodrama Group
Aleksandra Mindoljević Drakulić
Sažetak
Modern history of short-term group psychotherapy dates back to the late 1950-ies. From then to present day, this
psychotherapeutic method has been used in various forms, from dynamic-oriented to cognitive behavioural psychotherapies.
Although it has always been considered rather controversial, due its cost-effectiveness, it has been capturing more
and more popularity. This paper presents the specificities of first session short-term psychotherapy psychodrama group
through session work with two examined groups: a group of 20 adult women who suffer from mild or moderate forms of
unipolar depression and a group of 20 students of the School of Medicine in Zagreb without any psychiatric symptomatology.
The results indicate the high importance of having structure in first psychodrama session, of relating it with the
previously thoroughly conducted, initial, clinical, interviews, and of the clarity and focus in terms of determining the
goals of therapy, especially in a clinical context. This study also confirmed assumptions regarding the need for different
approaches of warming-up in psychodrama, both in the clinical and in non-clinical samples. A psychodrama psychotherapist
should have good time managing skills and capability to convert the time available into an opportunity for directly
boosting the group energy and work on therapeutic alliance.
Ključne riječi
first session; short-term psychotherapy psychodrama group
Hrčak ID:
64776
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Datum izdavanja:
7.3.2011.
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