Professional paper
https://doi.org/10.3935/rsp.v21i2.1185
Bibliodrama Application in Social Work with the Elderly
Zdravka Leutar
orcid.org/0000-0001-9902-507X
; Studijski centar za socijalni rad
Helmut Kreller
; Spiel--zeit, Beratungs- und Supervisionszentrum
Abstract
Bibliodrama is a method of team work. The equivalent of every life experience can be found in the Bible. Therefore, participants in bibliodrama introduce their own life experience in the biblical text, deepening that biblical text by deeply integrating their own lives in it, thus becoming more conscious of their own reality and strengthened. It is very important that the moderator recognises psychodynamics of the group, which can be of a great help in doing bibliodrama better or hand produce resistance and regression of participants. Bibliodrama in social work applies to work of professionals themselves, to help them build their own personality, and in their professional work in situations when they have to solve various problem situations or cope with stressful situations at work. Bibliodrama can be used to work with different user groups in different areas of social work. An important dimension of bibliodrama is that it involves the whole person on all four levels: cognitive, emotional, spiritual and social. Theoretical knowledge about bibliodrama in this paper is applied to work with elderly people, both as users and participants of the group.
Keywords
bibliodrama; biblical text; side of life; social work; group dynamics; elder people; social workers
Hrčak ID:
125768
URI
Publication date:
31.7.2014.
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