{"id":337,"date":"2011-10-06T16:39:47","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T00:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/?p=337"},"modified":"2011-10-07T16:41:59","modified_gmt":"2011-10-08T00:41:59","slug":"combating-stereotypes-about-psychodrama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/?p=337","title":{"rendered":"Combating Stereotypes About Psychodrama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The term is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blatner.com\/adam\/pdntbk\/histdistort.htm\">being misused<\/a>! The word, \u201cpsychodrama\u201d is applied by journalists to describe any sort of emotionally-laded complex situation. Actually, it\u2019s a method for problem-solving that involves improvised role playing. People play mainly themselves or others in various of their own life situations. The goal is not to entertain any audience, but rather as a kind of social experiment in the equivalent of a social \u201claboratory,\u201d and although it sometimes gets emotional, that\u2019s not the point. The game is to explore one\u2019s own deeper feelings; through role-reversal, to better empathize with others\u2019 viewpoints; to try out different approaches and see what fits. It\u2019s a kind of learning-by-doing.<\/p>\n<p>The use of drama as exploratory, imaginative play is what kids do. It need not be \u201cdramatic\u201d in the sense of exaggerated emotions. Sometimes exaggerating is what\u2019s fun or releasing, but it\u2019s not an essential element. The point here is to differentiate psychodrama from its common associations with histrionics, \u201cdrama queens,\u201d and the performance element that dominates much of the profession of theatre. That has its place, but psychodrama or sociodrama can also be relatively matter-of-fact and in this way is also used in business and education. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The term is being misused! The word, \u201cpsychodrama\u201d is applied by journalists to describe any sort of emotionally-laded complex situation. Actually, it\u2019s a method for problem-solving that involves improvised role playing. People play mainly themselves or others in various of their own life situations. The goal is not to entertain any audience, but rather as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-psychodrama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}