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This article describes the experiences of using Psychodrama and its associated methods: Sociodrama, Bibliodrama, Playback Theater etc., with young children who are inpatients in a psychiatric hospital. The ways in which these methods help young people to heal through creating emotional distance for them to process their traumatic life experiences, develop new roles and resilience through the psychotherapeutic process. The therapist’s balancing act of closeness and distance when entering their lives is explored; all the while bearing in mind the age and development of the young person. The article moves from the general to the specific of using fairy tales to enable young children to experience role expansion and develop social skills.
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Dieser Beitrag beschreibt die Erfahrungen in der Anwendung von Psychodrama und verwandten Methoden wie Soziodrama, Bibliodrama, Playbacktheater mit kleinen Kindern, die stationär in einer psychiatrischen Klinik aufgenommen sind. Es werden Wege gezeigt, wie diese Methoden den jungen Menschen durch emotionale Distanzierung dabei helfen, ihre traumatischen Lebenserfahrungen zu verarbeiten, neue Rollen und Resilienz im therapeutischen Prozess zu entwickeln. Dabei wird die Nähe-Distanzregulierung des Therapeuten in Abhängigkeit von Lebensalter und Entwicklungsstand des Kindes untersucht. Beim Einsatz der Märchen nähert sich der Beitrag vom Allgemeinen ausgehend dem Spezifischen bei der Unterstützung der kleinen Kinder an, wenn es um die Erfahrung der Rollenerweiterung und der Entwicklung sozialer Fähigkeiten geht.
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Hudson Valley Psychodrama Institute, 156 Bellevue Road, 12528, Highland, NY, USA
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Walters, R. Fairytales, psychodrama and action methods: ways of helping traumatized children to heal.Z Psychodrama Soziom16, 53–60 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11620-017-0381-1
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