This study propagates a move away from the dominant practices of
psychodrama with its emphasis on catharsis and insight as the main components of a therapeutic experience.
It proposes a systemic orientation to psychodrama where protagonists
may encounter the circularity of the systems in which they are embedded and through this process encounter new meaning.
Case studies are presented which exemplify an evolutionary process of
creating what the author refers to as "ecosystemic psychodrama". This
ecosystemic psychodrama is based on second-order cybernetics and what is aimed for is that as a therapy it should present something of the balance between the aesthetic and pragmatic views of therapy that Keeney (1983a) describes as complementary. / Psychology / M.A. (Clinical Psychology)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/18543 |
| Date | 06 1900 |
| Creators | Lotter, Marensia |
| Contributors | Lifschitz, Stanley |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | 1 online resource (ii, 111 leaves) |
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