Scott Giacomucci

Trauma-Focused Psychodrama

Experiential Therapy for Complex PTSD

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents trauma-focused psychodrama as an effective treatment for trauma, PTSD, and Complex PTSD. Chapters focus on common themes and psychodrama enactments related to trauma including strengths-based scenes, working with defenses, parts of self, traumatic loss, inner child work, perpetrator work, embodying posttraumatic growth, and vicarious trauma. Psychodrama's interventions, history, theory, and research for the treatment of trauma and trauma-related conditions in group therapy settings are outlined. Trauma-informed principles, risks of retraumatization, sociometry, and psychodrama-like interventions will be covered. Each chapter contain various examples and depictions of interventions and experiences from the author's practice in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Trauma-Focused Psychodrama provides psychodramatists and other group practitioners with essential teaching related to trauma-informed practice and trauma-focused psychodrama. Psychotherapists and psychodrama trainees will find this book useful to guide and support their learning and clinical practice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2026
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm
• ISBN-13: 9781041072416
• ISBN-10: 1041072414
• Artikelnr.: 75881669

Autorenporträt

Scott Giacomucci is the Director/Founder of Phoenix Center for Experiential Trauma Therapy in Pennsylvania and an adjunct professor at Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction to Trauma-Focused Psychodrama 2. Trauma-Informed
Principles, Safety, and Harm in Psychodrama 3. Psychodrama Theory and
Trauma Treatment 4. Healing Complex Trauma with Psychodrama 5. Sociometry
Group Processes for Trauma Therapy 6. Basic Psychodrama Directing Elements
and Interventions for Trauma 7. Psychodrama-Like Interventions, Sculptures,
Structures, and Empty Chairs 8. Strengths-Based Roles and Resourcing in
Psychodrama 9. Honoring Defenses and Dissociation with Psychodrama 10.
Working with Parts of Self or Body Parts in Psychodrama 11. Psychodramatic
Grief Work with Death, Traumatic Loss, and Complicated Grief 12. Inner
Child Work and Psychodrama 13. Psychodramatic Anger Work, Empowerment,
Antagonists, and Perpetrators 14. Trauma Recovery Integration,
Posttraumatic Growth, and Role Training for the Future with Psychodrama 15.
Advanced Directing Techniques: The Group as the Protagonist 16. On Becoming
a Psychodramatist: Spontaneity Training and Vicarious Posttraumatic Growth