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This chapter will discuss fundamental principles of psychodramatic group psychotherapy and how it is used in Brazil, emphasizing the relational process, the therapists’ role, and the issues related to countertransference, bringing references to the work of important Brazilian psychodramatists. Different modalities of group psychodrama in Brazil will be discussed and nuances of contract and selection for forming therapeutic groups, especially in the Brazilian reality. There is also an emphasis on the stages of the method and its main characteristics and dynamism, involving coconscious and counconscious processes. In addition, a discussion of the therapists’ spontaneity and the relationship of their stance to identifying and dealing with transferences will be presented. Guidelines for managing interpersonal resistance and the importance of developing telic relationships in the therapeutic group are also presented. Finally, some modalities of psychodramatic group psychotherapy that have been gaining space in Brazil, such as thematic groups, public psychodrama, and online psychodrama, will be described.
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The concepts of spontaneity and creativity are central to the Morenian work; spontaneity is defined as responding in new ways to current or old situations (Giacomucci, 2021).
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The Morenian concept of catharsis of integration defines a characteristic active phenomenon in psychodrama, promoting a therapeutic effect, during or after a dramatic action, enabling an integrative emotional discharge of previously dissociated elements from consciousness, promoting an expansion and reorganization of perceptions and sensations (Giacomucci,2021; Ramalho, 2011).
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Cultural conservatism, another concept by J. L. Moreno, is defined as that which opposes spontaneous–creative forces. They are finished, established, and standardized cultural products, which obstruct and accommodate the spontaneous creative flow (Ramalho, 2011).
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Counconscious is a Morenian concept that refers to those contents shared by a group with a common history. The elements of the group jointly produce unconscious contents that can emerge to group consciousness when the group meets. The coconscious, in turn, represents the content shared consciously by the group.
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Oliveira Belém, A., Ramalho, C.M.R. (2022). Psychodramatic Group Psychotherapy and Its Modalities in Brazil. In: Fleury, H.J., Marra, M.M., Hadler, O.H. (eds) Psychodrama in Brazil. Psychodrama in Counselling, Coaching and Education, vol 3. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1832-2_12
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