Psychodrama

The Refuge uses Psychodrama to explore the problems, issues, concerns, dreams, and highest aspirations of our rehab clients through dramatic action. The core function of Psychodrama is to create spontaneity in a group setting that allows us to address trauma, PTSD and/or addiction. Sociometry (measurements of relationships), role theory, and sociodrama (group issues) are utilized as part of the process to enhance the experience. Psychodrama facilitates insight, personal growth, and the integration of the cognitive and affective parts of the brain that have often been disconnected as a result of trauma in our lives. When we create this spontaneous experience in a therapeutic setting, the participants and observers can see new and dramatic ways to re-stage, or re-create, patterned responses. Only trained clinical rehab staff conducts and facilitates our psychodrama sessions.

Psychodrama is a powerful treatment modality that often brings deeper insight and allows clients to re-stage an emotionally difficult issue from their lives and emerge with a healthier – and more confident – commitment to face that problem. Much more than simply role playing, psychodrama utilizes the intimacy of group and peer-to-peer processes under the direction of a skilled and trained clinician. The Refuge has included psychodrama in our multi-faceted treatment approach, as it is a superb method to work on trauma resolution and addiction recovery.