Psychodrama, Group Processes and Dreams: Archetypal Images of Individuation

by Scategni,Wilma

• ISBN13: 9781583911617
• ISBN10: 1583911618
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-05-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Psychodrama, Group Processes and Dreamsis the result of years of analytical work with groups and individuals. It is unique in the field of therapeutic practice as it unites Jung's analytical psychology with Moreno's psychodrama. This book enables psychodramatists to incorporate Jungian ideas into their psychodramatic work and gives Jungians a guide to how psychodramatic techniques may help in group therapy.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Preface	xix
Introduction	1	(4)
PART I Space and time in psychodrama	5	(46)
Psychodrama	7	(18)
Historical origins	7	(3)
Jacob L. Moreno and Morenian psychodrama	10	(4)
Carl Gustav Jung, Jacob Moreno, and `Jungian' psychodrama	14	(5)
Therapeutic technique: from catharsis to the working out of conflicts	19	(2)
Psychodrama and the dream	21	(4)
Psychodramatic space	25	(11)
Physical space and the space of the soul	25	(4)
Symbol and archetypal image as gateway between physical space and the space of the soul	29	(2)
Psychodramatic space as it appears in group members' dreams	31	(5)
Psychodramatic time	36	(15)
Historical time and the time of the soul	36	(4)
Symbol and archetypal image as gateway between linear historical time and cyclical time	40	(4)
Time as it appears in group members' dreams	44	(7)
PART II The constellation of the archetype as transformation	51	(89)
Introduction: the constellation of inititation symbols in the group's dreams	53	(4)
The magic tree or axis mundi: the ascent	57	(5)
Hermaphroditism	62	(6)
Transvestitism: ritual dressing and undressing	68	(8)
The sacred meal	76	(5)
Ritual dismemberment	81	(6)
Initiatory sickness and ritual suicide	87	(7)
The voyage to the underworld	94	(11)
The descent into the bowels of the earth	95	(2)
Underground water and the open sea	97	(3)
Depth, abyss, void	100	(2)
Death as a character and a symbol	102	(3)
The passage through the elements	105	(29)
Earth	105	(7)
Water	112	(6)
Air	118	(8)
Fire	126	(8)
The hidden treasure and the white light	134	(6)
Conclusion	140	(4)
Glossary	144	(11)
Bibliography	155	(6)
Index	161