An aid to psychotherapy in which the patient acts out certain roles or incidents.
Psychodrama is often carried out with a partner or in a group; music, dance, and mime are often used.
n. a form of group psychotherapy in which individuals acquire insight into themselves by acting out situations from their past with other group members. See group therapy.
1. (group psychotherapy) *psychotherapy involving at least two patients and a therapist. The patients are encouraged to understand and to analyse their own and one another’s problems. See also psychodrama. 2. therapy in which people with the same problem, such as *alcoholism or *phobias, meet and discuss together their difficulties and possible ways of overcoming them.... group therapy
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