Group Psychodrama for Dementia, Old Age, and Loneliness: Trusting the Process

Cover
Endorsement
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
About the Author
About the Cover
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
PART I Essential Background
	Defining the Process
		An Invitation to View a Session: The Forest
		My Initiation
		An Invitation to Meet Some of the Individuals
		Therapeutic Goals of Group Work
		What Is Psychodrama? Why Is It Good for This Population?
PART II Initiating the Process
	Starting a New Group
		Meeting the Group and Meeting Myself
		Creating a Circle of Trust
		Following Session: Developing Cohesion in the Group
	Warm-ups
		Concretizing: The Language of Scarves
		A Descriptive Session: Sculpting an Ideal Leader
		Opening With a Sentence
		Empowering Subjects as Incentives to Connecting
		Using Personal Experience to Encourage Participation
PART III Techniques and Tools
	My Psychodrama Tool Box
	The Empty Chair
		Example and Elaboration: Grandparents
	Roles
		The Importance of Working on Roles for the Elderly
		Examining Our Roles
	Projection Via Puppets: Elaboration
		Sharing – From My Process With Adolescents
	The Benefits of Anonymity: The Hat of Fear
		Explanation of the Technique
		Example of a Session: What Do I Have to Do to Be the Best Me Possible?
	Psychodrama à Deux
		Exercises for Pairs
		Drama Gift Shop
		Working in Small Groups
			Group Greeting Cards
	Emotion Exercises
	Drama Games
		Simple Improvisations
		Identify the Changes
PART IV Observing the Process
	A Selection of Documented Sessions
		Sharing My Rationale
		Using a True Story as a Trigger
		Resilience
		Theme – LOVE. Technique: Imaginary Photo Albums
		Warm-up
		The Telephone Technique
		Seeing Your Name in Action
		The Use of Masks – Examples of Flexibility
		Stories From Periods in Our Lives
		Summertime
		Summertime Revisited
		The Use of Metaphors
		Reminiscence Therapy
		The Use of Objects
		Remembering Special Moments in History
		Welcoming a New Member (an Account of Group Progress)
PART V Understanding the Process
	The Forms of Drama
		What Is Drama?
		Theater – All the World’s a Stage
		Creative Dramatics
		Drama Therapy
		Psychodrama
		A Classical Psychodrama Session
	Understanding Heinz Kohut
		Empathy
		Empathy in Our Group
		Mirroring
		Mirroring Exercises
		Twinship
		Sharing – From My Process With Adolescents
		Grandiosity
		Examples of Grandiosity in Our Group
	Moreno’s Inspiration
		Moreno Reflected
		Sharing My Process
PART VI Coping With the Process
	Meeting the Challenges
		Dealing With Group Limitations and Adjustments
		Dealing With the Difficulties of Dementia
		Who Couldn’t Stay in the Group?
		Dealing With the Loss of a Group Member
Training People Who Work With the Elderly
PART VII Adapting the Process
	Dealing With New Situations: Creating a Psychodrama COVID-19 Zoom Group
		Plans and Implementation
	Zoom Sessions
		Plans and Implementation
	Zoom Sessions
		Zoom Session # 1
			Implementation
		Zoom Session # 2
			Conclusions From This Session
		Zoom Session # 3
			Summary
		Zoom Session # 4
		Zoom Session # 5
			Homework
		Zoom Session # 6
			Here Is a Brief Summary
		Zoom Session # 7
		Zoom Session # 8
	Creating a New Group Between Lockdowns
PART VIII Beyond the Process
	Sharing My Thoughts
	Sharing From Members of Our Staff
	Learning From the Process
		Self-Image
		Social Image
		Medical Aspects
		More About the Participants From the Original Group and the Post-COVID-19 Group
		Appendix
		Further Illustrations
			Introduction
			Elaboration of Sessions
			I Feel Old When . . .
			No Place Like Home
			The Walker, Friendship
			Warm Associations With the Word, Winter
			The Essence of Life
			Reaching Out for Help
				A Psychodramatic Meeting With an Aide
				Celebrating the Purim Holiday
				Experimenting With Being Someone Else
			More Topics That Evoked Responses and Interaction
			More About Melabev, a Jerusalem Daycare Center for Dementia and the Elderly
Glossary of Terms and Elaborations
Bibliography
Index