Existential Psychodrama: A Way to Incorporate Otherness and Open Up to Existence: A Clinical Approach of Psychosis
Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology September 1, 2023 Corinne Gal, Alexandre Chapy, Marielle Fau et al.
Existential psychodrama, inspired by Moreno, helps schizophrenic patients incorporate the experience of an 'absolutely other' that underpins an autonomous self. Through psychodramatic play, patients engage in original projection, moving outside their pathological world and into another's perspective sensorially and pathically. This creative journey enables them to return to the world better attuned to others and themselves, enacting a true intersubjective encounter. Applying phenomenology, especially Bin Kimura's concept of psychosis as a disorder of the 'aida', the authors aim to advance psychotherapy for psychosis.