NAVIGATION THROUGH TURBULANT TRAUMA WAVES

A quick guide for psychodramatists who work with deeply traumatised people

Jarosław Gliszczyński

Psychodrama can be extremely helpful in treating traumatised people...but using of the "catharsis tools" in inappropriate, not tailored to specifics of PTSD way, may lead to retraumatization.

I have been working with the subject of using psychodrama in treating traumatised people for over 20 years. I would like to share the experiences and lessons learned from sailing with my patients on the stormy waves of trauma towards the safe harbour.

Jarosław Gliszczyński, Poland, is a clinical psychologist, psychotherapist and supervisor of psychotherapy. He is also psychodrama therapist, trainer and supervisor. He is vice-president of the Polish Psychodrama Institute