Role Training

In this experiential role training session we will utilise Morenian role theory to make role analyses and plan dramatic enactments to enhance human functioning. The aim of a role training session is differentiated from that of a classical psychodrama session by the former's sharp focus on building up a single role or aspect of a role, rather than the reorganisation of the total personality by the latter. A role training session typically begins with the enactment of a relevant situation followed by a role analysis and planning for role development in relation to either adequate, overdeveloped, underdeveloped, conflicted or absent functioning. The desired role development is then promoted via the effective production of further enactments using the full range of psychodramatic techniques, including a role test.