As a psychotherapeutic method, psychodrama is internationally recognized scientifically and is one of the psychotherapeutic disciplines approved by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Health. Psychodrama is considered a humanistic approach and is therefore based on a humanistic worldview and understanding of human nature.

Psychodrama developed from the psychoanalytic tradition but is an independent, action-oriented method that differs from classical psychoanalysis in its focus on action, creativity, and the social environment. While psychoanalysis focuses on interpreting unconscious conflicts through conversation, psychodrama allows these conflicts to be acted out and processed in the "action phase" by reenacting scenes, thereby fostering spontaneity and the exploration of social roles.

The procedurePsychodramais veryaction- and resource-orientedThe aim of psychodramatic work is always to have an activating effect, to promote successful encounters with other people and spontaneity – in the sense of lively and situationally appropriate action skills.

Psychodramais characterized by the fact that it has a remarkably large and extensive “possesses a “toolbox of methods” filled with a wide variety of techniques, arrangements and tools.



Among the best-known methods are psychodramatic role-playing, systemic constellation work, and role-playing. It is particularly because of these scenic arrangements that psychodrama is often perceived as very realistic and, at the same time, as transcending reality – thus enriching.