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Transformative psychodrama in therapeutic change: guidelines and recommendations

In this chapter, the authors present some aspects of clinical practice related to therapeutic change – the physiological basis of the mental world and the relational dimension of Psychodrama, the therapeutic relationship and the mechanism of affect self-regulation, the dramatic context and operation of therapeutic mechanisms, and neuroplasticity and neuropsychological integration – from a perspective of the evidence brought by neuroscience. Hug, E., & H. J. Fleury. (2008). Transformative psychodrama in therapeutic change: guidelines and recommendations. In H. J. Fleury, G. S. Khouri, & E. Hug (Orgs.). Psychodrama and neuroscience (pp. 211-236). São Paulo, SP: Ágora.
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The socio-educational time limited group intervention

Time limited interventions have shown an increasing trend of application in various contexts. In public health, groups with more therapeutic function are predominant. In education and organizations, however, psychoeducational or personal and/or group development prevails. They comply with new health paradigms, which seek better living conditions, using all available material, cultural, social and psychological resources. In this chapter, some basic guidelines for this modality of care are presented, aiming to maximum benefits with the lowest investment, financial and psychological. Fleury, H. J. (2008) The socio-educational time limited group intervention. In M. M. Marra, & H. J. Fleury (Orgs.). Groups: socio-educational
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The concept of the co-unconscious in Moreno’s Psychodrama

Fleury, H. J., & Knobel, A. M. (2011). The concept of the co-unconscious in Moreno’s Psychodrama. In E. Hopper, & H. Weinberg (Orgs.). The social unconscious in persons, groups and societies (Vol. 1: Mainly Theory, pp. 23-24). Londres, UK: Karnac Books. This text, written in co-authorship with Anna Maria Knobel, addresses what characterizes Moreno’s co-conscious and co-unconscious states. It presents Moreno’ few texts about the concept of the co-unconscious and discusses how it is used in Psychodrama, based on contributions of some contemporary psychodramatists. Download PDF
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