Digital media as therapeutic stage and intermediary objects in the psychotherapy of traumatized children and adolescents: Use of smartphones and Co. as therapeutic tools with children and adolescents, case vignettes from psychotherapeutic practice

This contribution in the journal Zeitschrift fur Psychodrama und Soziometrie deals with the question of how we can use digital media effectively in Psychodramatherapy with children and adolescents. In times of crisis it is most important for us human beings to keep in contact, support each other and learn from each other. This contribution presents the flexible use of the new technical options, which lead to expansion of Psychodrama psychotherapy and which are useful especially in Traumatherapy. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (German) Dieser Beitrag der Zeitschrift fur Psychodrama und Soziometrie setzt sich mit der Frage auseinander, wie wir digitale Medien in der Psychodramatherapie mit Kindern und Jugendlichen wirkungsvoll zum Einsatz bringen konnen. In Krisenzeiten ist es fur uns Menschen besonders wichtig, den Kontakt zueinander aufrechterhalten, einander unterstutzen und voneinander lernen zu konnen. In diesem Beitrag wird ein flexibler Umgang mit den neuen technischen Moglichkeiten gezeigt, die zur Erweiterung der Therapiemethode Psychodrama fuhren und besonders in der Traumatherapie hilfreich sind. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

Psychodrama goes digital! Get started in the group self-experience with the help of instant messaging, e-mail and videoconferencing in times of the Covid-19 pandemic

This contribution to the Zeitschrift für Psychodrama und Soziometrie (ZPS) deals with the fact that for Group self-experience, which is an essential part of the psychotherapy training, suddenly the intensive use of digital media has overwhelmed most of us in times of the Covid-19 pandemia. If we are no longer allowed to meet physically, these media show us the decisive option they offer for continuation of the psychotherapy- and training-groups. In the crisis it is most important for us human beings to keep in contact, support each other and learn from each other. This contribution presents a Psychodrama-Selfexperience Group, whose participants met for 40 training units until the restrictions of the Austrian Government with ban on assembly of more than 5 persons have been introduced. The following training sessions continue via digital media. The article wants to show an idea of how Psychodrama can still be effective and learned in times of Covid-19.