An Introduction to Psychotherapeutic Playback Theater

Ronen Kowalsky, M.A., is a supervising clinical psychologist, co-founder and head of the Israeli Institute of Psychotherapeutic Playback Theater and member of the Israeli Institute of Group Analysis. He is faculty and supervisor at the Winnicott Center and the Academic College of Society and Art. Nir Raz is an international Playback Theater trainer, writer and stage artist, and co-founder and head of the Israeli Institute of Psychotherapeutic Playback Theater. He teaches at the Schneider Clown-care Academy, and is a medical clown and hydrotherapist. Shoshi Keisari, Ph.D., is a drama therapist and scholar in the field of drama therapy and clinical gerontology. She is a lecturer and a researcher at the School of Creative Arts Therapies and the Emilie Sagol Creative Arts Therapies Research Center at the University of Haifa, Israel. Susana Pendzik, Ph.D., RDT, former head of the Drama Therapy M.A. program at Tel-Hai College, Israel, and lecturer at the Theatre Studies Department of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Dramatherapy Swiss Institute and other academic institutions worldwide.

Introduction – A House on the Bridge 1. The Story – A Picture from the Photo Album of the Mind 2. Theatrical Mirroring 3. A Bypass to the Depths of the Psyche 4. Opposites and Integration 5. Expansion of Self through the Other 6. From the Playground to the Stage 7. Such Stuff as Containers are Made on – Levels of Structuring in Psychotherapeutic Playback Theater 8. Theatrical Forms in Psychotherapeutic Playback Theater 9. Approaching Personal Stories through Dramatic Resonances in Group Work by Susana Pendzik 10. Psychotherapeutic Playback Theater as a Group Dream about the Story: Surrealism as the Theatrical Language of the Inner World