excerpt
The book was born from psychodrama and is a cry against the authoritarianism of the therapist. Here, the therapist is not taken as model, is not the owner of the truth of the other… refuses to be the Messiah.
synopsis
The book revolves around two great axes: the question of the choice of the protagonist and the question of the role of the therapist. It offers a new understanding of psychodrama and demythifies the therapist, inviting reflection on the paradoxes of the individual-group-therapist relationship.
history
The author’s first essay, published in 1976 by Livraria Pioneira Editora, with an afterword by the philosopher Marilena Chauí. The essay can be found in Trilogia psi, which brings together her writings on psychodrama, ethno-psychoanalysis, and psychoanalysis; it can be accessed on this site at Selected Works.
opinion
“Betty Milan’s book is a courageous discourse that sets out on the lost paths of hiding places in order to force the act of concealment to speak of itself and for itself.”
Marilena Chauí, afterword
areas of interest
Psychodrama, Group Psychoanalysis, Clinical Psychology, Sociology.