Vol. 28 No. 1 (2025)
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A CASE STUDY OF MONODRAMATIC PROCESS OF SUPPORTING THE CLIENT MONITORED WITH PSYCHO-EVALUATION OF ANXIETY

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  • Plamen Petkov
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7546/PsyRB.2025.28.01.04

Published 07/21/2025

Keywords

  • anxiety,
  • psychodrama,
  • monodrama,
  • case study,
  • online psychotherapy

How to Cite

Petkov, P. (2025). A CASE STUDY OF MONODRAMATIC PROCESS OF SUPPORTING THE CLIENT MONITORED WITH PSYCHO-EVALUATION OF ANXIETY. Psychological Research (in the Balkans), 28(1). https://doi.org/10.7546/PsyRB.2025.28.01.04

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Abstract

This article examines a case from psychotherapy practice that was approached psychodramatically. As this is an out-of-group client, the techniques used in the sessions are monodramatic, with sessions taking place online. The client reports high levels of anxiety in her daily life, and the request she enters the counselling process with is that she wants to work on herself. The paper begins with a brief introduction to psychodrama as a method, a description of the monodrama method and then discusses the client’s case. It concludes by discussing the usefulness of the monodramatic method for this case and future directions for working with the client.

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