Significant events during a\xa0psychodrama and action methods based experiential group training for psychology students

Abstract

This article of the Zeitschrift für Psychodrama und Soziometrie (ZPS) presents some results of empirical research on the change process during the psychological training based on Psychodrama and Action Methods. The participants were a group of 28 female, aged 22, fourth year Psychology students at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. They are randomly chosen from a group of 61 voluntaries and divided into two equal groups. 24-hour three-day training were prepared and conducted by a certified psychotherapist and PD trainer. Participants were anonymously asked by using the Polish version of the Helpful Aspects of Therapy Form (HAT) adapted to the training context for their feedback at the end of each eighth-hour day of training as well as three months after. The students reported many significant events both helpful and hindering. Helpful events were more numerous in number. Some of these were still remembered after three months. The trainees’ perception of the application of a set of PD and AM techniques in their academic professional education, as well as the use of HAT as feedback methods in group training were discussed.