The Relationship as Protagonist

[Walter Logeman]

Dear Grouptalk members

I am developing my thinking & practice of working with the
relationship between two people in a group, on the stage. I think of
the "relationship as the protagonist" in such a situation.


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In order to talk cogently about treatment of interpersonal relations
there must be two patients present, and a third, the therapist, who
may be able then more genuinely to remain uninvolved, a participant
observer and an interpreter to both parties…Then there are two
patients, not one, they can give therapy to each other, each in accord
with his ability and his needs.
(Moreno, Psychodrama Vol 3 :55-56)
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Moreno Psychodrama Vol 1. Section on Co-Unconscious  States and the
"Inter-psyche". in the introduction has more on this.

I have worked with a relationship in a group, with two people in a dialogue.

Choosing the protagonist rel was a smooth process. Group members
invited another to participate in an exploration of an aspect of their
relationship if the invitation was accepted they were then a possible
candidate for  a "protagonist relationship".

Producing the drama of the relationship is more complex....

Ideas about this?  Experiences?

Is there literature?


Walter