Psychodrama-Institut für Europa e.V.
The Organisation
The Psychodrama institute for Europe is a charitable organisation with headquarters in Berlin. The organisation was founded in 1988 with the aim of spreading Psychodrama throughout Europe and to develop the use of Psychodrama and Sociometry in different fields such as psychotherapy, education, organisational development, consultation and theatre. To realise this, training in Psychodrama and Sociometry is promoted in different countries, projects are organised and the associations put on conferences together. Currently, the PIfE has 136 personal members from 12 different countries and seven national associations which belong to the organisation as institutional members.
Psychodrama
Psychodrama is an independent psychosocial method concerning the constructive shaping and structuring of group processes. Unmistakable characteristics are firstly the process-oriented relationship work in the group and secondly the work on and with scenes, which are represented on the stage, and which are together interpreted and changed. Even when for psychodramatists Soziometry is just as important as psychodrama, the concept of "psychodrama" has gained common acceptance as the title for psychodramatical and sociometrical work.