Part 1: Foundations of Brazilian Psychodrama -- Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Brazilian psychodrama, a network of ideas, concepts and practices.-Chapter 2: Theoretical foundations of socionomy -- Chapter 3: Brazilian Spontaneous Theater: scenes that spring from resonances -- Chapter 4: Public Psychodrama: more than a century valuing groups -- Part 2: Clinical Psychodrama -- Chapter 5: Relationship Psychotherapy: a minimalist psychodrama -- Chapter 6: Individual psychodrama with symbolic images and auxiliary objects -- Chapter 7: Psychodramatic Psychotherapy Group and its modalities in Brazil -- Chapter 8: Psychodrama with children in Brazil -- Chapter 9: Who am I? Psychodrama and its possibilities for the recognition of the self of adolescents -- Chapter 10: Psychodrama and Family Therapy: methodological interface -- Part 3: Sociotherapy - psychosocial practices and vulnerable populations -- Chapter 11: Psychodrama and sexuality -- Chapter 12: Psychodramatic resources in psychosocial interventions against sexual violence: victims and offenders -- Chapter 13: Applications of Psychodrama in Brazilian Justice System Protective Measures -- Chapter 14: Psychodrama with the elderly -- Part 4: Psychodrama in education, politics, and society -- Chapter 15: Psychodrama in politics -- Chapter 16: The use of Psychodrama as a pedagogical strategy for the implementation of Public Policies in Health and Education -- Chapter 17: Organizational Psychodrama Andréa Claudia de Souza, Potenciar Consultores Associados -- Chapter 18: On the recognition of ignorance: popular education and the encounter of psychodrama with indigenous people- Chapter 19: Psychodrama from the perspective of a palmarin clinic -- Chapter 20: Brazilian Public Sociodrama without Homophobia: the fearful stage.-Chapter 21: Training in Psychodrama: Democratic Project under Construction

This book approaches contemporary psychodrama from many contexts and population application from different regions of Brazil. It presents the diversity of local culture, the originality with which psychodramatic philosophy emerges in the Brazilian scenario. It introduces the theoretical-methodological procedures that reaffirm Psychodrama as a scientific instrument of social action. The chapters cover the philosophical and theoretical foundations and the new socio-psycho-educational methodologies applied in clinical practices, sociotherapy, politics and society. It is a helpful resource for professionals and academics interested in the development of innovative applications of Psychodrama