Drama as a Means to the Understanding of Milton Erickson’s Clinic

Authors

  • Maurício da Silva Neubern Instituto de Psicologia - UnB

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v16i2.25294

Keywords:

drama, subjectivity, Milton Erickson, clinical psychology

Abstract

The present work aims to offer, through the notion of drama, an initial ground to the understanding of Milton Erickson’s clinic. To Erickson, the notion of drama takes theater as a metaphor of human subjectivity, assuming that the actions of the person take place in a living scenario and are supported by symbolic plots that influence their relational nets, but are generally kept unconscious. This notion points to a complex relation between the person and the world, in which the actions, the production of meanings, the roles and the corporeity are crossed over by culture, including the participation of the person, who can become actor and author of his destiny, and of the therapist, who can build characters relevant to the scenario lived by the person.

Keywords: drama; subjectivity; Milton Erickson; clinical psychology. 

Author Biography

Maurício da Silva Neubern, Instituto de Psicologia - UnB

Doutor em Psicologia, Prof Adjunto do Departamento de Psicologia Clínica (PCL), Instituto de Psicologia (IP), Universidade de Brasília (UnB). Pesquisador, supervisor de estágio e psicoterapeuta.

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How to Cite

Neubern, M. da S. (2012). Drama as a Means to the Understanding of Milton Erickson’s Clinic. Interação Em Psicologia, 16(2). https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v16i2.25294

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 2 (2012)

Section

Theoretical or Historical Studies

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