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- Psychotherapeutic playback theatre, well-being, and psychological distress: An impact studyPublication . Gonzalez, A.-J.; Lima, Margarida Pedroso de; Preto, Luis; Martins, PauloABSTRACT: Psychotherapeutic Playback Theatre (PPT) is a new psychotherapeutic format inspired by Playback Theatre and several therapies. The research presented here aims to study the impact of PPT on the Well-being and Psychological Distress of participants in this expressive-based group psychotherapy. To achieve this, after training 30 psychotherapists and creating an implementation handbook for their use, the research team assisted 20 of them (individually or in groups of two or three) in implementing therapeutic groups that offered 12 weekly sessions, each lasting two to three hours. Nine groups were formed, including a total of 50 participants, who were assessed before and after the PPT program using questionnaires evaluating Psychological Distress and Well-being. The latter consisted of six subscales: Autonomy, Environmental Mastery, Personal Growth, Positive Relations with Others, Purpose in Life, and Self-Acceptance. A control group of 50 participants was assessed using the same variables. No significant differences were found between pre- and post-tests in the control group. However, significant differences were observed in the PPT group, with Psychological Distress decreasing and Well-being improving, both on the total scale and across all subscales except for Self-Acceptance. This set of results allows us to establish connections between participation in the PPT sessions and the positive psycho-emotional effects on participants.
- Teatro Playback Psicoterapêutico : Manual de ImplementaçãoPublication . Lima, Margarida Pedroso de; Gonzalez, António-José; Preto, Luís FrancoDo encontro entre o Teatro de improvisação a partir de uma história pessoal (Teatro Playback) e os processos terapêuticos em grupo de orientação psicanalítica, nasce o Teatro Playback Psicoterapêutico (TPP). Surge, depois de décadas de maturação, na obra seminal - An Introduction to Psychotherapeutic Playback Theatre (Kowalsky et al., 2022). Este é o primeiro Manual sobre esta psicoterapia de grupo inovadora, que casa de forma magistral o poder do grupo, o poder do teatro e o poder das histórias. Pretende ser um guia e uma operacionalização das principais técnicas, fases e procedimentos do TPP, a serem usadas de forma flexível em função das necessidades e do contexto. As terapias manualizadas têm permitido uma melhoria nas orientações para a aplicação de determinados procedimentos psicoterapêuticos, ao mesmo tempo que promovem um aumento crescente da investigação numa determinada área. O desenvolvimento do presente manual seguiu o modelo de estádios de Carroll & Nuro (2002), sendo, de acordo com estes autores, um manual de “estádio I”, com o objetivo de testar um determinado procedimento terapêutico, neste caso o TPP. Por conseguinte, os objetivos e intenções deste manual consistem em apresentar as linhas diretrizes do Teatro Playback Psicoterapêutico, embora tal não substitua a formação prática e experiencial, nem tão pouco a mais-valia da supervisão. Este manual foi elaborado para psicoterapeutas de grupo (profissionais de saúde mental) que desejem adquirir uma base sólida em TPP.
- Playback theatre applications: A systematic review of literaturePublication . Gonzalez, António-José; Lima, Margarida Pedroso de; Preto, Luis; Amarante, Nuno; Barros, RitaPlayback Theatre (PT) was created as an improvised form of theatre based on the sharing of personal narratives by members of an audience that, in turn, are reciprocated by playback actresses and actors (“playbackers”) in the form of theatre-like artistic performances. From the beginning, its characteristics as a group process and ther apeutic potential have been discussed. As this increasingly more common approach to storytelling most often seeks to stimulate individual and/or communal emotional growth/healing, the literature on it is also increasing. However, a significant portion of said literature has been focused on anecdotal type of reporting. Given the latter, we put together a systematic review of the literature on PT, geared towards identifying the literature sources that report evaluations, either qualitative or quantitative, of PT applications. Hence, our aim was to produce a comprehensive summary of the effects that have been reported in evaluation-centered studies of PT applications of all scopes. We searched four major electronic databases (PsycINFO, Web of Science, PubMed, and Scopus) for PT interventions between 1990 and June 2023. The quality of the studies gathered was evaluated by considering both the existence or absence of a control group and the reliability of the evaluation strategies employed, thus controlling for the risk of bias, consistent with the PRISMA protocol (Liberati et al. (2009)). The database search successfully identified 79 peer-reviewed articles on the subject of PT. Of these, 18 were English-written articles that reported on the use of evaluative measures concerning PT programs. The populations that benefited from these programs included children, adults, and older adults. Additionally, these articles included the application of PT in different contexts, from improving language skills to the promotion of mental health among individuals and/or communities. The results gathered lend support to the successful use of PT in enhancing cognitive, social, and emotional skills. Recommendations to increase and improve the reporting of PT effects are discussed.