Psychodrama: from dialogical self theory to a self in dialogical action

Verhofstadt-Denève, Leni

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“…Researchers have pointed out the difficulty that dialogical theories have to find methods to observe the self “as it develops interactionally” (Salgado, 2004). Historically, the psychodramatic method has been applied to observe the “self in dialogical action” (Verhofstadt-Denève, 2012). It can be used to study the internal dialogical realm becausea chair or an auxiliary can be brought in to represent the body, a part of the body, or an inner self or personality … the protagonist (of the dramatization) becomes identified with the people and the parts of himself that he invokes, and when externalized on the stage, these parts can engage in dialogue.…”

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Towards a convergence of Dialogical Self Theory and Semiotic Self Theory through triadic phenomenology

Michel

Andacht

2015

Theory & Psychology

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We propose a theoretical convergence between Dialogical Self Theory and Semiotic Self Theory by using C. S. Peirce’s phenomenology as a metatheoretical framework. Peirce’s categories of Firstness, Secondness, and Thirdness account for all kinds of experience; they are distinct but intertwined. Our hypothesis is that this theoretical umbrella can combine complementary aspects of both theories, such as space and time, and the multivoicedness and integrative tendencies of the self. We apply the categories to analyze the externalization of the internal conversation of a participant in a qualitative study. The dialogue was elicited through a psychodramatic instrument that is based on J. L. Moreno’s empty-chair technique. In the resulting discourse, we observed aspects of Firstness: the fluctuating multiplicity of the I; of Secondness: the dyadic relation between pairs of I-positions; and of Thirdness: the self construed as a developing sign process that generates interpretants/voiced positions, and tends towards unity.

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Towards a convergence of Dialogical Self Theory and Semiotic Self Theory through triadic phenomenology

Michel

Andacht

2015

Theory & Psychology

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“…They also discuss that tension, created by the self-made meanings in the self, is overcome ( aufheben ) by double negation or mutual constraining, which was Fichte's definition of (dialectical) synthesis . Verhofstadt-Denéve (2012) discusses the theoretical similarities and methodological differences between DST and her phenomenological–dialectical personality model, which is inspired by psychodramatic approaches.…”

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Selfing as, with, and without othering: Dialogical (im)possibilities with Dialogical Self Theory

Gülerce

2014

Culture & Psychology

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This essay critically reflects on the hegemonic conceptions of the self and its instrumentalization in modern psychology to fit modern Western society in general. Not only that various metaphysical, metatheoretical, theoretical and methodological commitments are seen as serious obstacles to fulfil the apparent epistemological desire for a paradigmatic shift towards a dynamic, relational and pluralist worldview as illustrated by Dialogical Self Theory in particular but also the conceptual confusion between various key categories of human subjectivity such as the self, identity, otherness, difference, alterity, sociality and the reductionism of position categories is drawn attention to. Departing from the Handbook of Dialogical Self Theory, Dialogical Self Theory's appropriation of Bakhtinian notion of dialogic is put into question. In order to accentuate the moral, historical and sociopolitical aspects of dialogical self-reflexivity and psychic, microgenetic, ontogenetic and socicogenetic processes, the concept of 'selfing' is introduced in three distinct relations with the concept of 'othering' for its significant implications for the post-/late-modern glocal world.

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“…Furthermore, one can even talk of a Dialogical Action Therapy (DAT) to highlight the implications of dialogue in action, being the execution of acts as evidence of successful psychotherapy processes (Ho, 2011). For example, DST has innovative implications for psychodrama, where the actualization and reorganization of the self involves a complex dynamic of speaking, thinking, acting and feeling, and it serves here to recognize its role in the “recovering of the flow of life” by means of establishing conscious and emotional dialogues with different internal/external voices of the self, rather than with the therapist (Verhofstadlt-Denève, 2011).…”

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Handbook of dialogical self theory, edited by Hubert Hermans and Thorsten Gieser

Lehmann¹

2013

Culture & Psychology

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Theories about the self are attempts to develop answers for the questions about the processes of being and becoming which debates sway from the inner and outer nature of meanings in a human's everyday life and the tensions within their emergence. However, the different paths for the construction of knowledge represent a risk; that of taking off the dynamic nature of the relationships, with objects, tools, persons, and contexts reducing them to mere static categories. This is precisely why this book is certainly an excellent labor of reconciliation with some constitutive processes of humanness, as well as scenery for contributions to the contemporary weakness of psychology. The Dialogical Self Theory (DST) is a bridging theory because its own conceptual framework is still open to considering the necessity of being in relation with other similar and contradictory theories that could contribute to its further development, and because it considers that I-positions as voices of the self are to be understood as external and internal societies (Hermans & Gieser, 2011, pp. 1-5). In this order of ideas, DST is a theory of the self and a theory of the social other (Gallagher, 2011). This book promotes the awareness of our relational nature and helps us to comprehend that even if we can interact, we do not always engage in dialogue, which is something precious, dialectic, dynamic and innovative (Hermans & Gieser, 2011). Further, we humans need to improve the quality of our dialogues with the self and others and, because of this, the handbook is a guideline to accompany different applicative fields in educational, clinical and organizational contexts, by means of a flexible self-awareness among the relationship of I-positions, third positions, meta-positions, and promoter-positions. Contributions are not just limited to pragmatic instances. This book offers and accurate documentation of innovations for basic psychology and methodology of research arenas. As well as offering innovative answers to contemporary weaknesses of psychology publications. Indeed, one aspect to highlight is that of the development of the self through space and time.

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Psychodrama: from dialogical self theory to a self in dialogical action

Cited by 5 publications

References 14 publications

Towards a convergence of Dialogical Self Theory and Semiotic Self Theory through triadic phenomenology

Towards a convergence of Dialogical Self Theory and Semiotic Self Theory through triadic phenomenology

Selfing as, with, and without othering: Dialogical (im)possibilities with Dialogical Self Theory

Handbook of dialogical self theory, edited by Hubert Hermans and Thorsten Gieser

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