Bibliodrama Manual - Paperback

by Esly Regina Carvalho Ph. D. (Author)

This manual was written to help those people who are interested in developing Bibliodrama in their churches, synagogues and communities. Enriched by Peter Pitzele's midrashic form of Bibliodrama, this manual will tell you what Bibliodrama is, its form, techniques and structures, as well as suggestions for how to conduct them. Full of practical ideas and suggestions, it will guide you from simple to more advanced forms of conducting Bibliodramas. Included is how to do Playback of Biblical stories.

Author Biography

Esly Regina de Carvalho, Ph.D. is a Brazilian-American clinical psychologist with 30 years' experience in Psychodrama and group therapy. She was certified as a Supervisor of Psychodrama in 1988, the Brazilian Federation of Psychodrama - FEBRAP. Having founded the Psychodrama movement in Ecuador in 1990, she went on to pass the certificartion exams, with distinction, for the title of Trainer, Educator and Practitioner in Psychodrama, from the American Board of Examiners in Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy. Esly presently maintains a private practice in Brasília, Brazil, after many years of working and training in Ecuador and Dallas, Texas. She recently published a book, integrating EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and Role Therapy, Healing the Folks Who Live Inside, as a result of her work with EMDR therapy and Psychodrama.