title: [Drama and forgiveness: the mechanism of action of a new technique in group therapy--face therapy].
abstract: In our article we relate our experiences of the face therapy--group therapy sessions held at 2nd Psychiatric Ward of Nyíró Gyula Hospital. Face therapy uses the elements of art therapy and psychodrama: patients form their own head from gypsum and paint it. During the sessions, we analyse the heads and patients reveal their relation to their head. Our paper also presents the structure of thematic sessions and the features of the creative and processing phase. The phenomena that occur during group therapy (self-presentation, self-destruction, creativity) are interpreted with the concepts of psychodynamics and psychodrama. Finally, possible areas of indication are suggested for face therapy and the treatment possibilities for self-destructive phenomena.
authors.affiliation: Nyirō Gyula Kórház, II, Pszichiátria, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Katalin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Csigó
authors.forename: Márta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bender
authors.forename: Attila
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Németh
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression; D003405:Creativity; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D011577:Psychodrama; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods*