Journal of Psychodrama, Sociometry, & Group Psychotherapy

08/18/2026

Check out all the new interesting articles in the Journal of Psychodrama, Sociometry, and Group Psychotherapy on our open-access webpage!

This issue includes a great collection of new articles exploring psychodrama, sociometry, sociodrama, theater, gestalt therapy, executive coaching, bullying prevention, and the history of our field. Now that our journal is open-access and published online only, we can accept manuscript submissions on a rolling basis. Stay tuned for new 2026 articles to be published throughout the rest of the year too!

Jacob Gershoni: Psychodrama and Theater: If J. L. Moreno and Tennessee Williams Were to Meet

Gordana Marić Lalović: Psychodrama Guidance through the Exhibition: Spontaneous Theatre in the Art Gallery

Yevgeny Ryaboy: Entering the Dream: Psychodrama’s Influence on Gestalt Therapy Dreamwork

Rashmi Datt: From Control to Collaboration: A Psychodrama Informed Executive Coaching Case Study

Grace A. Telesco, Maria A. Levi-Minzi, & Tara S. Jungersen: Examining the Use of Sociodrama on Attitudes Related to Bullying among At-Risk Youth

J. L. Moreno: Jacob L. Moreno’s 1966 Report on the Treatment of Alcoholics in Moscow

Congratulations to all of the authors, and many thanks to the peer reviewers and editors who volunteered their time and expertise to make these publications possible.

We hope you'll take some time to read the new articles and share it with others who may be interested. All articles are open access and available free online:

https://psychodramajournal.com/index.php/asgppjournal/issue/view/187

08/06/2025

Exciting News from the ASGPP Journal!

We are happy to share that the 2011 and 2012 issues of the ASGPP Journal have now been digitized and are available open access on our new website! These two journal issues have never been available before in digital format. The open access availability of these 2 issues now means that ALL journal issues from 1947 until 2025 are available for free on our new website - www.PsychodramaJournal.com

2011 Issue - https://psychodramajournal.com/index.php/asgppjournal/issue/view/185
2012 Issue - https://psychodramajournal.com/index.php/asgppjournal/issue/view/186

We hope that you find these articles helpful in your psychodrama practice and learning! And, we encourage you to consider submitting a manuscript to our journal about the innovative and exciting ways you are conceptualizing psychodrama or practicing psychodrama in your work! Journal submissions can be submitted on a rolling basis and published throughout the year as accepted. Thank you!

Scott Giacomucci & Thomas Treadwell
Co-Chief Editors

06/24/2025

Check out the new psychodrama journal publications freely accessible on our new journal website!

Another View of J. L. Moreno’s Relationship to Sigmund Freud and Psychoanalysis
John Nolte

Epistemological Exploration of Psychodrama Therapy
History, Triad Revolution, Unconscious Dynamics, and Therapeutic Dimensions
Sara Ettalhi

After the Psychodrama
The Importance & Process of Integration
Catherine D. Nugent & Carley Foster

Creativity, Migration and Multiculturalism
A Psychodrama Perspective
Jacob Gershoni

Germany, Nineteenth Century: Psychodrama Before Moreno
Sérgio Guimarães

Our journal accepts submission on a rolling basis and invites you to consider sending in a manuscript of a new idea, theory, research study, case study, or exciting practical application of sociometry, psychodrama, and group psychotherapy!

https://psychodramajournal.com/index.php/asgppjournal/issue/view/182

03/11/2025

New Advanced Online Publication for the 2025 Journal Issue!

Another View of J. L. Moreno’s Relationship to Sigmund Freud and Psychoanalysis by John Nolte

After the Psychodrama: The Importance & Process of Integration
Catherine D. Nugent & Carley Foster

https://www.psychodramajournal.com/index.php/asgppjournal/issue/view/182

Now that our journal is open access, we accept manuscript submissions on a rolling basis throughout the year. We invite you to consider submitting an article and share your innovative psychodrama ideas!

02/23/2025

Call for Journal Article Submissions

Deadline for the 2025 Issue: May 15th
(manuscripts are also accepted on an ongoing basis)

The Journal of Psychodrama, Sociometry, and Group Psychotherapy is inviting the submission of manuscripts that highlight group workers’ action techniques from all corners of the globe. The experiential methods, in particular sociometry and psychodrama, have numerous adoptions in addressing multicultural obstacles and we invite manuscripts describing action models concentrating on diverse and social justice issues. We strongly encourage new authors, students, educators, international colleagues, and authors who identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Color (BIPOC) to consider submitting manuscripts.

Submissions can include original research papers, case studies, theoretical articles, practical articles, and book reviews. The scope of the journal includes content related to psychodrama, sociometry, group psychotherapy and its history, theory, philosophy, practice, supervision, and teaching. Practice areas encompass clinical and non-clinical realms including work with individuals, groups, communities, classrooms, professionals, organizations, and society.

The journal publication plays an important role in embedding psychodrama in academia, enhancing scholarly activity, introducing academics/students to psychodrama, increasing the literature/research base, and contributing to a legacy for the next generation. The journal is now open-access, which means that published articles are freely available to anyone anywhere.

Please view our guidelines for authors at www.psychodramajournal.com

We invite you to submit your manuscript or reach out to us for additional information at [email protected]

Co-Editors-in-Chief,
Thomas Treadwell, EdD, TEP, CGP
Scott Giacomucci, DSW, LCSW, BCD, CGP, FAAETS, TEP

11/30/2024

Check out the newest publications released online as part of our 2024 journal issue! Congratulations to the authors!

An Exploration of Scene Setting in Psychodrama: The Sociometry of Place
Paul Lesnik (Author)

Applying the Role-Oriented Integrated Model to Treat Clients with Complex Trauma
Jing Baer (Author)

Exploring the Matrix of Social Reflections: A New Model of the Living Newspaper
Gordana Lalovic (Author)

Book Reviews
Core Principles of Group Psychotherapy: An Integrated Theory, Research, and Practice Training Manual
David Chirko (Author)

Ethics in Group Psychotherapy: principles and practical strategies
Thomas Northrup (Author)

Historical Archives
Prisons Must Go
Jacob. L. Moreno, (Author) [unpublished manuscript from 1931]

04/22/2024

Call for Manuscripts!

Journal of Psychodrama, Sociometry, & Group Psychotherapy

01/18/2024

New Open Access Psychodrama Book!

Disorder-Specific Psychodrama Therapy in Theory and Practice
by Reinhard T. Krüger, MD

The open access book explains the practical approach in psychodrama with the help of multidisciplinary theories of self-development, mentalization, play, and psychosomatic resonance. These theories help to structure the therapeutic experiences of Moreno and other psychodramatists and to compare them with experiences and theories of other psychotherapy methods. Against this background, the author develops models of a disorder-specific psychodrama therapy for people with personality disorders, borderline organization, trauma disorders, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders, depression, grief reactions, suicidal crises, masochism, psychoses, addiction disorders, eating disorders, and behavioral addictions. The therapy models convey a deep understanding of these disorders and sometimes open up new ways of treatment. They can be used both in individual and in group therapy. The methods are explained with the help of more than 120 case examples. The theoretical explanation makes the psychodramatic action methods accessible and applicable to therapists from other schools of therapy as well as in counseling and coaching. This makes the practical work therapeutically more effective and creative.

Download your FREE copy today!

This open access book explains the practical approach in psychodrama with the help of multidisciplinary theories

12/02/2023

Greetings,
the FEPTO Research Committee team would need the help of psychodrama students, practitioners, trainers or researchers for the validation of the new spontaneity scale, this research is headed by Prof. Hod Orkibi.

In particular, what we kindly ask you to do, if you decide to help us, is to answer the questionnaire at the following link https://haifacatrc.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8qqYIGitm3cCoIu

The questionnaire is anonymous and will last about 10 minutes.

Please share the link with other psychodrama students, practitioners, trainers or researchers.
Thank you very much for your contribution.

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11/27/2023

We are writing to share with you the most recently published volume (69) of the Journal of Psychodrama, Sociometry, and Group Psychotherapy which was published today and is available to ASGPP members as a member benefit on our journal’s webpage – www.asgppjournal.org! Non-members and institutions can purchase subscriptions from ASGPP.

https://meridian.allenpress.com/jpsgp

We are excited to introduce you to the articles within this 69th volume of the Journal of Psychodrama, Sociometry, and Group Psychotherapy which include a blend of empirical research, philosophical articles, and practice-oriented papers, as well as multiple book reviews to help introduce you to the richness of other recent psychodrama publications. We wish to extend our gratitude to all of our readers, authors, editors, and especially our peer-reviewers whose anonymous work is essential to the integrity of the journal.

ONGOING CALL FOR PAPERS
The Journal of Psychodrama, Sociometry, and Group Psychotherapy is inviting the submission of manuscripts that highlight group workers’ action techniques from all corners of the globe. The experiential methods, in particular sociometry and psychodrama, have numerous adoptions in addressing multicultural obstacles and we invite manuscripts describing action models concentrating on diverse and social justice issues. We strongly encourage new authors, students, educators, international colleagues, and authors who identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Color (BIPOC) to consider submitting manuscripts.

Submissions can include original research papers, case studies, theoretical articles, practical articles, and book reviews. The scope of the journal includes content related to psychodrama, sociometry, group psychotherapy and its history, theory, philosophy, practice, supervision, and teaching. Practice areas encompass clinical and non-clinical realms including work with individuals, groups, communities, classrooms, professionals, organizations, and society.

The journal publication plays an important role in embedding psychodrama in academia, enhancing scholarly activity, introducing academics/students to psychodrama, increasing the literature/research base, and contributing to a legacy for the next generation.

Please view our guidelines for authors at www.asgppjournal.org
We invite you to submit your manuscript or reach out to us for additional information at [email protected]

Tom Treadwell, EdD, TEP, CGP &
Scott Giacomucci, DSW, LCSW, BCD, CGP, FAAETS, TEP
Co-Chief-Editors,
Journal of Psychodrama, Sociometry, & Group Psychotherapy

The Journal of Psychodrama, Sociometry, and Group Psychotherapy is the professional journal of the American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama (ASGPP). It publishes articles and brief reports, including research, case studies, practitioner's techniques, and contributions of spontaneity a...