Publications
A selection of publications on psychodrama, body work, trauma, gender roles, prevention and social participation.
Featured publication
2021
Journal of Psychodrama and Sociometry · 2021
This contribution addresses the question of which intercultural competencies are needed in psychotherapeutic and psychosocial work with traumatised people who have refugee experience. It highlights sensitivity to life realities, contextual understanding and sustainable relationship building.
Further publications
2023
Journal of Psychodrama and Sociometry · 2023
This publication shows how an exercise focused on the relationship to one’s own body can open a sensitive path into body-related topics. The focus lies on perception, the relationship to one’s own body and psychodramatic work with girls* and women* in individual and group settings. The exercise is suitable for all genders.
2022
Journal of Psychodrama and Sociometry · 2022
This article explores how virtual sociodrama can strengthen collective creativity and resilience in times of social uncertainty. It focuses on transitional experiences during the pandemic and on processing social and emotional strain together.
2018
Journal of Psychodrama and Sociometry · 2018
This publication addresses the prevention of eating disorders in the field of tension between self-image, body perception and societal norms. Within a heteronormative society, expectations of body optimization go far beyond food restriction. Through the avoidance of certain food categories, new forms of belonging are negotiated. Sociocultural and media-driven influencing factors are identified in order to make societal dynamics visible and open to change.
2016
Journal of Psychodrama and Sociometry · 2016
This article focuses on the development of gender roles in adolescence and their relevance for identity, self-understanding and social orientation. It looks at developmental processes shaped by belonging, norms and individual unfolding.
2019
Digital media, emancipatory potential and marginalisation · STIMME · 2019
This publication reflects on the ambivalence of digital media between emancipatory potential and new forms of marginalisation. It asks how social participation, visibility and mechanisms of exclusion interact in digital spaces.
Springer
The article examines similarities and differences in relationship patterns between co-dependent individuals and individuals with dependent personality disorder. Both are forms of relational disturbance, so-called closeness disorders. “I know what is good for you!” is a typical statement of a co-dependent person, whereas a person with dependent personality disorder is more likely to express: “You know what is good for me!”