Presented by: M. Witkorin
Because of the coronavirus lockdown, group therapists around the world have been forced to think about conducting group sessions online. Honestly speaking, I have always been rather skeptical about this format for groups. I had the impression that it would be impossible to create the same mystery and atmosphere online as in real-life psychodrama. I changed my mind after a few weeks of working with groups online. Now, I dare to suggest that we will harness this format fully without compromising on quality.
I have been leading online groups since March 2020. Despite my initial scepticism, group therapy works online! I have witnessed myself both the group tele and all Yalom’s group psychotherapy factors materialised. This is more than enough to suggest that we would go further in developing this format for the groups!
This discovery has left me extremely optimistic and encouraged my desire to work with online groups, as well as to write this text. Under the current circumstances — both the panic and the uncertainty caused by Covid-19 around the world — we need group psychotherapy more than ever. Thanks to a meeting organized by the Psychodrama-Online Section under the leadership of Viktor Semenov on April 1, 2020, I realized that many Russian psychodramatists were thinking alike. I am glad to join my colleagues with my contribution to this work.
It looks like some of our educational sessions on group psychotherapy that have been conducted earlier offline can now be moved online. This will be the consequence of Covid-19. Online work has now received a serious impetus, and it would be wise to include this format into future educational programs from the beginning.
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