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Raile, P. (2023). Psychodrama and eco-anxiety—A case study. Environment and Social Psychology, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.54517/esp.v9i1.1910

Psychodrama and eco-anxiety—A case study

Paolo Raile

Faculty of Psychotherapy Science, Sigmund Freud Private University Vienna


DOI: https://doi.org/10.54517/esp.v9i1.1910


Keywords: eco-anxiety, psychodrama, coping, creativity, case study

Abstract

A case study is used to illustrate the treatment of a patient with eco-anxiety in a psychodramatic session. The subject is a 26-year-old male, suffering from a severe form of eco-anxiety. Through psychodrama, patients can better understand themselves and repressed psychological content, learn, and find new creative ways to cope with eco-anxiety. The case study shows that psychodrama helps to view anxiety in an externalized subject in a more detached way, to gain new insights into how to deal with it. Psychodrama improved the patient’s quality of life and helped him to cope in everyday life again.

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