Psychodrama and accessibility: the view of a psychodramatist visually-impared

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Is it possible to do psychodrama without seeing? This question originated this deepening of an account of the experiences of one of the authors, a psychology student, a psychodramatist in training and a blind person. OBJECTIVES: In this study, a theoretical investigation of a psychodramatic nature is presented, which discusses the imaginary versus symbolic in psychodrama and spontaneity as an inclusion factor, with the aim of debating the possibility of psychotherapists with visual impairment being psychodrama directors and cultural preserves. in relation to the disability present in the psychodramatic environment. METHODS: The methodology used was the research of autobiographical narrative, which allows the starting point for the analysis to be the subjective perception of the subject himself, and the comprehension of the report was made possible through content analysis. RESULTS: In this way, the discussion of the data intended to elucidate some cultural preserves in the field of psychotherapies, especially psychodramatic ones, as well as the possibilities of deconstructing them to make an accessible and possible psychodrama for directors with visual impairments. CONCLUSION: It concludes by the emergence of research and actions that focus on people with disabilities beyond qualification and rehabilitation, expanding the field of psychotherapies to understand them as active subjects in psychological activities.