IJFS - Interdisciplinary Journal of Family Studies

Two types of psychosocial interventions were compared with respect to
women victims of domestic violence: with two groups we applied individual
ecological model (EM), and with two groups (PG) we applied psychodrama and
playback theatre methods together with the ecological model. The women
described “the old” and “the new” roles during the psychodrama sessions and the
access to internal “self-empowerment” resources for the reconstruction of an
alternative vision. Both methods utilized were effective and they supported
women’s ‘abilities and potential. During the group work with psychodrama and
sociodrama, we explored the mother/daughter relationships and the
transgenerational transmission of the models of violence. We observed and
described some cultural differences and specifics.