Backstage thinking in one-to-one psychodrama psychotherapy

The article, published in the Zeitschrift für Psychodrama und Soziometrie (ZPS), reflects upon the backstage thinking during a therapist process. If one-to-one psychodrama psychotherapy can be seen as a kind of performance à deux, what happens in the backstage domain of therapist awareness? How do we balance being and doing in the therapy room, and what informs the choice and timing of action methods offered? Examples from practice illustrate key issues and highlight the less visible domain of therapist process.