Foreword to the English-Language Edition	5
	Foreword to the Second German Edition	7
	Foreword to the First German Edition	8
	Contents	10
	1 Introduction	13
	Abstract	13
	2 Preparing for the Group	19
	Abstract	19
	2.1 Indication	19
	2.2 Size and Composition of the Group	21
	2.2.1 The Children	21
	2.2.2 The Dual-Gender Therapist Team	22
	2.3 The Contract	23
	2.4 Accompanying Work with the Family or Parents	26
	3 The External Framework	27
	Abstract	27
	3.1 Furnishing and Equipping the Group Space	27
	3.2 The Temporal Framework	29
	4 The Structure of a Psychodrama Session and Therapeutic Techniques	31
	Abstract	31
	4.1 The Initial Phase	31
	4.2 The Play Phase	47
	4.2.1 Attunement	48
	4.2.2 Instigation	49
	4.2.3 Structure	53
	4.2.4 Changing Roles and Role Inversion	58
	4.2.5 Mirroring	64
	4.2.6 The Soliloquy	70
	4.2.7 Doubling and Permanent Doubles	71
	4.2.8 Interpretive Interventions	85
	4.2.9 Active Interpretation with Traumatised Children	95
	4.3 The Closing Phase	99
	5 The Complete Group Process	103
	Abstract	103
	5.1 The Beginning Phase	103
	5.1.1 Structuring the First Group Session	107
	5.1.2 The Situation of the Therapists in the First Group Session	113
	5.1.3 Developing a Group Theme	114
	5.1.4 The Fifth Session	119
	5.2 The Middle Phase	120
	5.3 The Concluding Phase	123
	6 Special Interventions for Individual Children	130
	Abstract	130
	6.1 Interventions with Inhibited or Anxious Children	131
	6.1.1 Psychodynamics	131
	6.1.2 Leader Interventions	132
	6.1.3 Interventions from Within a Role	136
	6.2 Interventions with Aggressive Children	140
	6.2.1 Leader Interventions	142
	6.2.2 Interventions from Within a Role	148
	7 Group Process Oriented Interventions	152
	Abstract	152
	7.1 Interventions in Conflicts Between Children and Leaders	153
	7.2 Oedipal Conflict in the Group	159
	7.3 Interventions in Relationship Conflicts Between the Children	168
	7.3.1 Interventions at the Verbal Level	171
	7.3.2 Interventions at the Action Level	172
	7.3.3 Relationship-Building Interventions	183
	7.4 Subgroup Formation	193
	8 Demands on the Therapists	197
	Abstract	197
	8.1 Aspects of Transference	197
	8.2 Transferences by the Therapists	199
	8.3 Transference Processes in Different Group Phases	201
	8.4 Problems of Cotherapy	204
	9 Operating in Networks	208
	Abstract	208
	Final Note	222
	Afterword to the English-Language Edition	224
	Literature	226