Stages of the group psychodrama process:

1. Warm-up - establishing trust and group cohesiveness
2. Action - the acting out of a past or present situation and working through this event
3. Discussion - begin with sharing, which consists of nonjudgmental statements, and continue with a discussion of the group process

Techniques used in psychodrama:

1. Behavioral practice - experimenting in the safety of the group
2. Self-presentation - protagonist gives a self-portrayal to introduce the situation
3. Role reversal - the protagonist takes on the role of another personality in his/or her drama
4. Double technique - the auxiliary ego stands behind the protagonist and acts with or speaks for him/or her
5. Soliloquy - protagonist imagines himself in a place alone where he can dream out loud
6. Mirror technique - auxiliary ego mirrors the protagonist's posture, gestures, and words as they were in the enactment. How does this differ from the double technique? The protagonist is not on the stage during the mirror technique.
7. Magic shop - used as a warm-up technique with protagonists who are not clear about their values and goals and what is most important to them
8. Future projection - the acting out of an anticipated event in order to ease fears about the future