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In psychodrama, role reversal is a technique where the protagonist is asked, by the psychodrama director, to exchange

roles with another person (an auxiliary ego) on the psychodrama stage. The former assumes as many of the roles of the

other as possible and vice versa. In that way, one is able not only to experience a different perspective of the situation

(to walk into someone's else's shoes), but also to witness one's own behaviour from the other side. Thereby, the role

reversal can bring significant abreactive and mental catharsis, insight, and transformation.

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