Psychodrama is a psychotherapeutic method created by Jacob Moreno in 1921. Her first appearance took place on April 1, April Fools' Day, on the stage of the drama theater in Vienna. She, as Moreno wrote, “... did not appear from a theoretical presentation in a scientific publication... but became the apotheosis of repeated public performances” [1]. Psychodrama began with the theater and is still actively using an arsenal of theatrical techniques and elements of theater systems to solve a variety of problems - from training skills and modeling behavior to solving basic, existential problems such as loneliness, death, freedom, meaning (or meaninglessness). The multimodal nature of psychodrama is indicated by many modern authors [2], noting the possibility of integrating psychodrama with other methods, which allows you to select a more accurate tool depending on the individual characteristics of a person and the nature of the problem. The most important quality in psychodrama is not acting talent, which may not exist, but spontaneity, sincerity of experiences and expressions. There are practically no contraindications to psychodrama (except for severe psychotic symptoms) - a person with a weak ability or readiness for self-expression, self-disclosure may encounter difficulties in the first stages of work, but in the future the technology of work itself is such that this ability or readiness will grow. “Almost everything that exists in a person’s inner world can be played out on a psychodramatic stage” - in this sense, any orders are accepted for work: negative attitudes towards oneself, low self-esteem; internal contradictions, bad habits, laziness; conflicts with other people; bodily symptoms, psychosomatic disorders; difficulties in communication, shyness; negative emotions (anger, fear, guilt, sadness, etc.); unreacted, accumulated experiences; psychotraumatic situations; the meaning of life, values ​​and beliefs; and much more! If “it” exists in your head - it can be acted out! Psychodrama is used both in group form and when working individually with a client. In a group form, a kind of “psychological theater” is organized in which the protagonist (the main character, the person for whom the work is being carried out at the moment) invites other group members to play the role of significant people from their real life, symbolic roles (for example, contradictory parts of their “I” ), acting out the experiences of his inner world in the external real space. In individual counseling (monodrama), the protagonist consistently plays all the roles himself, using space and symbolic objects, sheets with inscriptions and other technical means instead of other people. Psychodrama combines verbal and non-verbal work techniques, which means it can be used to correct deep-seated and early childhood disorders and traumas. In addition, due to this combination of techniques, psychodrama, as a rule, works quickly and vividly, not only “revealing” the problem, but also allowing one to record and comprehend the experience gained. Literature: Moreno Ya.L. Psychodrama. — per. from English by G. Pimochkina, E. Rachkova. – 2nd ed., rev. – M.: Psychotherapy, 2008. - 496 pp. A. Kulakov, R. D. Minazov - Psychodrama as multimodal psychotherapy - article, Russian State Pedagogical University named after. A.I. Herzen (St. Petersburg), rehabilitation center "Overcoming" (Kazan).