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Functional adults can dismiss Ayn Rand and her petty tyrannizing over acolytes, her psychodramatic love affair with cult deputy Nathaniel Branden, and her continuing ability to inspire teenagers with a Nietzsche complex.

From Salon • Sep. 7, 2024

So the series also offers an elaborate psychodramatic narrative embellishment — a sort of study guide — expressed in frequent discussions of the work of Carl Jung and his collaborator Toni Wolff.

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2023

At the same time, Christine, who volunteers at a children’s hospital, does puppet shows for the young patients—but, as her own troubles overwhelm her, the shows take on a psychodramatic and confessional air.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 19, 2016

De Palma’s very quest for authority, his impossible dream of the total and absolute image that would fulfill his vision of Hollywood glory, is the untapped psychodramatic undercurrent of his films.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 2, 2016

A multicolored whirlwind of melodramatic poses and psychodramatic substance, of frivolity and tenacity, Irene is the less than constant wife of a local businessman.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2015