Abstract

The goal pursued throughout this research project was to update and explore certain roles that I had developed, as a parentified child, since childhood. The heuristic and artistic research processes, which culminated in a self-revelatory performance, are documented, along with a summary of writings on the child/narcissistic parent, on parentification and on the concept of role as envisaged in dramatherapy. The results obtained are listed in several formats: the narrative of the process and the reflections that marked it from its genesis to writing the research paper. Given that one of the main characteristics of parentification is a potential deficiency in term of recognition, the process of self-revelatory performance, delivered before a chosen audience, offers a privileged opportunity for exploration, understanding and restoration of the pathological repercussions of this relationship mode. Certain applications of the results obtained in this process are suggested for clinical practice. The performance and the discussion with the audience that followed were filmed for the purposes of documentation and are available upon request.