Sociodrama is a development of psychodrama based on the aim to cure society which was one of Moreno’s biggest passions. He coined the term sociatry as a means to cure the pathologies of social groups. Unlike psychodrama it puts the group to the role of the protagonist instead of a person, when a group is interested to resolve a problem or a conflict that experiences.

The sociodramatic session may take several roots according to the choices of the group and the conductor. Participants enact scenarios related to broader social conflicts or situations that may pertain social discrimination, leadership, team building etc, in order to gain insight and develop solutions to the challenges the group is faced with.

In any case participants enact social roles in order to have a corrective experience that will offer new and healthy choices for the group.

Sociodrama may be applied to already existing groups that face a challenge or a conflict, or to people that come together as a group in order to explore a social issue.

A sociodrama may also allow the development of psychodramatic vignettes for members that wish to have a cathartic experience on a personal issue related to the social issue explored. Dr. Monica Zuretti from Argentina developed this method under the term sociopsychodrama.