["Divided roles" as a therapeutic game in sociotherapeutic training (author's transl)].

Basing on an intergative concept in which various aspects of learning and behavioral therapy, depth psychology and communication therapy overlap, the article surveys the possibilities and limitations (inherent risks) of playing "divided parts" in theatrical fashion as part of psychiatric training. A section on the basic technique describes how a play according to divided roles is built up in practice. From the viewpoint of a theory of playing divided roles, the functions, aims and a system of typology are discussed.