An Exploration of Scene Setting in Psychodrama: The Sociometry of Place
Keywords:
Scene Setting, Surplus Reality, Warm Up, Sense Memory, EMDR, Therapeutic Spiral, Concretization, Here and Now, Future Projection, Sociometry, Co-Unconscious, Socio-Matrix, SandtrayAbstract
The rich capacity of scene setting involves the five senses and an exploration of the nuances of place. Scene setting readies the protagonist for action and connects them to others through the sociometric matrix and contains them in a safe, profound space. The power of setting a scene is often truncated in deference to moving quickly into the full action phase of the drama. Attention to the rich capacity contained within the building of a scene, involving the senses and exploring the nuances of place, can often not only ready the protagonist for action, but connect them to others through the sociometric matrix of surplus reality. Through the re-storying of memories and the opening of new neuro network pathways, protagonists come to a richer understanding of the surplus reality of place being co-created in the socio-matrix within the group.
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