BRIEF REPORT: VAKTO, A Tool for Improving Directorial Skills

Abstract

Psychodrama is a complex tool to master; it can cause even the experienced director to have feelings of being at sea without an anchor to keep him/her in place. VAKTO, a simple mnemonic device, is designed to be a help in keeping the psychodramatist anchored. It can help the director organize him/herself in setting the scene for the psychodramatic action and may be especially helpful as a training device; it can be used for making feedback specific concerning the director's therapeutic utilization of the senses important to the protagonist's drama.