The psychoplayback ritual is based on playback ritual; the sequential phases of psychoplayback are similar to those of playback theatre although at different phases there are slight changes and expansions. המשך…

Psychoplayback takes place in a closed and process orientated setting, a place where unfinished business can be opened within containing and enabling surroundings. Similarly to psychodrama, also in psychoplayback, the group, the conductor, and the stage (of which additional information can be found in the chapter on psychodrama) are central elements that have great significance as part of the container formed to hold the events. In psychoplayback the central subject is called ‘Protagonist’ to whom two additional roles are added: the ‘Proactor’ and the ‘Antagonist’.

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Psychoplayback uses playback theatre as the basic method that enables participants to enter a psychotherapeutic space. Participants choose if to stay within a theatrical space that keeps an esthetic distance from the experience; a state enabling a more distant perspective on one’s behavior (Kellermann, 2007a p.84) and a more realistic appraisal of oneself (Kellermann, 2007a p.85), or coming closer into a less distanced psychodramatic experience that brings about experience-near insights oriented towards personal development and change (Pascual-Leone & Greenberg, 2007 p.45).

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The concept of ‘distancing’ is a central concept in drama therapy (Landy, 1994 p. 111). According to Brecht, distancing is the separation of thought from emotion, the separation of the actor from the role. המשך…

The “Dramatic Resonances” technique can be described as creative responses that participants offer from within dramatic reality to an input posed from outside dramatic reality (Pendzik, 2008); המשך…