Initiating the Therapeutic Enactment Scene
Channel: Darakht-e Danesh Library
Date: 2020-11-25

The scene is constructed incrementally as the therapist invites the client to respond to questions about who, what, when, where and how the to-be-enacted event occurred. As the client describes his or her younger self, the location, those present, etc., group members can see and begin to feel connected to the event. Verbal descriptions create an actual observable physical representation which focuses the entire group back in time and place. 

Together the client and or the therapist choose specific participants to assume key roles in the enactment

The client exercises personal control by selecting, describing and then initiating construction of each element of the enactment. He or she initially takes the lead in creating the setting of the event to ensure accuracy of the scene’s components:

Physical setting
Time and timing of the event
Appearance and key verbal and non-verbal behaviors of those who were present and involved at the time

This video is part of our free-to-learn course: Basic Trauma Training - Group Applications, on our Darakht-e Danesh Courses platform which can be found in the link below
https://lms.darakhtdanesh.org/course/view.php?id=3