exercise · all tools
The Hot Seat
Depth · what it can open●●○○2 — reflective
Holding · facilitation1 — host
Trust · group readiness★any
Disclosure · what is sharednone
One person sits on a chair. The others approach one after another saying things like 'Look! Totte has come back!' or 'Ulf, have we forgotten anyone for your 50th birthday next month?' — and the person in the chair gradually becomes whoever they are being told they are, leaving the scene as that person.
Hold with care
- Having an identity assigned to you piece by piece by other people, with no chance to correct it, is the exercise; it is playful here and it is the same structure as the site's Reverse Bus, which is not
Practical
- Time
- — min
- Group
- ?–∞ · large-group
- Settings
- in-person
- Mechanisms
- cognitive-reframing, perspective-taking, behavioral-rehearsal
- Change scope
- state → skill · repeatable
Instructions
- Where
- xn--dramavningar-8ib.se/heta-stolen — Dramaövningar.se, open
- Availability
- Open online — published at the link, free to read
Source link checked 1 Sep 2026 — reachable
This directory describes and points home; the instructions stay with the people who made them.
Origin
Martin Wiss (published as 'Martin' on dramaövningar.se) — Swedish dramapedagogik
In this directory via Dramaövningar.se
Related: The Reverse Bus (alternative-to)
status: checked · added 2026-09-01