I am publishing my essay here. The ideas of forum members on the topic of power and its existence in groups are interesting. “Power is a specific management tool used to achieve set goals.” In this work we will consider: Power as a tool for organizing a group environment; Aspects of the use of power in the psychodramatic process; Dysfunction of the use of power by the director; Personal experience of participation in “games for power.” Ability taking power is the ability to take responsibility and take risks. At what point do responsibility issues begin to arise in a group? For a participant, the group begins at the moment when he chooses to become a member, at which point he is included in the process of flowing responsibility of the group. The responsibility to pay for the group, the responsibility to show up on time, the responsibility to talk about your feelings, etc. and so on. The coach takes responsibility when he makes decisions to lead a given group. He is responsible for supporting the group process. He is as powerful as he is responsible, however, these are not all factors of power; undoubtedly, the environment also influences the level of power. The drama director, taking responsibility for organizing processes, accordingly takes power. What is his power based on: the authority of a specialist who has specific knowledge, he has the right to notice and support or support a certain action or topic of the participant’s group; The therapist acts as a conduit between the needs of the participants and the dramatic potential. Warm-up and power. Warming up can be defined as a procedure of emotional switching from one’s everyday state to a game state with elements of “as if”, in the language of psychodrama - switching from natural roles to spontaneous roles. What is the amount of directiveness on the part of the coach, is there an opportunity to be an authoritative coach and what consequences can follow. During this stage, the director announces the warm-up instructions to the group members and adjusts the process. The participants are “given” a conditional carte blanche to realize their spontaneity; the behavior of the group members is corrected by the director only in those cases when it becomes clear to him that some group-wide social behavior (violent behavior, both physical and psychological; actions of a sexual nature, etc. .), norms are violated. Also, the director has the right to adjust the instructions for the exercise during the warm-up process. The director acts for the purposes (in accordance with the needs) of the group and each of the participants. The goals of each participant are discussed at the beginning of the group lesson during the initial sharing, thus the group declares its needs, brings them into group contact, from which the director begins to understand his current tasks, the work process becomes transparent to everyone. Using the above model, actions the trainers will be clear to the group, the role of the director and his authority will be “filled” with meaning; directiveness works for the benefit of the group, a safe environment is created in which participants experience sensory responses during the warm-up process, and the subsequent protagonist is able to share his inner world with the group. But where is the power here? In the previously presented model, directiveness can be interpreted as power. The director uses power in accordance with the needs of the group, of which he himself is a special part. During the drama, the director uses his power by creating boundaries of work, which is expressed in: working hours, focus of the topic, etc., also supports and frustrates the aspirations of the protagonist. The director manages the group, especially if the group members are not familiar with psychodrama, the coach “turns on” the participants by mentioning “if there are duplicates, duplicate”, also introduces directorial doubles, which are also capable of increasing the protagonist’s contact with himself. In sharing, the director uses power for the purpose of increasing the focus on a sensory response rather than a mental one (there are cases when sharing is completely canceled by the director, due to.