Drama as a reflective tool

Recently I was privileged to be invited to facilitate a reflective session with residents of the Osanna Pia and Mamma Margherita Salesian homes. This was to support them to make meaning of an art tasting project they are currently engaging in. We used a creative...

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Creative Approach to Working with Bereavement

“A well -rounded life should have a beginning, a middle and an end” Colin Murray Parkes   At the end of July 2018, 20 mental health professionals (psychologists; psychotherapists; counsellors and social workers) participated in a 3-day workshop on Creative Approaches to Working with Bereavement. This was facilitated...

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Dramatherapy for older adults

This video below, produced by the UK company Roundabout, explores the use of dramatherapy for older adults. Many people are in fact often surprised to learn that dramatherapy can be beneficial to adults as well as to children. Dramatherapists work, in a one-to-one setting or...

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Dramatherapy Supports Dar Kenn Għal Saħħtek Through Premju tal-President Għall-Kreattività

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr4ZPwHc1WQ   Dramatherapy Supports Dar Kenn Għal Saħħtek Il-Premju tal-President għall-Kreattività is coordinated by Arts Council Malta under the Patronage of Her Excellency, Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, President of Malta. The featured image was taken from arstcouncilmalta.org and documents the award ceremony for the Premju tal-President għall-Kreattività 2017 to Dar Kenn...

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What exactly is Arts Therapy?

… and how do its benefits differ from the feel-good and personal growth that happens when attending arts classes? Coryse Borg speaks to five local arts therapists, currently serving as council of the Creative Arts Therapies Society Malta (CATS), to clear out the confusion that...

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Food for Thought – Eating Disorders Dramatherapy

Jennifer Grech finds, that for people with eating disorders dramatherapy is an opportunity to explore thoughts, feelings and relationships. Unlike what some think, eating disorders are not some whimsical pursuit of teenagers fuss- ing about their appearance. Rather, eating disorders are complex mental health prob- lems...

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Experiencing Neuro-Dramatic Play with Sue Jennings

Travelling with an international group of fellow dramatherapists, Lou Ghirlando worked with children at the Good Samaritan Home in Ghimbav, Romania. Maltese dramatherapist Lou Ghirlando participated in a workshop on Neuro Dramatic Play. She also work with young children stationed in the Good Samaritan home at Ghimbav. Ghirlando...

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