Dramatherapy

The Health and Care Professions Council of the UK defines dramatherapy as a unique form of psychotherapy in which creativity, play, movement, voice, storytelling, dramatization and the performance arts have a central position within the therapeutic relationship.

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It is a form of therapy that engages the whole person – in body, mind and spirit. It is true to its name in that it brings dramatic tools and language to serve a therapeutic process. This is unique to every individual. Dramatherapy can tap into any of the aspects that are developed in drama such as stories, scenography, movement, improvisation, rhythm, imagination, props, voice, masks and puppets. The therapist will bring her experience and knowledge of different dramatic forms to support what would best suit the client.

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This serves a client to learn more about themselves and consequently be more able to function to their best potential in their everyday life; it supports shifts where the client may feel stuck; it serves to release and give expression to blocked emotions. This is supportive to people who may be experiencing a mental health condition such as depression or an eating disorder. It is supportive to people going through a particular painful phase in their life such as bereavement, or struggling to find meaning in a new phase of life such as older age, and also supportive to people looking for a better quality of life.