drama therapy

American  

Also dramatherapy

noun

1. a type of psychotherapy encouraging patients to use dramatic techniques to deal with emotional and psychological problems.

2. a psychodrama staged to dramatize difficulties and problems.

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Example Sentences

Now Harriet is back home hopes to begin a master's degree at Derby University in drama therapy in 2026.

From BBC

So, Yun hosts community workshops on performance, design and even drama therapy.

From Seattle Times

To help support herself, she did improvisational puppet theater for children and ran workshops for teenage girls using movement and drama therapy.

From New York Times

“I’ve done drama therapy before in prisons. What it does is it grounds a disadvantaged community. Even if it’s a disadvantaged community of Caucasians, having theater can be that guideline to getting out of places.”

From Los Angeles Times

He’d recently read the book “The Body Keeps the Score” and was introduced to the idea of drama therapy.

From Seattle Times