drama therapy
Americannoun
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a type of psychotherapy encouraging patients to use dramatic techniques to deal with emotional and psychological problems.
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a psychodrama staged to dramatize difficulties and problems.
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Now Harriet is back home hopes to begin a master's degree at Derby University in drama therapy in 2026.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2025
“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 ● Aug. 5, 2022
He’d recently read the book “The Body Keeps the Score” and was introduced to the idea of drama therapy.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 28, 2022
Dr. Dintino, a clinical psychologist with a private practice in Manhattan and a faculty position at Columbia University, also teaches in N.Y.U.’s drama therapy program, which uses theater techniques as a means to heal.
From New York Times ● Nov. 5, 2014
At the time, I was visiting the camps looking for a place to stage Euripides’ great anti-war tragedy, The Trojan Women, as a drama therapy project for refugees.
From Newsweek
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