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

“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

So, Greene decided to call the lawyer he saw on television, Rebecca Randles, to start a conversation about exploring their story through 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

Things like music therapy, drama therapy, art therapy - things that young people get a lot out of.

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2011

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