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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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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

They’re there at the institution to run through a script of John’s life, presumably as a kind of drama therapy.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2021

Are we witnessing a drama therapy session or Jerome’s woozy imaginings?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2020

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

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