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Creative Therapies (Art and Play)
Published in Cathy Laver-Bradbury, Margaret J.J. Thompson, Christopher Gale, Christine M. Hooper, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 2021
Margaret Josephs, Emma House, Sarah Holden, Loz Foskett
A number of key processes lie at the heart of drama therapy, illustrating how the healing potential of drama and play is realised through drama therapy. These include dramatic projection, therapeutic performance process, embodiment (dramatising the body, playing and transformation).
The Developmental Method in Drama Therapy
Published in Susan L. Sandel, David Read Johnson, Waiting at the Gate: Creativity and Hope in the Nursing Home, 2014
Overall, this session followed a developmental progression which I have described in a previous paper (1982a). The level of structure began at a very high level and slowly decreased to allow for more spontaneous expression and control by group members. The level of complexity of the exercises increased from unison group activities to role-plays with differentiated roles, to highly complex improvisations in which people shifted roles. The developmental level of me media moved from pure sound and movements, to images, then verbal role-plays, discussion, and finally improvisations in which pure sounds, images, and words were interspersed. The interpersonal demand of the activities increased from low levels to intense contact and interaction, and the expression of affect began at a humorous, superficial level and moved to more intense and distressing affects. The anxieties aroused in the key transition points at the beginning and end of the session were contained by group rituals, and familiar group events (like me Magic Box) were used to structure more intense parts of die session. Thus, drama therapy serves a differentiating function by simplifying and concretizing feeling states and interpersonal relationships. Group members become more able to identify and structure aspects of their experience, which increases their sense of personal control as well as their capacity to verbalize.
Tele-Drama Therapy with Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Field Training Project
Published in Clinical Gerontologist, 2023
Drama therapy is a form of active psychotherapy that involves the intentional use of drama and theater to achieve psychological growth and change (Emunah & Johnson, 2021; Feniger-Schaal & Orkibi, 2019). Drama therapy encompasses a wide variety of approaches and drama-based interventions, such as imagination-based techniques, role-playing, improvisation, and dramatic projection through the use of objects, metaphors, puppets and text (Bailey, 2007). Drama therapy methods can be positioned along a developmental continuum that has three stages (Holmwood, 2021; Jennings, 1998). The first stage is termed embodiment and includes techniques that focus on sensorial work with the body. The second stage is termed projection which includes techniques that focus on playful creative processes with external objects such as pictures, stories, the visual arts, and writing. The last stage is dramatic role-play, which includes techniques that invite both client and therapist to take on dramatic roles.