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Drama Therapy Review - Volume 3, Issue 2, 2017
Volume 3, Issue 2, 2017
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Persona non grata: A systematic review of de-roling in drama therapy
More LessAbstractThis research examines the phenomenon of de-roling in drama therapy literature with respect to its purpose and application. A systematic review of the literature indicates that the purpose of de-roling relates to the following: transitioning away from an enactment, sharing and reflecting, letting go of a character or a negatively felt sensation, setting boundaries to create distance, and integrating to learn from and amalgamate character qualities. An exploration of the five outlined purposes reveals new ways to view de-roling therapeutically.
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From action to insight: Uses of Post-Enactment Processing in the action therapies
More LessAbstractAction therapy techniques provide vivid experiences that, in themselves, often promote therapeutic change via insight. Applicable to all action therapies, verbal Post-Enactment Processing (PEP) provides reflection, questioning and associations during the verbal discourse that may follow therapeutically guided enactments. Ways of conducting PEP to facilitate insight are described in detail through a case example drawn from Rehearsals for Growth (RfG) couples therapy.
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Core self, transformations and consciousness: Transpersonal perspectives on healing and holding in Role Method and DvT
By Gary RaucherAbstractThis article offers an appreciative examination and critique of theoretical tenets of Landy’s Role Method (RM) and Johnson’s Developmental Transformations (DvT) from the perspective of Ageless Wisdom teachings and transpersonal thought. Consciousness, viewed as a depth structure, challenges Landy’s assertion that his role system obviates the need for a core self and Johnson’s minimizing of transcendence as a resource for mitigating anxieties around ‘the instability of being’. The transpersonal construct of Higher Self is proposed as a means to extend drama therapists’ capacity to hold therapeutic space for existential or spiritual issues.
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The lost treasure of Paidia
More LessAbstractPlay is one of the main roots of drama therapy, and many of drama therapy’s therapeutic features can be found in an embryonic way in children’s play. This article is an enquiry into the deeper nature of play. It starts from the fascinating attempts of Johan Huizinga and Roger Caillois to define play, and, with an aid from William Blake’s visionary philosophy, it tries to sound out its complexity, in order to arrive to the emergent concepts of attunement and intersubjectivity, which are relevant to play, but also to drama therapy’s theory and practice.
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Rasa: Exploring the influence of Indian performance theory in drama therapy
Authors: Nisha Sajnani and Maitri GopalakrishnaAbstractThe theory and practice of rasa, as prescribed by the Nāṭyasāstra and expressed within numerous performance art traditions, offers theoretical and practical possibilities for the field of drama therapy. The authors present the concept of rasa and related concepts, describe a workshop that explored two practices inspired by the rasa system, and include feedback from participants. Further research is needed on the use of rasic approaches to increase emotional literacy, affect regulation and empathy.
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Ethnodramatherapy applied in a project focusing on relationships in the lives of adults with developmental disabilities, especially romance, intimacy and sexuality
AbstractThis article reviews a six-month, collaborative, research project, sponsored by the Centre for the Arts in Human Development at Concordia University. The study investigated how ethnodramatherapy (EDT), a new method that integrates ethnodrama with drama therapy, could help adults with developmental disabilities (DD) to explore their lived experience of human relationships, including intimacy, romance and sexuality. EDT was used to create performance-based research on relationships, while also providing a supportive and therapeutic experience to group members. Results demonstrated the empowering effects of the participants expressing their authentic voice. Responses of the audience to a post-performance questionnaire were also analysed.
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I don’t feel naked: The use of embodied supervision to examine the impact of patient clothing on clinical countertransference on an inpatient psychiatry unit
Authors: Dana George Trottier and Lisa HiltAbstractThis arts-based research study explores the impact of patient clothing on clinician countertransference in the context of an acute inpatient psychiatric unit. A drama therapy intern and drama therapy supervisor used costuming, photography and embodied supervision to reflect on the role of clothing in this context. The outcomes suggest that clothing can be considered as costumes in this context, that patient clothing does influence how clinicians feel and think about patients, and that clothing carries multiple meanings in the context of inpatient psychiatry. Embodied supervision was also useful in examining countertransference in general, increasing empathy towards patients, and illuminating the complexity within the triadic relationship of patient, therapist and supervisor.
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Systemic barriers in mental health care for LGBTQI and gender nonconforming drama therapists and clients
Authors: Mark Beauregard, Ross Stone, Nadya Trytan and Nisha SajnaniAbstractSurvey research was conducted to assess drama therapists’ attitudes and actions regarding lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex (LGBTQI) and gender nonconforming (GNC) communities. The article reports on institutional attitudes and actions as revealed through workplace documentation, available training and resources, and institutional environments experienced by drama therapists in training and in the field across the United States and Canada. Results indicate that drama therapists continue to work in predominantly heteronormative and cisgender normative spaces. They confront specific barriers to implementing supportive and affirming care for LGBTQI and GNC individuals which are especially pronounced in K-12 schools, geriatric centres and inpatient mental health settings. This also has a negative impact on LGBTQI and GNC identified drama therapists working in these environments. Mechanisms through which these realities are given a voice remain a priority and may be facilitated through ongoing research, continuing education and courageous advocacy.
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Performance Review
More LessAbstractGhosts in the classroom: Ms. B’s 4th Grade Classroom: A Performance of ALIVE, Seattle, USA (2016)
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Book Review
By Fred LandersAbstractRoutledge International Handbook of Dramatherapy, Sue Jennings and Clive Holmwood (eds) (2016) 1st ed., New York, NY: Routledge, 396 pp., ISBN: 9781138829725, h/bk, $202.80; ISBN: 9781315728537, e/bk, $192.00
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