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MIEMBROS COLABORADORES

Sol Guerrero president of Drama Therapy Argentina

María Sol Guerrero

President of DAr. Co-director of Diploma in Drama Therapy at the National University of Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina. Psychiatrist, pursuing her PhD in Medicine.

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DAr
Argentina Dramatherapy Association
Russya Connor

RUSSYA CONNOR, PhD, AThR (Drama)

Joanna Jaaniste, PhD, AThR (Drama)
Representante de ANZATA
Directora del Centro de Dramatherapy en Sydney. Instructor de Dramaterapia en el instituto IKON de Australia.

Australian, New Zealand and Asian Creative Arts Therapies Association
Kirsten Meyer

Kirsten Meyer, PhD, AThR (Drama)

Practitioner-researcher and supervisor, spanning South Africa and Australia. Co-founding member of Zakheni Arts Therapy Foundation. Coordinates an Australian community of practice for drama therapists. Committee member of IACAET and teaches on various courses. Currently leading a team of creative arts therapists in a community-based organisation, working with children, young people and their carers who have experienced family violence

ANZACATA
 La Asociación Profesional de Terapias Artisticas y Creativas en Australia, Nueva zelanda y Singapur
NILGUN TURKCAN ATAOGLU, PhD

NILGUN TURKCAN ATAOGLU, PhD

Registered Drama Therapist/Board Certified Trainer

Founder and Director of Creative Arts Therapy Institute in Turkey, Supervisor and Lecturer at Isik University. Turkish Creative Arts Therapies Institute. 

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YST
Turkish Creative Arts Therapies Institute
Stelios Krasanakis

Stelios Krasanakis, MD

Stelios Krasanakis M.D.
Representante de EFD
Miembro fundador y miembro del Consejo de Administración de la Federación Europea de Dramaterapia. Profesor de la Universidad Nacional y Kapodiscursiana de Atenas. Fundador y Director del programa Dramatherapia en el Instituto AEON. Miembro del Consejo de Administración de la Asociación Helénica de Psiquiatras y Presidente de la rama "Arte y Psiquiatría".

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EFD
Federación Europea de Dramaterapia. Incluyendo: Alemania, Italia, Bélgica, Reino Unido, Grecia, Rumania, República Checa, Francia, Letonia, Polonia, Suiza, Portugal, Israel (miembro asociado), Noruega, Países Bajos y Eslovenia
Majid Amraei

Majid Amraei, PhD

Chair of Iranian Psychodrama and Drama Therapy Association. Faculty at Applied Scientific and Cultural Center, Cultural Heritage University. Workshop Instructor at Allameh Tabataba'i University and Al-Zahra. Author, Director, Researcher.

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KYOOHO MOON

MOON KYOO-HO

Park Mi-ri, PhD
Representante de KDTI
Directora de investigación de KDTI.

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KADT
Instituto Coreano de Dramaterapia
Sherry Diamond

Sherry Diamond,
Esq., RDT

Two-time President of NADTA (2003-2005 & 2021-2023). Registered Drama Therapist since 1986. Former faculty in the Department of Creative Arts Therapies, Faculty of Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada. Co-founder of east village caravanserai, a non-profit theatre company based in Long Beach, California, USA. CEO & General Counsel at Santa Clara County Bar Association. Licensed California attorney specializing in nonprofit law.

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NADTA
Asociación Norteamericana de Dramaterapia
Nisha Sajnani

Nisha Sajnani, PhD, RDT-BCT

Director of the Drama Therapy Program and Theatre & Health Lab at New York University. Editor-in-Chief of Drama Therapy Review. Dr. Sajnani initiated the founding of the World Alliance of Dramatherapy. NYU Drama Therapy plays a coordinating role in facilitating the activities of the World Alliance. 

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Vasintha Pather

Vasintha Pather

A registered Drama Therapist who facilitates group and individual psychotherapy, runs a private practice, and consults as an organizational and leadership development coach internationally. She is a member of the South African Association of Jungian Analysis (SAAJA); an executive member of the South African National Arts Therapies Association (SANATA); on the steering committee of the Africa Chapter of the International Association for Creative Arts in Education & Training (IACAET); and a member of International Association for Group Psychotherapy and Group Processes (IAGP)

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SAAD
Asociación Sudafricana de Dramaterapeutas
ravindra ravasinha

Ravindra Ranasinha, PhD

Course Director of Drama Therapy Certification Program, Sri Lanka. Director of Research Centre of Dramatherapy, Sri Lanka. 

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SLADth
Sri Lanka Association for Dramatherapists
Dov Blum-Yazdi
Rinat Feniger Schaal

Dov Blum-Yazdi, PhD

Drama Therapist and Clinical Criminologist. Works at "Place to Be"; a drama and art therapies studio, Ministry of Education at Merhav program, Drama Therapy group with high school youth. Supervision and teaching in Arts Therapist training programs, University of Haifa.

Rinat Feniger-Schaal, phd

Susana Pendzik, PhD, RDT
Representante de YAHAT
Directora del Programa de Maestría del Colegio Académico Tel-Hai. Profesora de la Universidad Hebrea de Jerusalén y del Instituto de Dramaterapia de Suiza.

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YAHAT
La Asociación de Terapias a través de las Artes en Israel
Pedro Torres

Pedro Torres, MD, ICHTF

President of ANADRAS. Psychiatrist, family systems therapist, drama therapist, and psychodramatist. Professor at the University of Chile. Director and founder of EDRAS, and president and founder of TeatroSalud. 

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ANADRAS
The Chilean Dramatherapy Association
Ayeko Onoe

Akeyo Onoe,

RDT-BCT

Professor at Graduate School of Human Science at Ritsumeikan University. Lecturer at Tokyo University. Drama Therapy Education and Research Center in Japan.

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JDTI
Japan drama therapy institute
Mika Lee
Monique Wu

Mika Lee,
MA, RDT, LCAT, LCP

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Registered Drama Therapist with NADTA. New York State Licensed Creative Arts Therapist, USA

Licensed Counseling Psychologist, Taiwan. Founding Member/ Representative of Taiwan Drama Therapy Association

Yi-Chieh
(Monique) Wu

Registered Drama Therapist currently working in Taiwan. She teaches Drama Therapy at Taipei Shih Chien University,  Introduction to Drama at Tamkang University, and is a founding Member/Representative of the Taiwan Drama Therapy Association.

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TDTA
taiwan drama therapy association
Bonface Beti

bonface beti

Drama Therapy representative to the Kenya Counselling and Psychological Association, Committee member for the Cultural Humility and Diversity Committee of the NATDA, member of the board for the Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed (PTO) as well as International Expressive arts Association (EXA).

Educator at USIU-Africa in Nairobi. 

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Asociación Sudafricana de Dramaterapeutas
Drama Therapy India

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Drama Therapy India (DTI) developed initially as a peer group to build a community of drama therapists in India and take the field forward, is now a 13 member registered Association established in 2022, which aims to keep growing with more trained drama therapists in the country. As drama-therapy awaits legal recognition into the Mental Health Acts of India, DTI members are working relentlessly towards: advocacy of the field, getting legal regulations and recognition for drama-therapy practice across the country, and making drama-therapy training more accessible for Indian students. 

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SAAD
Asociación Sudafricana de Dramaterapeutas
Samah Ikram

SAMAH IKRAM

Samah Ikram, MA, RDT, LCAT, is a Pakistani-American drama therapist, and has experience working in various spaces within New York City, including hospitals, non-profit organizations, assisted living, schools and private practice. She is currently working on introducing and implementing drama therapy techniques in Lahore, Pakistan. 

Chanaphan Thammarut

Chanaphan Thammarut

Chanaphan is a registered dramatherapist and a founder of Dramatherapy Thailand Association (DTTH).  After completing her training in 2008, she has worked as a dramatherapist at mental health hospitals in Bangkok and as a course lecturer at Bangkok University. Currently,  she is registered for a research PhD, “Developing Dramatherapy Approaches for Thai Adult Patients with PTSD” at the Cambridge Institute for Music Therapy Research (CIMTR), Anglia Ruskin University (UK).

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DTTH
Dramatherapy Thailand Association
Larry Ng

Larry Ng

Dramatherapist in Hong Kong and also a registered hypnotherapist, Certified Jeremy Krauss Approach Therapist and a certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner. He has also been a playback theatre practitioner for many years.

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HKADT
Hong kong Association of Drama therapy
John Hazlett-Dickinson

John Hazlett-Dickinson 

Chair of The British Association of Dramatherapists 2013 - 2016 and 2019 - 2021. Dramatherapist and Trainer, working in the UK and Europe. 

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BADth
British Association of Drama Therapy
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