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What I’ve learned: Kirsten Meyer, drama therapist
ArtsHub profiled Kirsten Meyer, a drama therapist with more than 18 years of experience across South Africa and Australia. She shares why creativity is a powerful therapeutic tool, why words don't always tell the whole story, and how play can be an essential part of the healing process. This profile explores how drama therapy is about creating a safe space to explore emotions through stories, movement, objects and play. By working through a character or object, people can exp
6 days ago


Stirling refugee-led drama project tells story of finding fresh Scottish start
Featured by the Scottish Daily Record, the Trojan Women Project highlights how therapeutic theatre can foster connection, belonging, and resilience for people rebuilding their lives after displacement. Bringing together refugees and asylum seekers from Ukraine, Sudan, Syria, and Afghanistan, the project uses Euripides’ The Trojan Women as a creative framework for participants to transform their own stories of survival and new beginnings into a public performance. Read more at
Jun 26


Association for Dramatherapists, Sri Lanka Affiliates with ONUR to Support Post-War Reconciliation
Dr. Ravindra Ranasinha, who represents the Sri Lanka Association for Drama Therapy on the WADth board, has been spearheading a pilot initiative to use a six part drama therapy model with officers of Sri Lanka's Office of Unity and National Reconciliation (ONUR). Their hope is that this collaboration will foster a heightened capacity for peacemaking among the officers, allowing them to hold dialogue and navigate cultural and religious complexity absolutely critical to the wide
Jun 5


How OBH Drama Therapy Supports Emotional Wellness
Caelum A'Hearn, LP, practices Drama Therapy in New York at One Brooklyn Health Interfaith Medical Center. They view the Creative arts therapies as important for overall mental and emotional health due to their accessibility, bridging of a "universal" language of art, dance, music, storytelling, drama, and play. This practitioner supports patients in exploring and defining their own healing goals while fostering relationships, community, and care. Drama Therapists, such as Cae
May 26


How Play Awakens the Inner Child in Black Indigenous African Adults
This study seeks to contribute to drama therapy practice in South Africa by emphasizing play as a vital process for self-discovery and emotional well-being. This is especially salient within a post-colonial, post-Apartheid South African context where historical traumas and socioeconomic disparities persist and challenge South African communities’ mental health. The findings suggest that play is a powerful mechanism for awakening the inner child in adults, facilitating emotion
Apr 17


Drama as Therapy: Professor Leads Theater Workshops to Benefit Immigrants
In August, Fordham Professor Fadi Skeiker, P.h.D, held a one-week applied theater workshop with Grupo de Mujeres Latinas, a support program run by the Belmont Catholic Community in the Bronx for immigrant Latina women dealing with childhood trauma, limited education, single motherhood, and other struggles. Applied theatre is a broader, often community-based practice aimed at social change, education, or activism, frequently involving non-traditional spaces and collective stor
Mar 26
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