How OBH Drama Therapy Supports Emotional Wellness

4 days ago
1 min read

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 Caelum, use drama therapy to facilitate the exploration and reconstruction of personal narratives through creative expression, helping people make sense of their experiences, and find meaning in their journeys.

A'Hearn, Caelum. (2026, March 27). How OBH Drama Therapy Supports Emotional Wellness. Ourtimepress.com. https://ourtimepress.com/how-obh-drama-therapy-supports-emotional-wellness/.

Comments

Child Smile - Therapeutic Theatre in Gaza

SINGAPORE: ANZACATA Member Wins Award

Our First Global Forum

USA: CollideOscope Repertory Theatre Company presents Free Play: Open Source Scripts Towards an Anti

UK: The power of play and drama for the Covid-19 generation

USA: Drama therapy as powerful tool for helping people living with cancer or in recovery

International Drama Therapy Week 2020

USA: Nisha Sajnani- The art of creating amid a global catastrophe

SOUTH AFRICA: Drama Therapy During COVID-19: A Call to Digital Adventure

Canada: Meeting in COVID-19: A Drama Therapeutic Processing of Isolation

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

4 days ago

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

Effects of Drama Therapy on Depressive Symptoms, Attention, and Quality of Life in Patients With Dementia

This randomized controlled trial examined the effects of drama therapy on depressive symptoms, attention, and quality of life in patients with senile dementia. Researchers observed significant improvement just 8 weeks through the program and sustained improvement at the 12-week mark. The authors hope that the findings of this study provide a reference for the intervention method, content, frequency, and timing of drama therapy in patients with dementia. Lin, L.-W., Lui Y.-H.,

Mar 21

Crossing Borders - Affinity Group for Creative Arts Therapy Professionals and Students

Mar 9

Child Smile - Therapeutic Theatre in Gaza

During the earliest days of the war, alongside the first waves of displacement, a therapeutic theatre team was driven by one central question: "How can we help restore a sense of safety, expression, and joy for children living through extreme disruption and fear?" From this need, the Ibtesamat Tifl (Child Smile) initiative began working directly in the field, reaching children where they were and creating safe, warm spaces grounded in play, drawing, storytelling, and emotiona

Mar 6

SELECT LANGUAGE

ENGLISH

中文

ESPAÑOL

한국어

فارسی

FRANÇAIS

NEDERLANDS

עברית‎

عربى

DEUTSCHE

World Alliance

of

Dramatherapy

How OBH Drama Therapy Supports Emotional Wellness

Comments

Featured Posts

Child Smile - Therapeutic Theatre in Gaza

SINGAPORE: ANZACATA Member Wins Award

Our First Global Forum

USA: CollideOscope Repertory Theatre Company presents Free Play: Open Source Scripts Towards an Anti

UK: The power of play and drama for the Covid-19 generation

USA: Drama therapy as powerful tool for helping people living with cancer or in recovery

International Drama Therapy Week 2020

USA: Nisha Sajnani- The art of creating amid a global catastrophe

SOUTH AFRICA: Drama Therapy During COVID-19: A Call to Digital Adventure

Canada: Meeting in COVID-19: A Drama Therapeutic Processing of Isolation

Recent Posts

How OBH Drama Therapy Supports Emotional Wellness

How Play Awakens the Inner Child in Black Indigenous African Adults

Drama as Therapy: Professor Leads Theater Workshops to Benefit Immigrants

Effects of Drama Therapy on Depressive Symptoms, Attention, and Quality of Life in Patients With Dementia

Crossing Borders - Affinity Group for Creative Arts Therapy Professionals and Students

Child Smile - Therapeutic Theatre in Gaza

Search By Tags