Developmental Approaches in Drama Therapy
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Drama therapy, like other creative arts therapies, has attracted a number of different conceptual frameworks which have been used to organize complex clinical material and to provide theoretical coherence to relatively uncharted psychological territory. These frameworks, nearly all imported from outside the creative arts themselves, include psychoanalytic theory, gestalt therapy, developmental psychology, existential thought, and Jungian analysis. Each of these perspectives has contributed greatly toward a fuller understanding of the therapeutic functions of drama and action. This paper will elucidate the outlines of a developmental approach to drama therapy, and attempt to show how both drama and development are intimately linked to the concept of transformation: the flexible alteration of self in response to the ever-changing world about one. The writer will first describe the developmental paradigm and then examine five basic developmental processes which bring some measure of coherence to the theory and technique of drama therapy. These five processes will be illustrated by specific clinical examples. Finally, the writer will discuss how a developmental approach aids in the evaluation of specific techniques for specific populations.
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