Welcome to the website of the Czech Dramatherapy Association.
Dramatherapy can be defined as a psychotherapeutic approach, which uses theatrical means to find a wholesome balance in mental and physical field, in relationships, or to work intently on personal development.
The focus of Dramatherapy is a process associated with experiences based on the metaphor, imagination, projection, interaction and group dynamics, through which a connection of emotional, rational, sensory, and somatic planes is established.This makes Dramatherapy one of the the so-called expressive therapies.
Dramatherapy is not only focused on addressing a specific problem, but it also tries to expand insight into clients own situations and find solutions to problem areas indirectly through the game, story, role or situation or contribute to safe re-experiencing trauma.Participants of the dramatherapy sessions usually do not play roles of themselves in thein real daily situations as in psychodrama. Dramatherapy rather works on themes that appear spontaneously in the context of ongoing therapy.These themes, in conjunction with the various elements of theatre, create a “projection screen” for active elicitation of desired changes in real life without an imposed re-experiencing of trauma or creating confusing therapeutic constructs to explain the causes of the client problems.
Therapist’s role is not to be an expert on the client‘s life, but rather a facilitator eliciting fluidity and spontaneity of client’s expression, observing borders and ensuring the safety of the processes in place, often through intently applied projective roles.
