For example, Maya Zbib and Omar Abi Azar of Zoukak Theater Company developed Innocent Violence with UH students in
drama therapy workshops, giving them theatrical tools of expression and providing a window into what students think.
Not exact matches
This
workshop will provide experiential and didactic information that will allow participants to experience and recognize the immediate application of
drama and play
therapy when working with parent - child dyads, multiple family members, or groups.
All these resources can be adapted to reflect different themes, ages or abilities and can be used in the classroom or
workshop setting, in verbal
therapy sessions as a starting point for conversations or to inspire art or
drama therapy exercises.
Learning Objectives of
Workshop The participant will: • Understand the history and theory of expressive
therapy and how it is used in a therapeutic setting • Understand the use of art, drama, music, writing, puppetry and other expressive modalities in psychotherapy • Learn creative interventions that can be used with a variety of therapeutic populations • Learn the role of imagination and creativity in the healing arts • Understand the limits of Expressive Therapy • Understand how expressing inner feelings by creating outward images helps in the healing
therapy and how it is used in a therapeutic setting • Understand the use of art,
drama, music, writing, puppetry and other expressive modalities in psychotherapy • Learn creative interventions that can be used with a variety of therapeutic populations • Learn the role of imagination and creativity in the healing arts • Understand the limits of Expressive
Therapy • Understand how expressing inner feelings by creating outward images helps in the healing
Therapy • Understand how expressing inner feelings by creating outward images helps in the healing process
At the end of the
workshop participants will be able to: • Explain the history and theory of expressive
therapy and how it can used in a play
therapy setting • Assess the use of art,
drama, music, writing, puppetry and other expressive modalities in play
therapy • Demonstrate at least 5 creative interventions that can be used in play
therapy • Explain the role of imagination and creativity in play
therapy • Discuss the limits of expressive
therapy in a play
therapy setting • Demonstrate how expressing inner feelings by creating outward images helps in the healing process in play
therapy
This full day
workshop would provide participants with a conceptual and experiential overview of the field of
drama therapy as well as an understanding of several key ideas such as the transitional, or «as if» space, aesthetic distance, dramatic projection, embodiment, and role that comprise this practice.