I recently talked about how the arts are used as therapy, and I thought that I would look into drama therapy in a bit more detail. I feel that drama therapy is a really fresh and interesting approach to mental health treatment.
The purpose of drama therapy is to help people find the right medium for them to take part in group or individual therapy to address and resolve some of their issues or make their troubles more bearable. Using drama in it's different forms helps people to explore painful and difficult life experiences through an indirect approach.
Drama therapy is used in several different settings, thus helping people with varying needs such as those suffering with mental illness and elderly people with dementia, to children that have been abused.
This video demonstrates methods of drama therapy and how it is used to explore feelings:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsPtNbNymi4
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