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Drama Therapy 101, Part 5: The Healing Power of Rituals in Drama Therapy

During this holiday season, you have probably engaged in many rituals without even thinking about it. You participated in holiday rituals if you did any of the following: celebrated one or more holidays, decorated your home with holiday objects, ate traditional holiday foods, gathered with family and friends to celebrate holidays, attended religious services, exchanged …

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Drama Therapy 101, Part 4: Strengthening the Mind and Body Connection through Embodiment

Have you noticed that when you feel happy you feel present in your body and experience pleasurable feelings in it? Have you also noticed that when you feel upset you feel disconnected from your body or experience unpleasant feelings in it (e.g. nausea, tension, pain, sweating, or heaviness)? The first sentence describes the idea of …

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Drama Therapy 101, Part 3: The Theory I Love So Much that I Can Hardly CONTAIN Myself!

Have you ever felt so overwhelmed with sadness or frustration that you could not speak due to fearing you’d start crying uncontrollably? Have you ever been so angry that you feel you cannot stop cursing or yelling when speaking? Or have you ever felt so anxious that you simply could not find words to express …

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