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What happens in dramatherapy?
The dramatherapist works with groups or individuals over a number of
weeks for sessions lasting between forty minutes and one and a half hours.
Each session usually consists of a ‘warm up’ phase, which develops into an
‘active exploration’ of areas that are problematic for the people taking part,
followed by a ‘closure’. The kind of problems which can be dealt with and
the form of the sessions are extremely varied. Dramatherapy takes place
within clear boundaries, which protect the therapeutic space. Dramatherapists
use a variety of media such as puppets, music, movement and
dance, interactive games, story telling and enactment.

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