Drama therapy is the use of theatre techniques to facilitate personal growth and promote mental health.[1] Drama therapy is used in a wide variety of settings, including hospitals, schools, mental health centers, prisons, and businesses. Drama therapy, as a modality of the creative arts therapies,[2] exists in many forms and can apply to individuals, couples, families, and various groups.[3]
^Loretta Gallo-Lopez, Lawrence C. C. Rubin -Play-Based Interventions for Children and Adolescents on the ... 2012- Page 100 "An overview of drama therapy is provided next, along with support for the use of drama therapy with children with ASd."
^Jeffrey A. Kottler and David S. Shepard, Introduction to Counseling: Voices from the Field, 2010, Page 179: "Frequently the use of expressive therapy is not theoretically isolated but occurs as an adjunct to other theoretical modalities."
^Malchiodi, Cathy A. (2003), Expressive Therapies, New York: Guilford, ISBN1-59385-379-3