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Dramatherapy 45.1 is out now and Open Access!
Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Dramatherapy 45.1 is out now and Open Access!

Intellect is pleased to announce that Dramatherapy 45.1 is out now!

 

This marks the first issue of the journal to be published by Intellect, and the first issue to be published Diamond Open Access! 

 

For more information about the journal and issue click here>>

https://www.intellectbooks.com/dramatherapy

 

Aims & Scope

 

Dramatherapy (DJ) is an established international journal that presents the most recent developments in the field of dramatherapy theory, practice and research, and promotes the advancement of the profession worldwide. It provides a platform for dynamic dialogues with related disciplines whilst encouraging critical, open, diverse and creative thinking.

 

From 2024 onwards DJ will be published as Diamond Open Access. The journal is funded by the British Association of Dramatherapists (BADth). It will not charge APCs or submission fees, and all content can be accessed via the Intellect Discover platform free of charge.

 

Issue 45.1

 

Editorial

 

Editorial: Embarking on a quixotic journey

SALVO PITRUZZELLA AND SUSANA PENDZIK

 

Articles

 

Global therapy: Advocating for a dramatherapeutic approach to formal education

TIM PRENTKI

 

A mixed-methods evaluation of the dramatherapy Meta-Processes Model of Change

YOLANDA CALZADO GIL, AILSA PARSONS, ELEANOR KEILLER, ANDREA-MAY OLIVER, RAJITA RAJESHWAR AND JOHN ALLBUTT

 

A review of literature on the therapeutic use of drama to support communication with young autistic children

MEABH IVERS

 

‘I see them speak, I can hear their movements’: Playfulness and personal growth in playback theatre groups for older women

CHAYA WOLOSOW, SHOSHI KEISARI AND DOVRAT HAREL

 

The multidimensional grief of siblings: An exploration of story enactment in children’s hospices

GLORIA GARBUJO

 

Reflections from Practice

 

Creative mentoring: A dramatherapeutic approach to supporting university students’ well-being during COVID-19 and beyond

CHRISTIANA IORDANOU

 

The creative arts therapists on the continuum of practice within Arts in Health in the Netherlands

MARC WILLEMSEN, ANNEMARIE ABBING, SUZANNE HAEYEN, MARTINA DE WITTE AND SUSAN VAN HOOREN

 

Open dramatherapy: Embracing Open Science in the further development of our field

TOBIAS CONSTIEN

 

Creative Contribution

 

The mask and the mirror

ROBERT LANDY

 

Book Reviews

 

Arts Therapies in International Practice: Informed by Neuroscience and Research, Caroline Miller and Mariana Torkington (eds) (2022)

ABIGAIL NELSON

 

Care Aesthetics: For Artful Care and Careful Art, James Thompson (2023)

MARIANNA VOGT

 

Games for Building Secure Relationships in the Early Years, Clive Holmwood (2023)

JESSICA STURMAN

 

Dramatherapy with Elders and People with Dementia: Enabling Developmental Wellbeing, Joanna Jaaniste (2022)

MANDY CARR