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Dramatherapy 45.2 is out now and Open Access! Special Issue

Intellect is pleased to present Dramatherapy 45.2! The issue is Diamond Open Access and available to read via the Intellect Discover platform.

Special Issue: ‘Diasporas in Dramatherapy’

This Special Issue of the Dramatherapy journal is rooted in the Oxford Dictionary definition of diaspora, ‘any group of people who have spread or become dispersed beyond their traditional homeland or point of origin’, and how this manifest in the context of dramatherapy practice (Oxford English Dictionary 1985). This culmination of works depicts diasporas in dramatherapy in a variety of mediums, varying in their mode of delivery, poetry, digital artwork, research articles, book reviews and an interview.

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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 (volume 45), DJ has been published as Diamond Open Access. The journal is funded by the British Association of Dramatherapists (BADth). It does not charge APCs or submission fees.

Issue 45.2

Editorial

TAYLOR RONNIE GEORGE MITCHELL

Interview

A dialogue in a war zone between partners who are supposed to be enemies

AMANI MUSSA AND CHEN ALON

Articles

Limbo state of mind: Reflections from a Sesame trainee dramatherapist ‘in the wake of being Black’

VARIA WILLIAMS

Voyages of self-healing: Autobiographical therapeutic performance in the diaspora

SUSANA PENDZIK, IDALMIS GARCÍA RODRÍGUEZ, RAMÓN GUITART IGEA AND ELKE JORZYK

A ‘curious and non-defensive approach’ to working with intergenerational trauma in dramatherapy