For the Think Joy Drama Therapy Blog click HERE for articles written by Venus Lukic, MA, RP, P-RDT, about the use of Drama & Poetry Therapy in clinical practice.
This page is currently a work in progress but I wanted to share the info as I continue to work on it. I will remove this note when thats done. Thanks!
Reading and Research on Drama Therapy
Web-based articles and content on Drama Therapy
Drama Therapy: How Storytelling Can Promote Healing (2025)
By Courtney Ackerman, Mental Health Policy Researcher
What is Drama Therapy? (2024) By Katherine Rudin, LCSW
Drama Therapy: Benefits, Techniques & How It Works; GoodTherapy.org
The Strategy of the Detour: Drama Therapy with Nicolas Bézier in ART
Links for podcasts/youtube content on Drama Therapy
Drama Therapy Collective: Link to Youtube Channel
NYU Steinhardt Theatre and Health Lab: Link to Youtube Channel
Doctor Drama (Anupriya M. Banerjee): Link to Youtube Channel
The Dramatherapy Centre Sydney: Link to Youtube Channel
How Documentary ‘Procession’ Used Drama Therapy to Help Survivors of Sexual Abuse Heal (Posted by Variety): Link to Youtube video
TEDx Talks
How drama therapy can help express emotion, Anna Beck
Finding Drama Therapy and Bringing it Home, Fatma Al-Qadfan
Changing lives with drama therapy, Maitri Golpalakrishna
Drama Therapy, Funmi Cole
The power of Drama Therapy, Zeina Daccache
Academic/research articles about Drama Therapy
General Findings Articles
The Theory and Technique of Transformations in Drama Therapy (1991):
David Read Johnson, PHD, RDT in The Arts in Psychotherapy Journal
The Role of Aesthetic Distance (2025): link to article
Youth and Adolescents
Effects of Drama Therapy on child resilience in a 2021 natural disaster context (2025): link to article
Research Databases
Drama Therapy Literature Database
Article: Research trends in drama therapy:a bibliometric analysis based on Scopus, (2023); Frontiers in Psychology found in PubMed Central
Associations and organizations for Drama Therapy
North American Drama Therapy Association (NADTA)
British Association of Drama Therapists (BADth)
World Alliance of Dramatherapy
South African National Arts Therapies Association (SANATA)
The European Federation of Dramatherapy (EFD)
Swiss Professional Association DramaTherapy (ASP/SPA/SBV-DT)
Institut für Theatertherapie, (ITT)
Journals which showcase Drama Therapy
Dramatherapy (DJ)- International publication: Open Access Link Associated to BADth
The Drama Therapy Review: link
Will be open access in 2026; Associated to NADTA
The Arts in Psychotherapy – Link to Journal (some open access content)
Beyond Words; Associated to SANATA; Link to online magazine
Reading and Research on Poetry Therapy
Web-based articles and content on Poetry Therapy
The Power of Poetry Therapy: Poetry Therapy is a powerful tool to augment psychotherapy (2021); by Diana Raab, Psychology Today Online
Academic/ research articles about Poetry Therapy
Associations and organizations for Poetry Therapy
Journals which showcase Poetry Therapy
Community Resources
Toronto/GTA
Greater Ontario
Outside Ontario
Infographics
The Difference between a Drama Therapy Session and a Drama Class/ The Theatre by Venus Lukic
Other Infographics links
Art Therapies UK – LinkedIn Infographic posting
Artastherapy.ca – Art Therapy vs and Art Class
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