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If you’re dealing with internal struggles or conflicts, or are searching for an interactive outlet that can help you improve your life, drama therapy is a promising option to consider.

Drama therapy incorporates drama principles and activities, in addition to psychology and behavioral health techniques, to help you achieve mental health objectives.

It helps you to tap into your feelings, attitudes, and behaviors through theatre and drama-based activities. Drama therapy can include storytelling, improv, role-playing, and theater games. This is a good option for someone who is having difficulty articulating their stories, goals, feelings, and thoughts through talk therapy alone.

Whether you are located in downtown Champaign, the suburbs of Champaign, other nearby places such as Bloomington, Decatur, or anywhere else in Illinois, Mental Health Match can help you easily find an experienced therapist or counselor who best meets your needs.

Drama Therapy Benefits

Drama therapy is a proven approach. Here are some ways that drama therapy helps people:

  • Improved self-awareness and self-understanding.
  • Greater self confidence.
  • Healthy and effective interpersonal communication.
  • New coping skills.
  • More expression of emotions and feelings.

This is not an exhaustive list of drama therapy benefits.

If you are interested in learning more about Drama therapy and other forms of expressive art therapy, check out this article by Licensed Mental Health Counselor Jennifer Bishop.

Get Started with Drama Therapy Today!

A drama therapist or counselor can help tremendously, regardless of your creative skill level or social ability. And Mental Health Match is here to help you find a local therapist or counselor in minutes! Start by browsing experts below or by using our free therapist matching tool.

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Explore relationships and communication patterns. Learn how to understand and manage anxiety. And learn how to more effectively manage and express emotions.

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We all have a comfort zones where some unhealthy patterns exist. The goal is to change those unhealthy patterns in order to optimize your confidence and self worth. To decrease stress and drama in order to bring new joy and simplicity into your life.

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A blend of empathy and evidence-based techniques. Tailoring each session to your unique needs, we'll collaborate on a journey of self-discovery and healing. Together, we'll build resilience and empower you to thrive.

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Work to identify strategies and techniques that can begin to offer some relief. We will also begin to alter problematic/less functional narratives that negatively impact your life. Self-compassion is a skill that I work on with almost every client.

Something to know about my approach is:

It is my responsibility to pay attention to the big picture- noting common themes that come up. Often concerns that we have present differently across different domains (work, home, etc.) but the emotional underpinnings and impact can be similar.

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Discuss how you became the unique person that you are. We will explore tools that help you communicate both to yourself and others how you are changing. We will discuss what's important to you as you consider YOUR PAST, YOUR NOW, and YOUR FUTURE!


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Discuss how you became the unique person that you are. We will explore tools that help you communicate both to yourself and others how you are changing. We will discuss what's important to you as you consider YOUR PAST, YOUR NOW, and YOUR FUTURE!

Something to know about my approach is:

I believe that we are all experts when it comes to our own lives. What we need to move forward is not only within us, but around us in our interactions. Working with me you will uncover, reflect on, discover, and design experiences that grow you.

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