What is the relationship between Dramatherapy and Drama?
Dramatherapy has very ancient, historical roots in the healing rituals and dramas of various societies. The connection between drama and the psychological healing of society, though not of the individual, was first formally acknowledged by Aristotle, who was the originator of the term ‘catharsis’. Traditionally, the ability of drama to reorganise human awareness has been explained in philosophical and aesthetic terms. The relationship between theories of drama and the theory and practice of Dramatherapy is an ongoing one.
