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Study Course Description

Drama Therapy II

Main Study Course Information

Course Code
VPUPK_017
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine
ECTS
6.00
Target Audience
Rehabilitation
LQF
Level 7
Study Type And Form
Full-Time

Study Course Implementer

Course Supervisor
Structure Unit Manager
Structural Unit
Department of Psychology
Contacts

Riga, 16 Dzirciema Street, vppk@rsu.lv, +37167061587

About Study Course

Objective

To develop the skill to choose and use methods and techniques according to the situation and the specificity of the group of clients/patients, to provide Master’s students with an opportunity to master drama therapy methods and techniques in dealing with different groups of clients/patients, to develop the skills to apply therapeutic interventions and techniques in the therapeutic process appropriately.

Preliminary Knowledge

Professional Activity in Arts Therapy and Its Legal Basis; Evaluation Principles and Process in Arts Therapy; Personality and Development Psychology; Individual Consultancy in Arts Therapy; Drama Therapy I.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

1.Students describe and compare different branches of drama therapy and explain the peculiarities of drama therapy process organisation while dealing with various groups of clients/patients. Describe the specificity of the individual and group drama therapy process. Substantiate the choice of various drama therapy methods and techniques within the context of a group of patients. Analyse the structure of the drama therapy process.

Skills

1.Students choose and apply drama therapy methods and techniques according to the client/patient group and the goal of drama therapy, lead the drama therapy process, analyse its dynamics and interpret the results obtained, as well as draw up the minutes of the drama therapy process. They empathically reflect, adapt to the client/patient and gradually build a non-verbal relationship, provide verbal and non-verbal support to the client/patient. They discuss the approaches of drama therapy in an argumentative manner.

Competences

1.Students demonstrate the ability to choose and apply drama therapy methods and techniques according to the needs of the client/patient and the goal of drama therapy, to lead the drama therapy process individually and in a group, as well as to analyse the drama therapy process and their own professional strengths and development needs, including regular self-reflection.

Assessment

Individual work

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% from total grade
Grade
1.

Independent work

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Regular self-reflection on professional development in a diary. Independently consolidate the lecture material by reading the given sources. Literature search, selection, analysis, including current research and international databases, with the aim of understanding the specifics of drama therapy work with different groups of diagnoses and patients/clients.

2.

Independent work

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Prepare a summary using scientific literature and research on the work of drama therapy with a specific client/patient group. The summary should include a theoretical basis, drama therapy goals, as well as the methods and techniques used. The volume of the summary is approximately 800 words. At least four literature sources must be used. The work must be submitted electronically.

Examination

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% from total grade
Grade
1.

The test

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Test

Prepare a short theoretical review (how to work with a particular client/patient group) for the case selected for the lottery. Include an assessment of the client/patient's difficulties and functioning based on the diagnosis and life history, formulate the goals of drama therapy and develop a plan for 10 drama therapy sessions, justifying the choice of planned methods and techniques (session goal, theme, DT - warm-up, action and closing phase techniques with a short instruction and purpose of use, planned interventions, session duration). The volume of the work is 2000-3000 words.

2.

Examination

100.00% from total grade
10 points

Demonstration of practical work in drama therapy with two groups of clients/patients individually and in a group according to a plan, prepared in writing (70%), and the analysis of their own performance and experience (30%).

Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME
Part 1
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Drama therapy with individual psychiatric patients/clients of different ages
  1. Lecture

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2

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Drama therapy with individual psychiatric patients/clients of different ages
  1. Lecture

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2

Topics

Drama therapy with individual psychiatric patients/clients of different ages
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Drama therapy with individual psychiatric patients/clients of different ages
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Drama therapy with individual psychiatric patients/clients of different ages
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Drama therapy with individual psychiatric patients/clients of different ages
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Drama therapy with individual patients/clients of different ages in medical rehabilitation
  1. Lecture

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Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Drama therapy with individual patients/clients of different ages in medical rehabilitation
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Drama therapy with individual patients/clients of different ages in medical rehabilitation
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Drama therapy with individual patients/clients of different ages in medical rehabilitation
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Drama therapy with individual patients/clients of different ages in medical rehabilitation
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Drama therapy with individual patients/clients of different ages in medical rehabilitation
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
24 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Test (Semester)
Part 2
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Drama therapy in psychiatry with groups of patients/clients of different ages
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Drama therapy in psychiatry with groups of patients/clients of different ages
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Drama therapy in psychiatry with groups of patients/clients of different ages
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Drama therapy in psychiatry with groups of patients/clients of different ages
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Drama therapy in psychiatry with groups of patients/clients of different ages
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Drama therapy in psychiatry with groups of patients/clients of different ages
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Drama therapy with groups of patients/clients of different ages in medical rehabilitation
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Drama therapy with groups of patients/clients of different ages in medical rehabilitation
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Drama therapy with groups of patients/clients of different ages in medical rehabilitation
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Drama therapy with groups of patients/clients of different ages in medical rehabilitation
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Drama therapy with groups of patients/clients of different ages in medical rehabilitation
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

Drama therapy with groups of patients/clients of different ages in medical rehabilitation
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
24 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam

Bibliography

Required Reading

1.

Andersen-Warren, M., Graigner, R. (2000). Practical approaches to dramatherapy: the shield of Perseus, London; Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley publishers. (akceptējams izdevums)

2.

Aristotelis. (2008). Poētika. Rīga: Latvijas Valsts izdevniecība. (akceptējams izdevums)

3.

Dayton, T. (1990). Drama games: techniques for self-development. New York; Innerlook Inc. Health Communications, Incorporated. Health Communications, Incorporated (akceptējams izdevums)

4.

D.R.Johnson, S.Pendzik, S.Snow (Eds.). (2012). Assessment in dramatherapy. Charles C. Thomas Pub Ltd. (akceptējams izdevums)

5.

Dokter, D., Holoway, P., Seebohm, H. (Eds.) (2011). Dramatherapy and Destructiveness: Creating the Evidence Base, Playing with Thanatos. London: Routledge. (akceptējams izdevums)

6.

Emunah, R. (2020). Acting for Real: Drama Therapy Process, Technique, and Performance. New York: Routlegde.

7.

Jennings, S. (1998). Introduction to Dramatherapy : Theatre and Healing, Ariadne's Ball of Thread. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. (akceptējams izdevums)

8.

Jennings, S., Cattanach, A., Mitchel, S., Chesner, A., Meldrum, B. (1994). The Handbook of Dramatherapy. New York: Routledge. (akceptējams izdevums)

9.

Jones, P. (2007). Drama as therapy: theory, practice and research. London; New York: Routledge. (akceptējams izdevums)

10.

Landy, R.J. (1994). Drama Therapy: Concepts, Theories and Practices. Illinois: Springfield. (akceptējams izdevums)

11.

Langley, D. (2006). An introduction to dramatherapy. London: Sage publications. (akceptējams izdevums)

12.

Langley, D.M., Langley G.E. (1983). Dramatherapy and psychiatry. London: Croom Helm. (akceptējams izdevums)

13.

Mārtinsone, K. (Sast.) (2009). Mākslas terapija: teorija un prakse. Rīga: Drukātava. (akceptējams izdevums)

14.

Mārtinsone, K. (Red.) (2011). Mākslu terapija. Rīga: RaKa. (akceptējams izdevums)

15.

Mārtinsone, K. (Sast.) (2020). Mākslu metodes un tehnikas profesionālajā darbībā. Rīga: Drukātava.

16.

Pendzik, S.(2008). Using the 6-Key Model as an intervention tool in drama therapy. In The Arts in Psychotherapy. Vol. 35. No.5, p.349-354. (akceptējams izdevums)

17.

Pitruzzella, S. (2004). Introduction to dramatherapy: person and threshold. New York: Brunner-Routledge. (akceptējams izdevums)

18.

Pitruzzella, S. (2017). Drama, creativity, and intersubjectivity : the roots of change in dramatherapy. London: Routledge

19.

Rowe, N. (2007). Playing the Other: dramatizing personal narratives in playback theatre. London: Jessica Kingsley. (akceptējams izdevums)

20.

Sudraba, V., Mārtinsone, K. (2018). Grupu psiholoģiskā konsultēšana un psihoterapija. Rīga, Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte

Additional Reading

1.

Antiņa, I., Mežale, S. (2008). Spēles radošiem pedagogiem. Rīga: Raka.

2.

Bite, I., Mārtinsone, K., & Sudraba, V. (Sast.). (2016). Konsultēšanas un psihoterapijas teorija un prakse. Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC

3.

Booker, M. (2011). Developmental drama. Dramatherapy approaches for people with profound or severe multiple disabilities, including sensory impairment. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

4.

Cattanach, A. (1999). Process in the arts therapies. London: JessicaKingsley Publisher.

5.

David, R.J. Renee, E. (2009). Current Approaches in Drama Therapy. Charles C. Thomas Publisher.

6.

Gazda, G.M., Ginter, E.J., Horne, A.M. (2001). Group counseling and group psychotherapy. Theory and application. Allyn & Bacon.

7.

Pearson J., Smail M., Watts P. (2013). Dramatherapy with Myth and Fairytale. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

8.

Karkou, V., Sanderson, P. (2006). Arts Therapies a Research-based Map of the Field. Edinburgh: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone.

9.

Pētījumi mākslu terapijā. Mārtinsone, K. (Sast.). (2010). Rīga: Raka.

10.

Spolina, V. (1999). Teātra spēles improvizācija. Rīga: Preses nams.

11.

Mārtinsone, K., Lasmane, A., & Karpova Ā. (2016) Psiholoģijas vēsture. Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC, 544. lpp.

12.

Mārtinsone, K., Sudraba, V. (Sast.). (2016). Veselības psiholoģija. Rīga: RSU.

13.

Mārtinsone, K., Pipere, A., & Kamerāde, D. (Sast.). (2016). Pētniecība: teorija un prakse. Rīga: RaKa.

14.

Mārtinsone, K., & Mihailova, S. (Sast.). (2017). Supervīzija: teorija, pētījumi, prakse. Rīga: RSU

15.

Winbolt, B. (2011). Solution Focused Therapy for the Helping Professions. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

16.

Hoffower, K. (2017). Strength-Based Drama Therapy with Groups. [independantly published]

17.

Hooley, J.M., Butcher, J.N., Nock, M.K., Mineka, S. (2016). Abnormal Psychology (17th edition). Pearson Education Limited

18.

McWilliams, N. (2011). Psychoanalytic Diagnosis. Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process (2nd edition). NY, London: The Guilford Press

Other Information Sources

1.

Drama Review.

2.

Dramatherapy.

3.

International Journal of Arts Medicine.

4.

Narrative Inquiry.

5.

The Arts in Psychotherapy.