Dit is een kwalitatief actieonderzoek waarin is onderzocht hoe het huidige dramatherapeutische groepsaanbod van GGz Centraal moest worden aanpast, om via Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) het zelfbeeld te verbeteren bij cliënten met een stemmings- of angststoornis. De hoofdvraag van dit onderzoek …

This article discusses practical research, that was realized under the supervision of children’s mental health organization ‘STERKR’. STERKR is known for its comprehensive approach and for including the child’s close environment in therapy. However, dramatherapist Smits found such an approach lacking …

Dutch secondary school pupils seldom speak the foreign language in class, citing anxiety as a primary factor (Haijma, 2013). Implementing improvisational drama techniques (IDTs), however, could help ameliorate this situation by generating positive affective reactions, such as confidence and joy, and …

This is the introduction to a special issue on media and transgression, one of early cultural studies’ key terms. It inquires into the uses of transgression as a critical concept to query contemporary media culture which is discussed in six case studies: on political satire, Mukbang, cult drama, the …

At this critical moment in time, April 2020, when we are living with the cataclysmic event of Covid-19, television – a medium declared almost dead at the beginning of this millennium – has become a vital resource for solace, daydreaming, social ritual, knowledge and storytelling. In conditions of lockdown, …

This single case study deals with individual drama therapy for pathological gamblers, in the psychosomatic rehabilitation field, with a focus on emotional regulation. The aim of the study was to find out to what extent improvisation, within drama therapy, makes a positive contribution to the nine competencies …

Survivors of father–daughter incest often suffer from complex trauma and sensory insensitivity, making it difficult to decipher the sensations in the body and experience body ownership, self-location and agency. This case study illustrates how sensory focused, Trauma-Centred Developmental Transformations …

Als change agent wil ik graag, in dit onderzoek, het onderwijs omtrent de sociaal-emotionele ontwikkeling verbeteren. Het doel van dit onderzoek is om een passende wijze te vinden die de betrokkenheid en het welbevinden van de leerlingen van de groepen 5 vergroot en hen sociaal-emotioneel vaardiger maakt, …

Voor de curriculumherziening van de Propedeuse en Hoofdfase1 van de opleiding Vaktherapie Drama is onderzoek gedaan naar de meest voorkomende doelgroepen, behandeldoelen en werkwijzen in het werkveld van dramatherapie. Dit heeft tot doel om de opleiding zo dicht mogelijk te laten aansluiten op de situatie …

In leaving the more traditional territories of the concert performance for broader societal contexts, professional musicians increasingly devise music in closer collaboration with their audience rather than present it on a stage. Although the interest for such forms of devising co-creative musicking …