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Dramatherapy has as its main focus the intentional use of healing aspects of drama and theatre as the therapeutic process. It is a method of working and playing that uses action methods to facilitate creativity, imagination, learning, insight and growth.
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Our Key ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ

At BADth we believe that Dramatherapy can be a powerful therapeutic force. It can facilitate and encourage creativity, imagination, learning, insight and growth. Our objectives are:

  • To promote the advancement of Dramatherapy as a profession
  • To be the representational body for dramatherapists in the UK
  • To promote, maintain, improve and advance the education of the public on the benefits of dramatherapy
  • To be an advocate for the establishment and maintenance of fair pay and conditions of service for dramatherapists
  • To forge links internationally
Latest News
ReSource and ReWild - upcoming retreat 27th Feb to 1st March (Somerset)
Posted On: 13 November 2025
ReSource and ReWild offers you space to restore and revitalise yourself through creativity, IFS and constellations in a safe environment
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Latest news from the Community for Allied Health Professions Research
Posted On: 13 November 2025
Sharing information and opportunities through the AHP research community.
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Take part in the Public Health Authority's stakeholder survey
Posted On: 13 November 2025
Help the PHA redevelop their website by giving your views on how you engage with it, what features and information are most valuable to you, and where you see opportunities for improvement.
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Invitation to the British Indian Allied Health Profesionals Association Roundtable
Posted On: 11 November 2025
Join the roundtable to explore a critical issue within higher education: the placement experiences of pre-registration AHP learners from a global majority.
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Spiral Creative Arts Therapies Symposium in Glasgow Mental Health Arts Week 2025
Posted On: 30 October 2025
This October Scotland-based dramatherapist Genevieve Smyth was invited to join a Symposium Panel exploring the gap between statutory and non-statutory mental health services for children and young people in Scotland, and how needs can best be met.
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Congratulations to dramatherapist Eleanor Melvin!
Posted On: 30 October 2025
BADth are thrilled to congratulate Research Committee member Eleanor Melvin (she/her) who recently became a PhD scholar with the prestigious Wellcome Trust's Mental Health & Neuroscience PhD programme for Healthcare Professionals.
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