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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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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
Be part of new editions of Drama as Therapy and Supervision of Dramatherapy
Posted On: 23 October 2025
The authorial and editorial teams Drama as therapy and Dramatherapy supervision invite dramatherapists to take part in a European Focus Group as part of worldwide focus group research to facilitate the voices of practitioners reflecting on how they go about their working practice.
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Transform your artistic practice at the 25th International Physical Theatre Laboratory
Posted On: 23 October 2025
Transform your artistic practice through intensive physical training & global exchange at the International Physical Theatre Laboratory (IPTL 2025) coming up this December (13th to 22nd) in Austria.
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Join the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Creative Health for a Neighbourhood Health and Creative Health Roundtable
Posted On: 23 October 2025
Monday 17th November 2-4pm, streamed live from Westminister. At this roundtable speakers will consider the opportunities and barriers to integrating creative health into Neighbourhood Health.
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Call for evidence: Inform the NHS 10 Year Workforce Plan by 7th November
Posted On: 16 October 2025
Dr Adrian Whittington is urging members of the National Psychological Professions Workforce Stakeholder Group to respond to the government's call for evidence to inform the development of the NHS 10 Year Workforce Plan. Submissions are due by 7 November 2025, ahead of the next stakeholder meeting. (Applies to England)
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Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival
Posted On: 16 October 2025
Take part in dramatherapist-led workshops and talks at this years Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival.
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Congratulations to the 2025 CAHPO Award Winners
Posted On: 14 October 2025
On AHPs Day (Tuesday 14th October) Professor Suzanne Rastrick delivered the 2025 CAHPO Awards where the following winners were announced...
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