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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
Allied Health Professionals for Public Health (AHPs4PH) 
Posted On: 29 January 2026
AHPs4PH is a community of practice for AHPs interested in public health. After review, the project team will relaunch a refreshed AHPs4PH from Monday 2 February 2026.
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Developtmental Transformations training in London
Posted On: 29 January 2026
The DVT London Group, led by Eleanor Zeal, are running training and practice sessions for anyone who wants to learn Developmental Transformations.
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HCPC CPD Week 2026
Posted On: 29 January 2026
Join us at HCPC CPD Week from 3nd to 6th of March 2026.
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HCPC need your views on your newly-qualified experience
Posted On: 29 January 2026
HCPC are gathering experiences and opinions of registrants working in non-NHS settings on support received whilst being newly qualified (preceptorship). Take part in the survey here by 27th February.
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We stand with Higher Education Allied Health Professionals!
Posted On: 29 January 2026
The British Association of Dramatherapists fully supports the Royal College of Occupational Therapists' Statement of Support for Members Working in Higher Education.
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Research call - Supporting Actors and Directors: The Potential Role of Dramatherapy in Theatre Rehearsal Contexts
Posted On: 29 January 2026
ARU MA Dramatherapy student Ami Lee On Sang invites you to take part in her study exploring how dramatherapists support the creative process of actors and directors in theatre settings, and how dramatherapy might play a meaningful role within rehearsal processes.
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