Welcome to BADth

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 Objectives

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

The Dundee Rep celebrates 30 years of Dramatherapy

Posted On: 08 October 2024

Dundee Rep and Scottish Dance Theatre is proud to celebrate the 30th anniversary of its groundbreaking Dramatherapy service, a unique offering that has provided vital mental health and wellbeing support to thousands of individuals across Tayside and beyond since its inception in 1994.

NHSE Commission - August Update

Posted On: 09 September 2024

This is a current, exciting NHS England (NHSE) Commission to support and develop Art, Drama, and Music Therapy for the future. BADth are collaborating with BAMT and BAAT on three significant projects to increase awareness and knowledge of our professions, design a modern and inclusive curriculum for our trainees and enhance career progression. Read the latest commission updates here.

Call for submissions: Special Issue on Neuroscience, the Arts, and Therapy

Posted On: 09 September 2024

We are pleased to invite you to contribute to a Special Issue of “The Arts in Psychotherapy” journal titled "Neuroscience, the Arts, and Therapy: From Therapeutic Factors to Mechanisms of Change."

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