Intercultural Dramatherapy

Ditty Dokter, PhD, has worked clinically in adult and young people’s mental health and refugee care. Academically she led two masters programmes in dramatherapy and one in dance movement therapy. Her research and publications focus on intercultural arts therapies practice, training and research. Nisha Sajnani, PhD, RDT-BCT, is the director of the graduate programme in dramatherapy and the theatre and health lab at New York University. Her body of work explores the unique ways in which aesthetic experience can inspire care, equity and collective human flourishing across the lifespan.

Part I: Framework 1. Introduction 2. Dramatherapy through an intercultural and intersectional kaleidoscope 3. Developing intercultural good practice and cultural response/ability guidelines for dramatherapists in North America and the United Kingdom Part II: Research on Culture, Identity, and Equity Issues in Dramatherapy 4. Race and racism in the clinical space 5. Troubling gender in dramatherapy 6. Stigma and desire: Sexual orientation in dramatherapy 7. Co-creating our future selves: Age and ageism 8. Seeking a higher power: Religion and spirituality in dramatherapy 9. Found in translation: The role of language in dramatherapy 10. Money matters: The influence of social class in dramatherapy 11. Borders in the therapy room? Nationality, migration and refugee experiences 12. Beyond inclusion: Dramatherapy and dis/ability Part III: Implications for Training, Supervision, and Practice 13. Decolonising dramatherapy training within and across borders 14. Illuminating intercultural considerations through supervision 15. Supporting intercultural practice 16. Conclusion