Adult Psychotherapy
Adult psychotherapy through drama therapy is an experiential and psychodynamic approach that utilizes role, symbolism, and creative means of expression to foster deeper exploration of a person’s personal history and inner processes. Unlike exclusively verbal therapy, drama therapy enables adults to approach experiences, conflicts, and emotions through symbolic representations. Within a safe therapeutic framework, the client can “try out” roles, reframe life events, and discover new perspectives on themselves.
The therapeutic process may include:
- Role-playing and enactment techniques
- Improvisation and the creation of narrative frameworks
- Symbolic use of images
This creative process allows for the processing of deeper emotions and the emergence of unconscious patterns that influence behavior and relationships.
The drama therapy approach can support adults who are experiencing:
- Anxiety, chronic stress, or psychosomatic symptoms
- Low self-esteem or difficulties with self-image
- Repetitive relational patterns
- Difficulty with decision-making or setting boundaries
- Life transitions or crises (career changes, divorce, parenthood)
- Grief or loss
- Traumatic experiences
- Feelings of emptiness or loss of meaning
The goal of psychotherapy is to enhance self-awareness and foster a deeper understanding of inner needs and conflicts. Through the experiential process, adults are invited to recognize their personal patterns, process past experiences, and develop more functional and authentic ways of being and relating. The therapeutic journey aims not only at symptom management, but also at overall personal growth and emotional maturation.
Parent Counseling
Parent counseling focuses on supporting and empowering the parental role, helping parents understand and effectively manage issues related to raising their children. Through this process, parents gain knowledge and skills that help bridge difficulties and improve overall family functioning.
What it includes:
- Understanding the child’s behavior (e.g., anger, anxiety, jealousy, school-related difficulties)
- Improving parent–child communication (active listening techniques, setting boundaries, strengthening trust)
- Guidance during challenging life phases (adolescence, divorce, loss, relocation, arrival of a new family member)
- Behavior management (e.g., aggression, defiance, excessive screen use)
- Support for the parent themselves (stress, guilt, emotional exhaustion / parental burnout)
Counseling sessions are conducted individually with one parent or jointly with both parents. It is helpful for parents to seek counseling when:
- They feel they are struggling to manage a situation
- There are intense or frequent conflicts with their child
- They wish to become calmer and more effective in their parenting role
The aim is to help parents better understand their child, improve their relationship, enhance overall family dynamics, and feel greater confidence and security in their parental role.
Adolescent Psychotherapy
(through Drama Therapy)
Adolescent psychotherapy through drama therapy is an experiential therapeutic approach that offers teenagers an alternative way of expressing themselves and exploring their inner world. By utilizing role, symbolism, and creative forms of expression, adolescents are given the opportunity to approach aspects of themselves that they often find difficult to express directly in words. Adolescence is a transitional period filled with inner exploration, emotional intensity, and changes on a personal, social, and family level.
Drama therapy creates a safe and supportive framework within which adolescents can explore issues of identity, self-image, and relationships without fear of judgment.
The therapeutic process may include:
- Role-playing and improvisation techniques
- Creation and processing of stories
- Symbolic use of objects or images
Through these experiential activities, adolescents gain greater awareness of their emotions and needs, while strengthening their ability to manage both internal and external challenges.
This approach can support adolescents who experience:
- Intense anxiety or emotional instability
- Difficulties with self-esteem and body image
- Conflicts with parents or peers
- Social withdrawal or difficulty integrating
- Academic or school-related pressure
- Experiences of loss or trauma
- Exploration of sexual identity
The therapeutic process aims to enhance self-awareness and emotional maturation. Adolescents are empowered to develop authentic ways of expression, gain deeper self-understanding, and form more functional relationships with others.
Where deemed necessary, the process is complemented by collaboration with or guidance for parents, with the goal of providing comprehensive support to the adolescent within the family environment.
Child Psychotherapy
(through Drama Therapy)
Child psychotherapy through drama therapy is a creative and experiential therapeutic approach that uses play, role, and symbolism as primary means of expression. For children, play is their natural “language.” Through drama therapy techniques, children are given the opportunity to express feelings, thoughts, and experiences that they often find difficult to articulate verbally, mainly due to their age as well as other factors.
Techniques used may include:
- Symbolic play
- Role play
- Storytelling and story creation
- Use of objects and masks
- Movement and imagination
Through these processes, children work through internal conflicts, fears, and issues related to family or social relationships in a way that is adapted to their developmental stage.
Psychotherapy through drama therapy can support children of both typical and non-typical development who are experiencing:
- Anxiety or phobias
- Difficulties regulating anger or expressing emotions
- Low self-esteem
- Difficulties in social relationships
- School-related challenges
- Grief or loss
- Changes in the family environment (e.g., divorce, relocation)
- Traumatic experiences
The goal of the therapeutic process is to strengthen emotional expression, build self-confidence, and cultivate healthy ways of coping with difficulties.
At the same time, space is provided for the child to develop communication skills, better understand their emotions, and enhance their sense of safety and stability. In collaboration with the child’s therapy, guidance is offered to parents or parent counseling is recommended, in order to provide comprehensive support for the child.
