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Drama Therapy II

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:9.00
Study Course Accepted:08.03.2024 15:35:02
Study Course Information
Course Code:VPUPK_017LQF level:Level 7
Credit Points:4.00ECTS:6.00
Branch of Science:Clinical Medicine; Sports Medicine and RehabilitationTarget Audience:Rehabilitation
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:Jana Duhovska
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:Department of Health Psychology and Paedagogy
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:Riga, 5 J. Asara Street, vppkatrsu[pnkts]lv, +37167061587
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)6Lecture Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Lectures12
Classes (count)6Class Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Classes12
Total Contact Hours24
Full-Time - Semester No.2
Lectures (count)6Lecture Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Lectures12
Classes (count)6Class Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Classes12
Total Contact Hours24
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
Professional Activity in Arts Therapy and Its Legal Basis; Evaluation Principles and Process in Arts Therapy; Personality and Development Psychology; Individual Consultancy in Arts Therapy; Drama Therapy I.
Objective:
To develop the skill to choose and use methods and techniques according to the situation and the specificity of the group of clients/patients, to provide Master’s students with an opportunity to master drama therapy methods and techniques in dealing with different groups of clients/patients, to develop the skills to apply therapeutic interventions and techniques in the therapeutic process appropriately.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.TopicType of ImplementationNumberVenue
1Drama therapy with individual psychiatric patients/clients of different agesLectures3.00auditorium
Classes3.00auditorium
2Drama therapy with individual patients/clients of different ages in medical rehabilitationLectures3.00auditorium
Classes3.00auditorium
3Drama therapy in psychiatry with groups of patients/clients of different agesLectures3.00auditorium
Classes3.00auditorium
4Drama therapy with groups of patients/clients of different ages in medical rehabilitationLectures3.00auditorium
Classes3.00auditorium
Assessment
Unaided Work:
Regular self-reflection on their own professional development in the diary. To independently consolidate the lecture material by reading the indicated sources. Literature search, selection, analysis, including current research and international databases, with the aim of understanding the specific nature of drama therapy with different diagnoses and patient/client groups. Individual project – to prepare, submit and present drama therapy methods and their theoretical basis for two different potential groups of clients/patients and situations. To conduct a workshop for a group of students by modelling the situations in a group of clients. To conduct an individual drama therapy session for an individual patient/client. Shooting video and analysis of the process. Analysis of their own experience.
Assessment Criteria:
Demonstration of practical work in drama therapy with two groups of clients/patients individually and in a group according to a plan, prepared in writing (70%), and the analysis of their own performance and experience (30%).
Final Examination (Full-Time):Exam
Final Examination (Part-Time):
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:Students describe and compare different branches of drama therapy and explain the peculiarities of drama therapy process organisation while dealing with various groups of clients/patients. Describe the specificity of the individual and group drama therapy process. Substantiate the choice of various drama therapy methods and techniques within the context of a group of patients. Analyse the structure of the drama therapy process.
Skills:Can choose drama therapy methods and techniques appropriately for different groups of clients/patients and the aim of drama therapy and use them in a therapeutic situation, can partially execute protocols. Apply drama therapy methods and techniques in accordance with the aim of drama therapy, manage the drama therapy process, analyse the dynamics of drama therapy and interpret the results obtained. Reflect empathetically, adapt to the client/patient and gradually form non-verbal relationship, give the client/patient verbal and non-verbal support. Discuss the drama therapy approaches in an argued manner.
Competencies:Experience in the selection of drama therapy methods and techniques, in the management of the drama therapy process in groups and individually. The student demonstrates the ability to analyse drama therapy process, the strengths and weaknesses of their own collaboration with the patient, have experience in self-reflection.
Bibliography
No.Reference
Required Reading
1Andersen-Warren, M., Graigner, R. (2000). Practical approaches to dramatherapy: the shield of Perseus, London; Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley publishers. (akceptējams izdevums)
2Aristotelis. (2008). Poētika. Rīga: Latvijas Valsts izdevniecība. (akceptējams izdevums)
3Dayton, T. (1990). Drama games: techniques for self-development. New York; Innerlook Inc. Health Communications, Incorporated. Health Communications, Incorporated (akceptējams izdevums)
4D.R.Johnson, S.Pendzik, S.Snow (Eds.). (2012). Assessment in dramatherapy. Charles C. Thomas Pub Ltd. (akceptējams izdevums)
5Dokter, D., Holoway, P., Seebohm, H. (Eds.) (2011). Dramatherapy and Destructiveness: Creating the Evidence Base, Playing with Thanatos. London: Routledge. (akceptējams izdevums)
6Emunah, R. (2020). Acting for Real: Drama Therapy Process, Technique, and Performance. New York: Routlegde.
7Jennings, S. (1998). Introduction to Dramatherapy : Theatre and Healing, Ariadne's Ball of Thread. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. (akceptējams izdevums)
8Jennings, S., Cattanach, A., Mitchel, S., Chesner, A., Meldrum, B. (1994). The Handbook of Dramatherapy. New York: Routledge. (akceptējams izdevums)
9Jones, P. (2007). Drama as therapy: theory, practice and research. London; New York: Routledge. (akceptējams izdevums)
10Landy, R.J. (1994). Drama Therapy: Concepts, Theories and Practices. Illinois: Springfield. (akceptējams izdevums)
11Langley, D. (2006). An introduction to dramatherapy. London: Sage publications. (akceptējams izdevums)
12Langley, D.M., Langley G.E. (1983). Dramatherapy and psychiatry. London: Croom Helm. (akceptējams izdevums)
13Mārtinsone, K. (Sast.) (2009). Mākslas terapija: teorija un prakse. Rīga: Drukātava. (akceptējams izdevums)
14Mārtinsone, K. (Red.) (2011). Mākslu terapija. Rīga: RaKa. (akceptējams izdevums)
15Mārtinsone, K. (Sast.) (2020). Mākslu metodes un tehnikas profesionālajā darbībā. Rīga: Drukātava.
16Pendzik, S.(2008). Using the 6-Key Model as an intervention tool in drama therapy. In The Arts in Psychotherapy. Vol. 35. No.5, p.349-354. (akceptējams izdevums)
17Pitruzzella, S. (2004). Introduction to dramatherapy: person and threshold. New York: Brunner-Routledge. (akceptējams izdevums)
18Pitruzzella, S. (2017). Drama, creativity, and intersubjectivity : the roots of change in dramatherapy. London: Routledge
19Rowe, N. (2007). Playing the Other: dramatizing personal narratives in playback theatre. London: Jessica Kingsley. (akceptējams izdevums)
20Sudraba, V., Mārtinsone, K. (2018). Grupu psiholoģiskā konsultēšana un psihoterapija. Rīga, Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte
Additional Reading
1Antiņa, I., Mežale, S. (2008). Spēles radošiem pedagogiem. Rīga: Raka.
2Bite, I., Mārtinsone, K., & Sudraba, V. (Sast.). (2016). Konsultēšanas un psihoterapijas teorija un prakse. Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC
3Booker, M. (2011). Developmental drama. Dramatherapy approaches for people with profound or severe multiple disabilities, including sensory impairment. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
4Cattanach, A. (1999). Process in the arts therapies. London: JessicaKingsley Publisher.
5David, R.J. Renee, E. (2009). Current Approaches in Drama Therapy. Charles C. Thomas Publisher.
6Gazda, G.M., Ginter, E.J., Horne, A.M. (2001). Group counseling and group psychotherapy. Theory and application. Allyn & Bacon.
7Pearson J., Smail M., Watts P. (2013). Dramatherapy with Myth and Fairytale. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
8Karkou, V., Sanderson, P. (2006). Arts Therapies a Research-based Map of the Field. Edinburgh: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone.
9Pētījumi mākslu terapijā. Mārtinsone, K. (Sast.). (2010). Rīga: Raka.
10Spolina, V. (1999). Teātra spēles improvizācija. Rīga: Preses nams.
11Mārtinsone, K., Lasmane, A., & Karpova Ā. (2016) Psiholoģijas vēsture. Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC, 544. lpp.
12Mārtinsone, K., Sudraba, V. (Sast.). (2016). Veselības psiholoģija. Rīga: RSU.
13Mārtinsone, K., Pipere, A., & Kamerāde, D. (Sast.). (2016). Pētniecība: teorija un prakse. Rīga: RaKa.
14Mārtinsone, K., & Mihailova, S. (Sast.). (2017). Supervīzija: teorija, pētījumi, prakse. Rīga: RSU
15Winbolt, B. (2011). Solution Focused Therapy for the Helping Professions. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
16Hoffower, K. (2017). Strength-Based Drama Therapy with Groups. [independantly published]
17Hooley, J.M., Butcher, J.N., Nock, M.K., Mineka, S. (2016). Abnormal Psychology (17th edition). Pearson Education Limited
18McWilliams, N. (2011). Psychoanalytic Diagnosis. Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process (2nd edition). NY, London: The Guilford Press
Other Information Sources
1Drama Review.
2Dramatherapy.
3International Journal of Arts Medicine.
4Narrative Inquiry.
5The Arts in Psychotherapy.