About Drama Therapy India
Drama Therapy India is a platform to spread awareness, provide access to creative and inclusive services for mental health care and contribute meaningfully to the mental health landscape in the country.
Drama Therapy India is a National Association registered under the Karnataka Societies Registration Act, 1960.
Mission
To advance and support the field of Drama-Therapy in India.
Vision
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Spreading awareness about the therapeutic value of arts psychotherapies as a complementary practice or as an alternative to traditional approaches such as counseling and psychotherapy.
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Putting together efforts to encourage creative engagement with mental health.
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Conducting research and encouraging research into Eastern, particularly Indian practices in arts and arts practices and their value in creative engagement and therapy.
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Planning collective approaches to academic discourses around arts therapies and more particularly drama therapy in India.
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Exploring performance and supporting performance as practice for drama therapists and their clients.
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Offering therapeutic spaces to persons who may be keen on exploring the therapeutic spaces of drama therapy practice.
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Becoming a platform to support, supervise and represent drama therapists in India.
Communication & Advocacy
Education
Ethics
Research