Intercultural Dramatherapy: Imagination and Action at the Intersections of Difference

The first overarching work on dramatherapy intercultural practice and   research, this book explores the therapeutic encounter between   therapists and participants as an intercultural space, highlighting how   attending to cultural differences informs care.

Drawing on   international voices of practitioners and participants, each chapter   seeks to explore how social and political struggles, such as rising   global conservatism, nationalism, climate crisis, increasing   displacement and the coronavirus pandemic, are experienced in   dramatherapy. Main themes covered include the development of   intercultural good practice guidelines, therapist transparency –   especially through self-disclosure and transference issues for the   therapist – and the negotiation of power relationships across identity   differences. The book concludes with a section on recommendations for   training, supervision and practice.

A resource from which new   practice and research can emerge, this book will be valuable to   dramatherapy educators, practitioners and students, specifically those   interested in intercultural practice.