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Dramatherapy has as its main focus the intentional use of healing aspects of drama and theatre as the therapeutic process. It is a method of working and playing that uses action methods to facilitate creativity, imagination, learning, insight and growth.
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Our Key ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓÆµ

At BADth we believe that Dramatherapy can be a powerful therapeutic force. It can facilitate and encourage creativity, imagination, learning, insight and growth. Our objectives are:

  • To promote the advancement of Dramatherapy as a profession
  • To be the representational body for dramatherapists in the UK
  • To promote, maintain, improve and advance the education of the public on the benefits of dramatherapy
  • To be an advocate for the establishment and maintenance of fair pay and conditions of service for dramatherapists
  • To forge links internationally
Latest News
Posted On: 16 October 2025
Dr Adrian Whittington is urging members of the National Psychological Professions Workforce Stakeholder Group to respond to the government's call for evidence to inform the development of the NHS 10 Year Workforce Plan. Submissions are due by 7 November 2025, ahead of the next stakeholder meeting. (Applies to England)
Posted On: 16 October 2025
Take part in dramatherapist-led workshops and talks at this years Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival.
Posted On: 14 October 2025
On AHPs Day (Tuesday 14th October) Professor Suzanne Rastrick delivered the 2025 CAHPO Awards where the following winners were announced...
Posted On: 14 October 2025
The Allied Health Professions Workforce Research Partnership are undertaking a UK-wide 'priority setting partnership' consultation to scope most important workforce areas that AHP practitioners, policy makers, professional bodies and patients think would benefit from research. Please take part in this short survey to have your say.
Posted On: 07 October 2025
The EDEN study (A Randomised-controlled Feasibility Study of Ketamine for the Treatment of Depression with Anorexia Nervosa), led by Consultant Psychiatrist and Reader in Eating Disorders, Dr Hubertus Himmerich, is the first study of its kind investigating the feasibility of oral ketamine vs placebo in people with both anorexia nervosa and major depressive disorder. Dr Himmerich and the EDEN study team, based at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, explain more about the study, and what it involves as they move into the recruitment phase.
Posted On: 02 October 2025
Take part in the latest Arts4Us study, which explores the ways in which access to arts activities can be improved for children and young people (CYP) who are at risk of, or experiencing, mental health challenges.
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