ABSTRACT
Adolescence can be viewed as a time of transition from child to adulthood, where a cocktail of hormones and changes to body and mind can create anger and confusion. Although this may seem a modern problem, teenagers through the ages in different ways have shared the same fears and difficulties. In this chapter I intend to examine how Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare’s play about teenage love and family tensions, may be used in dramatherapy sessions to help reflect issues in the twenty-first century. I will examine how Shakespeare reaches out to troubled young people whose unexpressed anger may be impeding their educational and emotional development.
