ABSTRACT
The dramatherapist will need to know something of this ordering of material but, nevertheless, should not lose the freshness of approach that comes from seeing a patient primarily as a whole person and responding to that part of personality which is not disabled. Some patients will get better, some will remain static and others will deteriorate. Prevention is further aspect of medicine that may appeal to dramatherapists. Therapists should be prepared to recognise that what to them may seem simple work and limited progress is nevertheless significant for the patient and worthwhile for themselves. Dramatherapists, in their own gatherings, frequently partake of their own medicine in order to share new skills and keep old ones alive. Some therapists feel that patient who consciously use body language and non-verbal communication are appropriate; others think that introverted people may find release.
