ABSTRACT
The last century also saw the rise and further rise of the status of psychology
and various forms of psychological theories and therapies; thus we have, for
example:
• Psychoanalysis • Educational psychology
• Psychotherapy • Cognitive-behavioural therapy
• Psychosynthesis • Neuropsychology
• Analytic psychotherapy • Social psychology
• Group psychotherapy • Applied psychology
• Child psychology • Developmental psychology
• Counselling psychology • Child psychoanalysis
• Couple (formerly marital) • Clinical psychology
psychotherapy • Humanistic psychology
• Cognitive analytic therapy
Where is the hapless arts worker to stand in all this? Since the State
Registration of dramatherapists (and other arts therapists), practitioners are
a little nervous: are they attempting to ‘do’ dramatherapy? Provided that it
is not named as such, is that all right? Because with State Registration comes
‘protection of title’ and now no-one can use the title ‘dramatherapist’ or
refer to what they do as ‘dramatherapy’, unless they have followed an
approved course and are on the register of the Health Professions Council
(HPC). We have to call what we do something else! Hence my idea for the
title of this book: Creative Play and Drama with Adults at Risk.
