Course code

KUR6086.LT

old course code

KUR6086

Course title in Estonian

Psühhodraama ja draamateraapia laste ja noortega

Course title in English

Playback Theatre, Psychodrama and Drama Therapy with Children and Adolescents

ECTS credits

4.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

The objective is to shape psychotherapeutic thinking and introduce the methods of applying narrative theatre, psychodrama and drama in the work with young people. The emphasis is on practical work and personal experience.

Brief description of the course

The opportunities of the three action methods: narrative theatre, psychodrama and drama therapy in the work with young people.The selection of topics and specific ways of dealing with them in the work with different age groups:Free improvisation and improvisation based on one’s own story.Supporting maturation through those methods.Dealing with bullying at school through drama and theatrical forms.Archetypical roles as facilitators of boys’ and girls’ development.How creative am I – a young person?The meaning of life and playing with it – to be or not to be?How to react to a bully among us?Friendship, Betrayal and Love – my story.Drugs and my world.Spontaneity and creativity – an opportunity to be a human being and develop. Psychodrama and sociodrama.Time: Space; Reality; Eternity. Four dimensions and four tools.Psychotherapy with young people. Types of theatre in the 21st century.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
Experience of being a group member, experience of helping roles. Experience of the role of a director. Ability to direct therapeutic vignettes.

Teacher

lekt Aivar Simmermann, MA

Prerequisite course 1

Psychodrama and Drama Therapy (KUR6077.LT)