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Empirical Research Considerations in Drama Therapy: A Response Essay

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This essay responds to Sajnani’s chapter and forwards the dialogue by discussing empirical research considerations in the profession of drama therapy. The CoActive Therapeutic Theater model is presented as a potential viable form of how drama therapy is being manualized which would allow for the work to be replicated and studied through quantitative measurements.

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  1. Division of Expressive Therapies, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Laura L. Wood

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  1. Chair of Psychiatry, Department of Neurosciences/DIMSC, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

    Umberto Volpe

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Wood, L.L. (2021). Empirical Research Considerations in Drama Therapy: A Response Essay. In: Volpe, U. (eds) Arts Therapies in Psychiatric Rehabilitation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76208-7_21

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