Training

Drama therapy solutions, from the creator of a nationally acclaimed drama therapy method.

Drama therapy offers tools to help express that which cannot be voiced, to get past traumas that have blocked growth, and to reach the stuck and hidden parts of ourselves that no longer serve us. Combining talk therapy with drama therapy techniques, we engage in story, theater games and role play to create new possibilities for growth in a safe and judgement-free space.

 “I have known and revered Diana Feldman’s trainings since their early days and they keep getting more powerful and valuable. I cannot recommend any opportunity more highly. Get ready to become a lot more sophisticated, aware, confident and effective.”

– Eric Booth
Author of The Everyday Work of Art: Awakening the Extraordinary in Your Daily Life
International Arts Learning Consultant
Faculty: Julliard, Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center

  • Arts educators. School therapists and mental health counselors. Youth organization staff. All can benefit from a better understanding of how trauma and unmet needs drive difficult behavior, and how the techniques of drama therapy can identify those needs and lead to improved insight and participation.

    Training programs can be customized to support your organization, guiding your staff on the use of creative drama, trauma-informed arts therapies, and theater games intervention to work effectively with groups and special populations. I provide problem-solving sessions, as well as ongoing staff supervision where desired.

  • Learning the evidence-based ENACT Method can significantly increase the ability of staff to reach your clients and help them achieve their goals.

    Specialized Theater Performances are offered, in which your clients develop a performance to help them find and express their voice around significant life issues. Clients and professional actors perform side by side.

Workshop Offerings

Examples of workshops that DramaSol offers include:

  • Understanding the Impact of Trauma on Behavior

  • Finding Meaning and Developing Resiliency 

  • Working with Our Hidden Stories: Finding the Meaning

  • Introduction to the ENACT Method

  • Creating Alliances

  • Attachment Theory

“I strongly recommend Dramasol as a model program in helping youth succeed. We hope to continue counting on you to assist us in enhancing the structures needed for preparing lifelong learners.”

W.H., High School Principal, Brooklyn

 

Organizational Clients

Among clients I have served are:

  • Alvin Ailey Dance Company

  • Bellevue Hospital

  • CUNY Creative Arts Team (CAT)

  • Kennedy Center

  • Long Island Jewish-Schneider Children’s Hospital

  • New York City Council

  • New York City Department of Education

  • NYU Drama Therapy Program

  • Safe Horizons

  • Salomon Smith Barney

  • TAP India

  • Time Warner

  • YANY

  • Young Audiences National