UBKKDBK046 Dramatherapy

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
MgA. Hana Volkmerová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
MgA. Mgr. Gabriela Ženatá (lecturer)
MgA. Mgr. Gabriela Ženatá (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
MgA. Hana Volkmerová, Ph.D.
Institute of The Czech Language and Library Science – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
In the course, students will learn about the basics of the field of drama therapy and its contexts of origin and development. They acquire a basic awareness of concepts and terms related to the field. They will also become familiar with the broader anchoring in the field of art therapy and its components. The teaching will include a visit to one or two teaching drama therapy lessons in one of the facilities selected by the teacher. These will be lessons that are focused on art therapy or are drama therapy with specific groups of people.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to the issues of art therapy and drama therapy.
  • 2. Art therapy in the narrower sense of the word. Drawing and its analysis.
  • 3. Dramatherapy – historical contexts of the emergence of the field. Industry personalities.
  • 4. Terratherapy, music therapy, dance therapy...
  • 5. Puppet therapy – drama therapy lessons with puppets (structure, rituals, lecturers, space...).
  • 6. Drama therapy clients (terms: person with special needs, person with mental disability, person with physical disability, person with combined disabilities, ADHD, ASD...).
  • 7. Dramatherapy and theater therapy - connections and differences.
  • 8. Art therapy festivals.
  • 9. Attending a drama therapy or puppet therapy lesson in practice 1.
  • 10. Reflection of the lesson.
  • 11. Attending a drama therapy lesson or puppet therapy in practice 2.
  • 12. Reflection of the lesson.
  • 13. Joint discussion on subject topics. Formulation of drama therapy principles.
Literature
    required literature
  • VALENTA, M. Dramaterapie. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2011.
  • JENNINGSOVÁ, S. Úvod do dramaterapie. Divadlo a léčba. Adrianina nit. Praha: Asociace dramaterapeutů České republiky v Nakladatelství Jalna, 2014.
  • VOLKMEROVÁ, H. a kol. Loutka jako nástroj vzdělávání. Ostrava: THeatr ludem, 2014.
  • ŠICKOVÁ-FABRICI, J. Základy arteterapie. Praha: Portál, 2016.
  • VALENTA, M. – POLÍNEK, D. Dramaterapie a teatroterapie. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2013.
    recommended literature
  • UŽDIL, J. Čáry, klikyháky, paňáci a auta. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství (Edice Odborná literatura pro učitele), 1980.
  • MAJZLANOVÁ, K. Dramatoterapia v liečebnej pedagogike. Bratislava: IRIS, 2004. I
  • POLSTER, E. – POLSTER, M. Integrovaná gestalt terapie. Boskovice: Františe Šalé – ALBERT ve spolupráci se Sdružením Podané ruce Brno, 2000.
  • BERNIER M. – O´HARE J. Puppetry in Educatiuon and Therapy. Unlocking Doors to the Mind and Heart. USA, Indiana, Bloomington: Authorhouse 200
  • MACHKOVÁ, E. Metodika dramatické výchovy. Praha: Sdružení pro tvořivou dramatiku, 2007.
Teaching methods
Lecture, seminar.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 4p+4s/sem.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Summer 2025, recent)
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