The Parallel Process - Dramatherapy sessions with an older non-verbal client. Issue 3 (December 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sweet, Rosie
• Is Part Of: Dramatherapy. Volume 40:Issue 3(2019)
• Page Start: 115
• Page End: 121
• Publication Date: 2019-12
• Subjects: Dramatherapy -- non-verbal -- parallel process -- role theory; Drama -- Therapeutic use -- Periodicals; 616.89152305
• DOI: 10.1177/0263067220916140
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0263-0672

Abstract

An article outlining a case study examining a parallel process travelled by a dramatherapist and stroke victim. With all therapeutic relationships we embark on a journey with our client. This article examines just such a journey, one where the therapist and client moved together in a parallel process. These dramatherapy sessions were conducted with an older, non-verbal stroke victim and examine how the therapist experienced the transference changing through the therapy. This article explores work with a non-verbal individual with limited motor ability and how as dramatherapists we communicate with these individuals to create a therapeutic relationship and therefore meaningful therapeutic work.