dramatherapy week2020

 

The Secretary General of the Drama Therapy Association of Iran, referring to the holding of a video conference of the World Drama Therapy Association and explaining the issues raised in it, announced the opening of two new drama therapy centers in Iran.

Majid Amraei, General Secretary of the Iranian Drama Therapy Association, told Mehr about the World Drama Therapy Association's plan to hold the World Drama Therapy Week in the context of the Corona virus outbreak: July 29, 2020, was attended by representatives from 15 countries. In this meeting, after presenting the reports of the founding members of the union, including Iran, the acute coronary conditions and the condition of the drama therapy centers were discussed.

He said that the World Drama Therapy Association was established with 10 members, including Iran, and currently continues its activities with 60 members, adding: In this meeting, with the introduction of representatives of Japan, Kenya and Taiwan, the number of members of the World Drama Therapy Association to 60 countries Receipt.
Amraei continued his speech: "Also in this meeting, the solutions of dramatherapists to face the new coronary condition and distance learning trainings in digital drama were discussed and the issue of digital drama therapy was considered and examined." In this meeting, which was set up by videoconference method, a report on the activities of the Iranian Drama Therapy Association, workshops, provincial agencies and virtual methods of drama therapy training was presented.

The founding member of the World Drama Therapy Association said about the time of holding the World Drama Therapy Week this year: with the approval of the members, it was decided that the World Drama Therapy Week will be held from October 18 to 25, 2020, coinciding with mehr 27 to Aban 4 ,1399
In the end, the General Secretary of the Iranian Drama Therapy Association reminded about the activities of this association in the country: "We are preparing for and planning to hold the World Drama Therapy Week in Iran, while we are going to open two new centers in East Azerbaijan and Mazandaran." If the conditions were right, the opening would be in person and otherwise via video conference.

Digital Art Therapy

***Digital art therapy refers to new arts that have been created with the aim of treatment and rehabilitation and using new digital technology and inspired by the techniques, methods and functions of art and psychology.

Digital art therapy is a combination therapy.

In digital art therapy, non-attendance therapies are considered.

Digital art therapy helps people with problems in absentia to find new solutions to their problems.

Digital art therapy generally uses the capacities of many arts.

Potential applications and benefits of digital technology in the practice of digital art therapy, including the use of animation, collage, performing arts, motion arts, visual arts (film) and photography, optical and color arts, fine arts, and design and graphics, etc.(amraei 2019)

***Features of "Digital Drama Therapy" 1) In "digital drama therapy", text and plays are not used. The text is just an idea.

2) In "Digital Drama Therapy", "improvisation" and "improvisation" are two important points.

3) There is no face-to-face communication in "Digital Drama Therapy".

4) In "Digital Drama Therapy", the scene is diverse and in the sense of identifying the theatrical space, that is, any place and any time.

5) "Digital drama therapy" is a combination therapy, a combination of all the arts, that is, the cinematic and television visual capacities can be used, and even painting, photography and other arts.

6) "Digital Drama Therapy" is a kind of simultaneous assembly of words, action, movement, sound, image and color and graphics.

7) In "Digital Drama Therapy" you can also have a virtual spectator.

8) In "digital drama therapy", the performance is similar to "play reading" sessions.

9) In "digital drama therapy", environmental activation is considered important.

10) In "Digital Drama Therapy" familiarity with digital language is vital.

11) "Drama Therapist" can also be used in "Digital Drama Therapy".

12) In "Digital Drama Therapy" is a distance learning program and virtual.

13) In "digital drama therapy", verbal, musical and motor elements have a combined identity.

14) "Digital Drama Therapy" is a therapeutic, adjunctive and sometimes continuous therapy that starts with "pre-test" and ends with "post-test".

15) In "digital drama therapy" time, place and subject may not be aligned.

16) In "digital drama therapy" it is important to be in the moment and now.

17) In "digital drama therapy", "imagination" is considered an important element.

18) In "Digital Drama Therapy", instant creativity provides an opportunity to cultivate and innovate.

19) "Digital Drama Therapy" is an easy, inexpensive and cost-effective process.

20) In "digital drama therapy" there are no time and space restrictions.

21) In "digital drama therapy" we have no language restrictions and body language is very important.

22) "Digital Drama Therapy" is an "episodic" drama.

23) In "Digital Drama Therapy", "reality" and "dream" are mixed.

24) There is no possible harm of face-to-face treatment in "digital drama therapy".

25) In "digital drama therapy", "family-centered approaches" and "cognitive behavior" have a great impact on correcting clients' problems.