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Learn more about drama therapy

Drama therapy is a creative and experiential therapy that uses theatrical and dramatic processes to stimulate personal growth and change. It helps people explore, better understand, and accept various aspects of themselves. Through play, people can explore and expand their roles and self-images.

It's a form of psychotherapy that uses art and metaphors as communication between the person and the therapist. This makes drama therapy valuable because working with expression and the body allows people to cope with life's challenges differently. Drama therapy also offers the opportunity to process painful or unresolved experiences symbolically.

In addition to my training in drama therapy, I also completed the Psychodrama training at the School for Psychodrama in Sittard.

Psychodrama is a form of therapy in which problems are explored and worked through by re-enacting situations from the past, present, or future in the here and now, under the guidance of a "director" and with the support of the group. The scenes can be real situations or internalizations of inner processes. Roles are played by group members or represented by objects. The advantage of psychodrama is that it allows for the exploration of deeper layers of conflicts or personal problems, which provides greater insight than verbal therapy alone. The intensive interaction with others helps to bring hidden feelings and motives to the surface.

If you are interested and would like to explore whether Drama Therapy and/or Psychodrama are a suitable form of therapy for you, please feel free to contact me without obligation.

Contact

Autonomy and connection group

When: Every Wednesday, from 11:30 until 13:30, from the 25th of Februari until the 3rd of June 2026 (15 sessions).

For whom: This therapy group is meant for people who would like to learn to act more from their own values, norms and inner compass, or that experience a lack of authentic connection with peers or with themselves. If you’ve experienced rejection, exclusion or other difficulties in social interactions, and you’ve adopted coping and attachment styles that hinder you in self-direction, autonomy, making connections and experiencing pleasure in social interactions, you are welcome to learn and explore with us. Since we’ll be learning together in a group, there’ll be many chances to practice with group members around topics such as connecting authentically, asserting boundaries and being yourself around others.

Group Objective:

Strengthening Autonomy
Recognizing (unconscious) patterns in attachment and relationship formation.
Explore the thoughts, emotions and behaviors deriving from these patterns.
Expanding behavioral possibilities in interactions that contribute to increasing self direction, autonomy and connecting safely in social relationships.
Increasing assertiveness (expression of boundaries and desires).
Shaping the relationship with yourself and with others consciously and authentically

Method:

In this group, we use a dramatherapeutic approach, which means we work experience based and we express our inner world in the space and explore it. Examples could be acting out internal dialogues or using role play to practice giving feedback and expressing boundaries or desires. It's not just verbal therapy, although we will certainly reflect verbally on exercises together; dialogue is not central. Drama therapy can also involve working in smaller groups on assignments, to connect and explore topics such as the meaning of autonomy with more depth. Exercises are never mandatory; everything takes place in coordination with each other, allowing you to practice sensing and setting boundaries. Furthermore, the body has a central role within dramatherapy; through dance and movement exercises, or physical play, we provide practice in connecting with bodily signals, emotions, needs, and communication styles. Client involvement There will be a number of homework assignments that are done between group sessions. You are welcomed to share situations and dynamics that have both positive and negative effects on you and to support others in their process.

Rules:

To create a safe and good working environment there are a number of rules:

We start on time, please be there by 11:25.
If you cannot attend, please cancel your attendance in time, latest 24 hours before the session, otherwise we’ll have to send an invoice
All information you share in the group is confidential, do not share information of persons in the group with others.
We will offer some boundaries around the interactions of group members amongst each other outside of the sessions for the duration of this process. These will be discussed in the beginning of the group process.
Before starting in the group there’ll be a short intake moment with one of the group therapists, to see if the method and content of the group are fitting for your needs. In this conversation we’ll also set individual goals for the group therapy.
The group therapy should happen next to an individual treatment, so the personal topics that are coming up during the group sessions can be deepened and integrated within individual sessions.
The group trajectory includes 15 sessions, for the continuity of the group process you should be able to attend at least 13 of the 15 sessions (In case you’d like to continue longer, there’ll be a new cycle starting in January 2026).

Practical information:

Number of sessions: 15 Weekly on Wednesdays from 11:30 until 13:30,
Number of participants: min 8 - max 12
Start date: 3rd of September 2025
Location: Centrum voor vaktherapie, Elizabeth Strouvenlaan 51A (blue gate, stairs up, first floor)
Duration per session: 2 hours (with a short break in between)
Group therapists: Leonie der Kinderen and Rosa van der Poel (both dramatherapists)
Language: English

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Autonomy and connection group