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If you’re dealing with internal struggles or conflicts, or are searching for an interactive outlet that can help you improve your life, drama therapy is a promising option to consider.

Drama therapy incorporates drama principles and activities, in addition to psychology and behavioral health techniques, to help you achieve mental health objectives.

It helps you to tap into your feelings, attitudes, and behaviors through theatre and drama-based activities. Drama therapy can include storytelling, improv, role-playing, and theater games. This is a good option for someone who is having difficulty articulating their stories, goals, feelings, and thoughts through talk therapy alone.

Whether you are located in downtown Joplin, the suburbs of Joplin, other nearby places such as Rogers, Bentonville, or anywhere else in Missouri, Mental Health Match can help you easily find an experienced therapist or counselor who best meets your needs.

Drama Therapy Benefits

Drama therapy is a proven approach. Here are some ways that drama therapy helps people:

  • Improved self-awareness and self-understanding.
  • Greater self confidence.
  • Healthy and effective interpersonal communication.
  • New coping skills.
  • More expression of emotions and feelings.

This is not an exhaustive list of drama therapy benefits.

If you are interested in learning more about Drama therapy and other forms of expressive art therapy, check out this article by Licensed Mental Health Counselor Jennifer Bishop.

Get Started with Drama Therapy Today!

A drama therapist or counselor can help tremendously, regardless of your creative skill level or social ability. And Mental Health Match is here to help you find a local therapist or counselor in minutes! Start by browsing experts below or by using our free therapist matching tool.

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walk together and gain a deeper sense of Self. And the further we walk together, I am confident we will find a pathway to relief, healing, and wholeness.

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I like to imagine therapy as going on a walk. Along the walk we'll find some parts of ourselves who may be hurting, some parts who may be protective, and other parts who might just hold the keys to our healing.

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  • Anxiety
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Depression
  • Gender Transition
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Explore the ways we think and feel about ourselves, others, and the world. We will attempt to better understand and experience the things that give us life. And ultimately to discover who we would love to be.


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Explore the ways we think and feel about ourselves, others, and the world. We will attempt to better understand and experience the things that give us life. And ultimately to discover who we would love to be.

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I believe that we are all in the process of becoming. Sometimes that becoming looks like reigniting what used to give us life and sometimes it looks like finding new ways of being that help us to feel rooted and whole.

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  • Depression
  • Existential Issues
  • Identity
  • Relationships
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I often work to help clients change their relationship with their emotions from one of avoidance to acceptance. Using an attachment lens, I see value in attending to emotional injuries while also attending to the influence of early experiences.


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I often work to help clients change their relationship with their emotions from one of avoidance to acceptance. Using an attachment lens, I see value in attending to emotional injuries while also attending to the influence of early experiences.

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I strive to be culturally responsive in my work, and place a great emphasis on developing a strong, authentic connection with my clients. I highly value collaboration and believe treatment should ultimately be adapted for each unique individual.

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We will uncover knowledge & skills you have acquired from your lived experience (strengths) & apply them in achieving your goals. My approach is a mix of narrative therapy, mindfulness, somatic practices, polyvagal theory-based therapy, etc.


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We will uncover knowledge & skills you have acquired from your lived experience (strengths) & apply them in achieving your goals. My approach is a mix of narrative therapy, mindfulness, somatic practices, polyvagal theory-based therapy, etc.

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I guide clients on working with their autonomic nervous system, which is the base of our self-healing mechanism, rather than going against it. We would do embodying & mindfulness practices as well as talk therapy to bring about the life you hope for.

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  • Panic Attacks
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Lucie Ecker
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Focus on areas such as anxiety, depression, trauma, self-esteem, emotional regulation and awareness, and general life adjustments. I strive to create a space in which clients do not feel intimidated, but welcomed into conversation.


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Focus on areas such as anxiety, depression, trauma, self-esteem, emotional regulation and awareness, and general life adjustments. I strive to create a space in which clients do not feel intimidated, but welcomed into conversation.

Something to know about my approach is:

I work with children, adolescents, young adults, the young at heart, and the LGBTQ+ community. I utilize different therapeutic approaches best suited for each individual client, including CBT, person-centered theory, DBT, and positive psychology.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Coping Skills
  • Depressive Disorders
  • Emotional Regulation
  • Grief
  • Life Transitions
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Self-Esteem
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