Welcome to BADth

Dramatherapy has as its main focus the intentional use of healing aspects of drama and theatre as the therapeutic process. It is a method of working and playing that uses action methods to facilitate creativity, imagination, learning, insight and growth.
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Our Key Objectives

At BADth we believe that Dramatherapy can be a powerful therapeutic force. It can facilitate and encourage creativity, imagination, learning, insight and growth. Our objectives are:

  • To promote the advancement of Dramatherapy as a profession
  • To be the representational body for dramatherapists in the UK
  • To promote, maintain, improve and advance the education of the public on the benefits of dramatherapy
  • To be an advocate for the establishment and maintenance of fair pay and conditions of service for dramatherapists
  • To forge links internationally
Latest News
Posted On: 08 January 2025
The impact report of the UK Allied Health Professionals (AHP) Public Health Strategic Framework (2019-2024) demonstrates the significant progress made by the AHP community to embed public health into practice. The 2019-24 UK AHP Public Health Strategic Framework was the first example of a collaborative four nation professional approach to public health for allied health professionals. It was developed by the UK nations and the AHP professional bodies to provide a vision and plan to develop the AHP role in public health, build on the evidence base, and embed the principles of public health across the AHP workforce. Our vision for the 2019-2024 strategy was for AHPs to improve population health; public health to be a core element of all AHP roles; and the impact of AHPs on the population’s health and reducing health inequalities to be increasingly recognised.
Posted On: 12 December 2024
Christmas message from our chair with information on how to save tax on BADth membership fees in January.
Posted On: 12 December 2024
BADth and the AHPf have both submitted organisational responses to the NHS 10 Year Plan Consultation. You are invited to submit an individual response here: Project: Start here | Change NHS We encourage our members to highlight the following points when writing their response:
Posted On: 12 December 2024
We would love to hear from people who have re-joined the HCPC Register after time away. From overcoming hardships to re-finding their professional calling, their ‘return to practice’ stories are often moving, the best thing about them? They inspire others.
Posted On: 12 December 2024
We invite you to submit original works to be considered for the upcoming general issue of the Dramatherapy Journal. The journal encourages contributions by both practitioners and scholars, from diverse approaches and schools of thought in dramatherapy. We welcome submissions from allied disciplines, such as theatre and performance, arts therapies, psychology, anthropology, philosophy, cognitive science, and literature, that are relevant to dramatherapy and can shed new light on understanding its deep processes. We welcome a range of contributions, including:
Posted On: 12 December 2024
We're seeking 2-3 trainees or recently qualified Dramatherapists to feature in our film, "I Want to Make a Difference." Share your story and discuss how Dramatherapy supports mental health. Project Details: Filming Date: Wednesday, 22nd January 2025 (approx. 1 hour) Location: London (venue TBC) Fee: Voluntary, travel expenses covered Application Deadline: Monday, 16th December 2024 How to Apply: Complete the application form.
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