North American Drama Therapy Association

Happy Juneteenth! The NADTA wishes you a day of reflection, remembrance, and revolution! #BlackLivesMatter #NADTA #dramatherapy

Next Thursday, June 25th at 8p, EST/5pm PST, the NADTA Cultural Humility, Equity, & Diversity Committee presents…
Black Lives Matter Virtual Protest
Join us and support Black drama therapists and allied professionals as we gather in a call to action to demand and be active in social change. We are proud to share that this call will be facilitated by a collective of mostly Black clinicians, as we work to center and raise their voices in our community. All community members, family, friends, and colleagues are encouraged to join this movement! Demands and action steps will be addressed, and together we will become a community that consistently stands on the front line for social justice. The call has been offered. Will you answer?
#BlackLivesMatter #NADTA #DramaTherapistsAgainstWhiteSupremacy #DTAWS #SayTheirNames #NoJusticeNoPeace #DramaTherapy #CreativeArtsTherapy

The NADTA Student Committee continues its online initiative to connect with student members with a call for LGBTQ+ identified students. Join members of the committee and share thoughts about the queer experience in drama therapy educational programs.

*Please note this is a closed call for queer identified students only*

Jun 28, 2020 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Zoom information was emailed to student members! You can also reach out to [email protected]

#NADTA #dramatherapy #NADTAStudents #dramatherapystudents

The NADTA is your professional home and exists to protect and promote the profession of drama therapy.

Perhaps you have already made use of the extended 90-day grace period due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

We encourage you to take a moment to renew your membership before the late fees are implemented on August 1, 2020.

The process is simple: visit www.nadta.org today and click on “Renew Online” under the membership button.

You may also renew by mail or call us to renew by phone. Any questions regarding renewal, please contact our toll-free number (888) 416-7167.

This is your professional community. We value your membership and look forward to serving you during this unprecedented period of upheaval and change.

COVID-19 had caused immeasurable upheaval and stress for all of us, but in a particular way for our students in MA and AT programs, as well as our BCTs and educators!

The NADTA Education Chair worked with educators to develop new and interim policies to address many of the concerns of our students working towards their graduation and RDT requirements as well as their education guides!

An email with this information was sent to educators and students earlier this month, and to all members on Monday.

The policy changes can also be found here: https://www.nadta.org/education-and-credentialing/education-policy-changes.html

We're here for you and proud of you!
#NADTA #DramaTherapy #NADTABoardBusiness #NADTAStudents #DramaTherapyStudents

Tired and deeply grateful. We laid it all on the table for you this weekend!

Stay tuned for actionable items coming out of our time together- and thank you to those of you who joined us for our public forum this morning! Watch it on our page and soon on our YouTube channel!

NADTA Spring 2020 Board Meeting is a wrap!

#NADTA #NADTABoardBusiness
#dramatherapy #dramatherapists

Happening now: NADTA Spring Board Meeting Public Forum!
Join us on Zoom using the login information emailed to you! We are also live on Facebook and will post the replay to our YouTube Channel!

#NADTA #NADTABoardBusiness #dramatherapy #DramaTherapists

Drama Therapy Review

This week’s article highlight by Amir Atsmon and Susana Pendzik examines the clinical use of digital resources in contemporary drama therapy by interviewing seven leading practitioners from around the world. Interviewees commented on the therapeutic, dramatic, relational and ethical significance and impact of these practices, as well as on the ongoing digitization of society at large and its effects on their practice. Follow the link to read, “The clinical use of digital resources in drama therapy: An exploratory study of well-established practitioners”. Drama Therapy Review is free for members of the North American Drama Therapy Association or may be available through your library.

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Your #NADTA Board is bringing all of their energy, dedication, passion, and playfulness to the unique circumstances of the Spring 2020 Board Meetings via Zoom! We hope you'll join us for the Public Forum on Sunday at 1pm EST/10am PST!

Check your email for Zoom information, and it will also be live streamed on our page, and posted to our YouTube Channel!

#NADTABoardBusiness #dramatherapy #DramaTherapists

Please see your email for the important statement:
NADTA CHEDC Position Statement: The Disregard for Black Life in America

created by your Cultural Humility, Equity, & Diversity Committee and ratified by your Board of Directors.

It will be linked on our website and included with the many other CHEDC Position statements created over the last several years.

#NADTA #dramatherapy #dramatherapists #dramatherapistsagainstwhitesupremacy #DTAWS #CHEDC #Blacklivesmatter

North American Drama Therapy Association Cultural Humility, Equity, & Diversity
Position Statement and Call to Action:
BLACK LIVES MATTER

The North American Drama Therapy Association (NADTA) and the Cultural Humility, Equity, & Diversity Committee (CHEDC) recognize and take a strong stance against the historic and systemic injustices, as well as the senseless murders of Black people at the hands of police. As a community we are deeply hurting and grieving right now. It is imperative that we bring attention to the ways in which the Black community continues to experience collective trauma.

To our Black community members: we see you. The NADTA and CHEDC stand outraged and heartbroken with you. This is a modern-day lynching and we are in dire need of radical, systematic, and foundational change, and we pledge to stand on the frontlines of this movement. The NADTA wishes to stand alongside its Black committee members and all Black members. (Continued in statement)

NADTA Spring Board Meeting Public Forum

Sunday, June 7, 2020
7am-7:45am Hawaiian
10am-10:45am Pacific
11am-11:45am Mountain
12pm-12:45pm Central
1pm-1:45pm Eastern

We would like to welcome our members to join us for a portion of the weekend of our meetings!
This is an opportunity to meet your board of directors, to speak with us directly, and drop in and say hello.

Join the Zoom Meeting using the information emailed out to members (Limited to the first 100 participants)

We will be recording the meeting to post on our YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/DramaTherapyChannel

We will also be streaming the meeting live on our page: https://www.facebook.com/NADTA.Dramatherapy/

We look forward to meeting with you!
Your NADTA Board of Directors

The NADTA HBCU Initiative, CHEDC Chair, and Membership Chair have aligned their energies, concerns, and have put together some immediate resources to share with our NADTA community during this unprecedented time in history.

Please see your email for a list of resources for self care especially for people of color, as well as resources for support and solidarity in anti-racism work.

We send our support and compassion to everyone during this time and hope that these few resources will be useful in some way.

CHEDC will be providing a formal statement with extensive resources shortly.

Thank you.
In Solidarity,
The HBCU Initiative/NADTA Education Chair, CHEDC Chair and Committee, and NADTA Membership Chair

Resources for Self-Care

Tips for Black People Who Are Struggling with this Very Painful Week:
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/g5pgmq/self-care-tips-for-black-people-struggling-from-painful-week

Self-Care for People of Color after Psychological Trauma:
http://www.justjasmineblog.com/blog-1/self-care-for-people-of-color-after-emotional-and-psychological-trauma/?fbclid=IwAR3E5BuMcuUIHvNehkbJI-GZAWM72M10Dm88r_AmruzDdM8jUbAA1ibChOQ


Resources for Offering Support and Solidarity

Resources for Engaging in Anti-Racism Work:
https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/1BRlF2_zhNe86SGgHa6-VlBO-QgirITwCTugSfKie5Fs/mobilebasic?fbclid=IwAR2MxhJ3_dyZPsLQol6qKj3z-3ON1hrcX0fpduHjkD4sNYLp7E-_6fXO1oo&mc_cid=0357f59ce7&mc_eid=1b23dd942b

Your Black Colleagues May Look Like They’re Okay – Chances are They’re Not:
https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/05/9841376/black-trauma-george-floyd-dear-white-people?fbclid=IwAR0WBKGqQuE0nPMV8pkA6mzJBbRswlywm-4_Ur5b9vXD150NYTCloGxrzRg

Affirming Black Lives Without Inducing Trauma:
https://www.tolerance.org/the-moment/may-8-2020-affirming-black-lives-without-inducing-trauma?fbclid=IwAR276l4wLsnNCsPdoVl_FjPN-ZTjsPv4t-D9vXwroEGmvDlQi9aOuI7mnP0https://ucla.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8a7550edf8f4ebab280dede78&id=637526b7f1&e=1b23dd942b

Calling all members to revive and return to the DRAMA THERAPISTS AGAINST WHITE SUPREMACY CAMPAIGN.

The Drama Therapists Against White Supremacy Campaign addresses police brutality and white supremacy that is killing Black people, men, women, and gender diverse individuals. Racism exists in all social aspects of life, internalized within our communities, families, and within ourselves.  Join the three-years old Drama Therapists Against White Supremacy Campaign and revive it, add to it, make it relevant for today! It is our collective response/ability to stand with our Black communities, members, and clients. It is nothing less than a matter of life and death. 

Find spaces and resources for Black, Indigenous and people of color to connect and support each other;

Address the white supremacy in your institutions; 

Make your practice more culturally response/able.

ACT NOW 

#NADTA #dramatherapy #DramaTherapists #creativeartstherapy #creativeartstherapies #dramatherapistsagainstwhitesupremacy #DTAWS #BlackLivesMatter

Public Forum Test

Testing the public forum live stream! Hello NADTA Members!

The NADTA stands with our Black Members, Black Clients, and all Black Folx... Now and always!

#BlackOutTuesday #DramaTherapistsAgainstWhiteSupremacy

These are the faces of the NADTA Cultural Humility, Equity, & Diversity Committee. We are here to create spaces for inclusion. We are here to create spaces for change. We are here to support growth within the drama therapy community. We are here in service of you. We are your advocates. We are ready to get messy and dive into the challenges that we face as clinicians, artists, and human beings. 

Please reach out to [email protected] with ANY questions, comments or concerns.

#DramaTherapistsAgainstWhiteSupremacy #DramaTherapy #NADTACHEDC #NADTA #SocialJustice

What do you do when your job requires personal contact? These Oaklanders got creative — Berkeleyside

A therapist, photographer and hairstylist have innovated to continue their practice in quarantine.

berkeleyside.com A therapist, photographer and hairstylist have innovated to continue their practice in quarantine.

The Canadian Region includes all the provinces of Canada.

Canadian Region: Marleigh Chapman, MA, CCC, RDT, [email protected]

https://www.facebook.com/NADTA.CanadianRegion/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1806338049583897/

@NADTA.CanadianRegion

#Followfriday #NADTA #Dramatherapy #dramatherapists #easternregion #centralregion #westernregion #canadianregion #membership #RDT #BCT

The Western Region includes the following U.S. States: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming.

Western Region: Danielle Levanas, MA, LCAT, RDT, [email protected]

https://www.facebook.com/NADTA.WesternRegion/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/762470597171819/

@NADTA.WesternRegion

#Followfriday #NADTA #Dramatherapy #dramatherapists #easternregion #centralregion #westernregion #canadianregion #membership #RDT #BCT

The Central Region includes the following U.S. States: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin.

Central Region: Nina Garcia, LPC Intern, RDT, CCTP, [email protected]

https://www.facebook.com/NADTA.CentralRegion/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/819432794826434/

@NADTA.Central Region

#Followfriday #NADTA #Dramatherapy #dramatherapists #easternregion #centralregion #westernregion #canadianregion #membership #RDT #BCT

The Eastern Region includes the following U.S. States: Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia.
Eastern Region: Craig Flickinger, MA, LCAT, RDT, [email protected]

https://www.facebook.com/NADTA.EasternRegion/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2181311348795625/

@NADTA.EasternRegion

#Followfriday #NADTA #Dramatherapy #dramatherapists #easternregion #centralregion #westernregion #canadianregion #membership #RDT #BCT

On Wednesday, we shared about the Drama Therapy Mapping Tool for finding BCTs across North America and internationally. But do you know how to connect with other drama therapists and drama-therapists-to-be in your area? 

The NADTA is divided into 4 regions: Eastern, Central, Western, and Canadian. Each region has a page, a Facebook Group, and an Instagram (Tri-State folks may notice that the old Tri-State Instagram has a new identity!). Each region also has an amazing Regional Representative, who is your first and best contact and support in your area! 

Check out the profiles to follow this #FollowFriday, and use them to connect with others in your area who are passionate about the field of drama therapy!

#NADTA #Dramatherapy #dramatherapists #easternregion #centralregion #westernregion #canadianregion #membership #RDT #BCT

We've gotten a lot of questions about the awesome new Drama Therapy Mapping Tool: https://dramatherapymapping.squarespace.com/, created by Membership Chair Lucy McLellan, and her team, so we wanted to provide a bit more information!

1. At this time, the map only covers BCTs. It was a huge undertaking to create, so it was necessary to begin with a subset of our membership! We hope that by listing our BCTs it would also support students and those interested in pursuing the Alternative Training track to find trainers to support them on their journey!

2. We hope in the future to expand this tool! If you are interested in supporting this effort, you can email Lucy at [email protected], to be added to a committee!

3. If you are an RDT that is interested in having your private practice listed on Find a Drama Therapist, you can complete the form here: https://www.nadta.org/what-is-drama-therapy/find-a-drama-therapist/frequently-asked-questions.html and email it to [email protected] 

Stay tuned for more information about ways to connect with other drama therapists near you!

#NADTA #Dramatherapy #dramatherapists #boardcertifiedtrainers #BCTs #membership

#nadtaboardbusiness
#workinghard

[05/05/20]   This Thursday, May 7 at 8pm EST/5pm PST the Cultural Humility, Equity, & Diversity Committee presents:

The Covid-19 Pandemic Series Part 2 of 2: Showing Up Incomplete During the Covid-19 Pandemic, An Essential Hero's Journey

Covid-19 has much of the world sheltering in place, though many of us in our roles as drama therapists are finding ourselves in the journey of the essential worker.

Join drama therapists Mallory Minerson (MA, RDT, CCC, LPN), Carlos Rodriguez-Perez (MA, RDT/BCT, LCAT), and Craig Flickinger (MA, RDT, LCAT) on behalf of The NATDA Cultural Humility, Equity, & Diversity Committee (CHEDC), as they offer space to model and share our current experience of the hero's or essential worker's journey, acknowledging that they are incomplete.

We invite you to bring your own roles, guides, and obstacles to share in a collective destination.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87155114427?pwd=VEpEendJMVlaYVU2enNHZ01Pa2N1UT09

Zoom Meeting ID: 871 5511 4427
Password: 372512

#NADTA #dramatherapy #herosjourney #essentialworkers #covidcoping

Drama Therapy Review

Special Call for Reflective Essays on COVID-19 & Drama Therapy for Drama Therapy Review

COVID-19 has changed many of our lives and the ways in which we work as drama therapists. We are interested in highlighting your responses to these times as part of our community's knowledge base. How has the pandemic altered the way you are living, practicing, supervising, teaching, and researching? What challenges have arisen and what new creative learnings have come from these times? What are you noticing when translating drama therapy concepts, processes, approaches and techniques into teleheath? What about drama therapy seems possible to transfer and what seems challenging? How are you thinking about creating safety or a creative container with clients online? What have you noticed about systemic inequities and the impact on mental health and the provision of care including drama therapy? How has your self care practice transformed during this time?

You are invited to submit a brief self-reflexive essay or commentary between 1500-2000 words on the impact of COVID-19 on your work as a drama therapist. Essays will go through an accelerated review process and a selection will be considered for publication. Submissions are due June 1, 2020.

Please submit your essay or any questions to Drama Therapy Review at: [email protected]
General Guidelines for submissions can be found: https://www.intellectbooks.com/drama-therapy-review