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USHIRIKIANO na WAWAKILISHI 

Sol Guerrero president of Drama Therapy Argentina

María Sol Guerrero

President of DAr. Co-director of Diploma in Drama Therapy at the National University of Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina. Psychiatrist, pursuing her PhD in Medicine.

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Russya Connor

RUSSYA CONNOR, PhD, AThR (Drama)

Dramatherapist, Supervisor, Trainer and Lecturer for Creative Arts Therapies. Worked over the last 15 years with Corrective Services, Indigenous communities and AOD services. Lecturer at Edith Cowan University and on staff at Murdoch University in the Graduate Diploma in Creative Arts Therapies and Universty of Melbourne. Trainer of executive leadership teams in creative thinking, and playfulness.

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Kirsten Meyer

Kirsten Meyer, PhD, AThR (Drama)

Practitioner-researcher and supervisor, spanning South Africa and Australia. Co-founding member of Zakheni Arts Therapy Foundation. Coordinates an Australian community of practice for drama therapists. Committee member of IACAET and teaches on various courses. Currently leading a team of creative arts therapists in a community-based organisation, working with children, young people and their carers who have experienced family violence

ANZACATA
 Australian, New Zealand and Asian Creative Arts Therapies Association
NILGUN TURKCAN ATAOGLU, PhD

NILGUN TURKCAN ATAOGLU, PhD

Registered Drama Therapist/Board Certified Trainer

Founder and Director of Creative Arts Therapy Institute in Turkey, Supervisor and Lecturer at Isik University. Turkish Creative Arts Therapies Institute. 

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YST
Turkish Creative Arts Therapies Institute
Stelios Krasanakis

Stelios Krasanakis, MD

Founding member and member of the board of Directors of European Federation of Dramatherapy. Lecturer in National and Kapodisrtian University of Athens. Founder and Training Director of the Dramatherapy program at Institute AEON. Member of the board of Directors of Hellenic Psychiatrist Association and President of the branch "Art and Psychiatry".

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EFD
European Federation of Dramatherapy. Including: Germany, Italy, Belgium, United Kingdom, Greece, Romania, Czech Republic, France, Latvia, Poland, Switzerland, Portugal, Israel (special member), Norway, Netherlands and Slovenia
Majid Amraei

Majid Amraei, PhD

Chair of Iranian Psychodrama and Drama Therapy Association. Faculty at Applied Scientific and Cultural Center, Cultural Heritage University. Workshop Instructor at Allameh Tabataba'i University and Al-Zahra. Author, Director, Researcher.

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KYOOHO MOON

MOON KYOO-HO

Director of KADT. Drama Therapist of the Drama therapy at Yeonjeong Neuropsychiatric Clinic. Lecturer of the Drama Therapy at Yong-in University pursuing his PhD in the Drama Therapy.

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KADT
Korean Association of Drama Therapy
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Susan Ward, RDT-BCT

First Canadian NADTA Board Member and current President. Organized several NADTA conferences and held various positions within the organization. Experienced in drama therapy with diverse populations, including children, families, and refugees. Supervises interns and teaches at Concordia University's MA program.

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ADAM STEVENS, MA, RDT

Adam D-F. Stevens (they|them), MA, RDT, is a Registered Drama Therapist (RDT) who works with queer, POC, and neurodivergent youth in transforming their loss, grief, and trauma into unapologetic, abundant joy and empowerment. Adam serves as an adjunct faculty member in the Creative Arts Therapy Programs at Antioch University in Seattle, and CUNY and Marymount Manhattan College in NYC. They are the Artistic Director for NYU’s Collideoscope Repertory Theatre Company, CRTC. Adam is a PhD candidate in NYU’s Educational Theatre Program. They sit on the Board of Directors for the North American Drama Therapy Association (NADTA) as the President Elect.

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North American Drama Therapy Association
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Nisha Sajnani, PhD, RDT-BCT

Director of the Drama Therapy Program and Theatre & Health Lab at New York University. Editor-in-Chief of Drama Therapy Review. 

Dr. Sajnani initiated the founding of the World Alliance of Dramatherapy. NYU Drama Therapy plays a coordinating role in facilitating the activities of the World Alliance. 

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Vasintha Pather

Vasintha Pather

A registered Drama Therapist who facilitates group and individual psychotherapy, runs a private practice, and consults as an organizational and leadership development coach internationally. She is a member of the South African Association of Jungian Analysis (SAAJA); an executive member of the South African National Arts Therapies Association (SANATA); on the steering committee of the Africa Chapter of the International Association for Creative Arts in Education & Training (IACAET); and a member of International Association for Group Psychotherapy and Group Processes (IAGP)

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ravindra ravasinha

Ravindra Ranasinha, PhD

Course Director of Drama Therapy Certification Program, Sri Lanka. Director of Research Centre of Dramatherapy, Sri Lanka. 

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SLADth
Sri Lanka Association for Dramatherapists
Rinat Feniger Schaal

Rinat Feniger-Schaal, phd

Director of Drama Therapy and Psychodrama MA program at the School of Creative Arts Therapies in Haifa university, Israel. MsC in psychoanalytic developmental psychology. Research fellow at the Center for the Study of Child Development, University of Haifa.  Registered Drama therapist, supervisor and psychologist.

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Dov Blum-Yazdi

Dov Blum-Yazdi, PhD

Drama Therapist and Clinical Criminologist. Works at "Place to Be"; a drama and art therapies studio, Ministry of Education at Merhav program, Drama Therapy group with high school youth. Supervision and teaching in Arts Therapist training programs, University of Haifa.

YAHAT
The Association for Arts Therapies in Israel
Pedro Torres

Pedro Torres, MD, ICHTF

President of ANADRAS.

Psychiatrist, family systems therapist, drama therapist, and psychodramatist. Professor at the University of Chile. Director and founder of EDRAS, and president and founder of TeatroSalud. 

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ANADRAS
The Chilean Dramatherapy Association
Ayeko Onoe

Akeyo Onoe, RDT-BCT

Professor at Graduate School of Human Science at Ritsumeikan University. Lecturer at Tokyo University. Drama Therapy Education and Research Center in Japan.

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JDTI
Japan drama therapy institute
Monique Wu

Yi-Chieh
(Monique) Wu

Registered Drama Therapist currently working in Taiwan. She teaches Drama Therapy at Taipei Shih Chien University, Introduction to Drama at Tamkang University, and is a founding Member/Representative of the Taiwan Drama Therapy Association.

Mika Lee

Mika Lee, MA, RDT, LCAT, LCP

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Registered Drama Therapist with NADTA.

New York State Licensed Creative Arts Therapist, USA

Licensed Counseling Psychologist, Taiwan.

Founding Member/ Representative of Taiwan Drama Therapy Association.

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TDTA
taiwan drama therapy association
Bonface Beti

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Drama Therapy representative to the Kenya Counselling and Psychological Association, Committee member for the Cultural Humility and Diversity Committee of the NATDA, member of the board for the Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed (PTO) as well as International Expressive arts Association (EXA). Educator at USIU-Africa in Nairobi. 

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KCPA
Kenya counselling and
psychological association
Drama Therapy India

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Drama Therapy India (DTI) developed initially as a peer group to build a community of drama therapists in India and take the field forward, is now a 13 member registered Association established in 2022, which aims to keep growing with more trained drama therapists in the country. As drama-therapy awaits legal recognition into the Mental Health Acts of India, DTI members are working relentlessly towards: advocacy of the field, getting legal regulations and recognition for drama-therapy practice across the country, and making drama-therapy training more accessible for Indian students. 

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Samah Ikram

SAMAH IKRAM

Samah Ikram, MA, RDT, LCAT, is a Pakistani-American drama therapist, and has experience working in various spaces within New York City, including hospitals, non-profit organizations, assisted living, schools and private practice. She is currently working on introducing and implementing drama therapy techniques in Lahore, Pakistan. 

Chanaphan Thammarut

Chanaphan Thammarut, PhD

Chanaphan is a founder of Dramatherapy Thailand Association (DTTH). She works as a registered dramatherapist, clinical supervisor and lecturer in Thailand and the UK. 

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Larry Ng

Larry Ng

Dramatherapist in Hong Kong and also a registered hypnotherapist, Certified Jeremy Krauss Approach Therapist and a certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner.

He has also been a playback theatre practitioner for many years.

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Hoi Yan Chan (STEP), RDT

Step, RDT, works as a drama therapist in Hong Kong and is the current president of the Hong Kong Association of Drama Therapy.

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HKADT
Hong kong Association of Drama therapy
John Hazlett-Dickinson

John Hazlett-Dickinson 

Chair of The British Association of Dramatherapists 2013 - 2016 and 2019 - 2021. Dramatherapist and Trainer, working in the UK and Europe. 

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British Association of Drama Therapy
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