This module provides an experiential basis for the development of the role of drama therapist. Students take part in a training group which demonstrates the process and progression of a drama therapy session from the establishment of a playful, creative environment to the development of indepth personal and interpersonal work. Throughout the module students work with key drama therapy concepts, including improvisation, role-play, role theory and projective techniques. Students are introduced to the theory and practice of psychodrama and sociometry, Moreno’s action based methods. Image seminars provide the opportunity for students to respond to a range of images and in so doing become conversant with the ways in which images (objects, music, gestures, poetry etc) relate to stories and how these in turn can generate images. Through lectures and reading students will become conversant with the historical, philosophical and cultural background to contemporary arts therapies practice.