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Drama Therapy: Creative Techniques in Counseling

CE Hours 1

About this live event

This workshop introduces participants to drama therapy, the intentional use of drama and theater processes to achieve therapeutic goals and its application within group and individual counseling settings. Participants will develop a foundational understanding of drama therapy as a clinical discipline, including its professional standards, credentialing requirements, and relationship to the broader counseling and behavioral health field. The workshop will examine core drama therapy concepts, including aesthetic distance, permission, externalization, and playfulness, and explore how these principles support therapeutic engagement, expression, insight, and processing. Participants will be introduced to Emunah’s Integrative Five-Phase Model and examine how its structured therapeutic arc can inform the development and facilitation of experiential interventions.

Learning Objectives

  • Define drama therapy and identify the professional standards and requirements (NADTA, RDT) and be able to locate drama therapists within a broader professional counseling context.
  • Describe at least three core clinical concepts of drama therapy (e.g., aesthetic distance, permission, externalization, playfulness).
  • Identify the five phases of Emunah's Integrative Five-Phase Model and describe how this arc structure can inform effective experiential intervention.
  • Describe at least one experiential drama therapy technique (e.g., warm-up, role sculpt, ritual closure).
  • Evaluate how drama therapy concepts and techniques can be adapted or integrated into non-drama-therapy clinical practice, including individual therapy and other group modalities.

Target Audience

This educational activity is intended for behavioral health professionals, including Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, and MFT's.

Agenda

11:30-12:00pm – Networking and lunch

12:00-1:00pm - Drama Therapy CE

1:00- 1:15pm - Q&A

1:15- 1:30pm- Tour of Elevated Growth Collective

Live event Instructor(s)

  • Sarah Rodgers, LMFT, RDT, SEP

    Sarah Rodgers, LMFT, RDT, SEP, is the owner of Creative Counseling Nashville, PLLC, where she integrates drama therapy and other creative arts approaches into her clinical work. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, a Registered Drama Therapist through the North American Drama Therapy Association (NADTA), and a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. Sarah has presented on drama therapy and creative counseling techniques in various clinical and educational settings, including at Vanderbilt University. Clinically, Sarah currently focuses her client work on trauma, particularly complex and relational trauma, people-pleasing, and narcissistic injury. She is also the co-founder of Experience Therapy Group, a group practice in Nashville focused on experiential therapy, and an AAMFT Approved Supervisor.

Disclosure

DISCLOSURE OF RELEVANT FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIPS CE Learning Systems adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Medical Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity ― including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others ― are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (formerly known as commercial interests). The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by this activity’s planners, faculty, and the reviewer: PLANNERS AND REVIEWER The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships. FACULTY The faculty of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

CE Process Info

Each professional is responsible for the individual requirements as stipulated by his/her licensing agency. Please contact your individual licensing board/regulatory agency to review continuing education requirements for licensure renewal. Please note: You must attend "live" (in real-time) for the duration of the training to earn CE credits.

After the event, you will receive access to your evaluation and continuing education certificate via a personalized "attendee dashboard" link, hosted on the CE-Go website. This link will be sent to the email account you used to register for the event.

Upon accessing the CE-Go "attendee dashboard", you will be able to:

  • Complete evaluation forms for the event
  • Download your continuing education certificate in a PDF format

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the CE-Go platform, please contact CE-Go at 888-498-5578 or by email at support@ce-go.com Please Note: Emails for this event will come from "support@ceactivities.com".

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  • Joint Accreditation

    Joint Accreditation (JA)

    In support of improving patient care, CE Learning Systems is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

  • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.

  • New York Education Department's State Board for Social Work (NYEDSW)

    CE Learning Systems, LLC  (d/b/a impactce.com) is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers. #0060.

  • New York Education Department for Licensed Mental Health Counselors (NYSEDLMHC)

    CE Learning Systems, LLC  (d/b/a impactce.com) is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0072.

  • New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology (NYEDPSY)

    CE Learning Systems, LLC  (d/b/a impactce.com) is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists. #PSY-0016.

  • New York Education Department's State Board for Marriage and Family Therapy (NYEDMFT)

    CE Learning Systems, LLC  (d/b/a impactce.com) is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Marriage and Family Therapy as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists. #MFT-0045.

CELS Grievance Policy

If a grievance arises pertaining to continuing education activities or processes, please contact Tyler Gibson via confidential email to tyler@celearningsystems.com as soon as possible, so that the nature of the concern may be addressed in a timely fashion.
Drama Therapy: Creative Techniques in Counseling
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  • CE Hours
    1
  • Type
    In-Person Event
  • Location
    Elevated Growth Collective Conference Room (53 Century Blvd, Suite 100, Nashville, TN 37214)
  • Date
    Fri Oct 23rd, 2026
  • Time
    11:30am - 01:30pm CDT
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