Transforming Paper into a Therapeutic Drama Stage: A Case Study of a Chinese Primary Student on the Use of Drawing in a Drama Counseling Model

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Creative Arts Educ Ther (2023) 9(2):164–179 DOI: 10.15212/CAET/2023/9/12

Transforming Paper into a Therapeutic Drama Stage: A Case Study of a Chinese Primary Student on the Use of Drawing in a Drama Counseling Model

Abstract

This article presents a case study of how drawing paper can be integrated into a therapeutic drama stage. It will propose drawing in drama counseling as a new model of integral drama-based pedagogy. The article illustrates the connection of drawing, drama, and counseling. The model was developed by the author using the methods of integral drama-based pedagogy to counsel a Chinese primary school student who was angry about rejection and exclusion by his classmates. The study demonstrates how the student could use drawing paper to become his drama stage and how a student acted out a drama by drawing on that paper stage. The case study describes a method that could lead to a new therapeutic model in individual mental health counseling allowing for emotional catharsis, expression, and release. The article especially discusses the drawing in drama counseling model from Wu-wei of the Chinese culture.

Keywords: drawing in drama counseling, integral drama-based pedagogy, embodied emotion, emotional catharsis, drawing, Chinese culture, Wu-wei

摘要

本文介绍了一个关于如何将画纸融入疗愈性戏剧舞台的案例研究，指出绘画戏剧咨询是整合性教育戏剧的一种新模式，并阐述了绘画、戏剧和咨询之间的联系。该模型是作者在辅导一名受同伴拒斥而感到愤怒的中国小学生时，利用整合性教育戏剧的方法时发展出来的。本研究展示了该学生如何将画纸作为他的戏剧舞台、如何通过在这个纸质舞台用绘画来表演戏剧。案例研究描述了这种可以用于个体心理健康咨询的新疗愈模式方法，情绪在这个过程中得以宣泄、表达和释放。文章最后还特别从中国文化中之“无为”思想角度讨论了戏剧绘画辅导模式。

关键词： 戏剧绘画辅导, 整合性教育戏剧, 具身情绪, 情感宣泄, 绘画,中国文化, 无为