MIEMBROS COLABORADORES
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.
RUSSYA CONNOR, PhD, AThR (Drama)
Joanna Jaaniste, PhD, AThR (Drama)
Representante de ANZATA
Directora del Centro de Dramatherapy en Sydney. Instructor de Dramaterapia en el instituto IKON de Australia.
ANZACATA
La Asociación Profesional de Terapias Artisticas y Creativas en Australia, Nueva zelanda y Singapur
Stelios Krasanakis, MD
Stelios Krasanakis M.D.
Representante de EFD
Miembro fundador y miembro del Consejo de Administración de la Federación Europea de Dramaterapia. Profesor de la Universidad Nacional y Kapodiscursiana de Atenas. Fundador y Director del programa Dramatherapia en el Instituto AEON. Miembro del Consejo de Administración de la Asociación Helénica de Psiquiatras y Presidente de la rama "Arte y Psiquiatría".
EFD
Federación Europea de Dramaterapia. Incluyendo: Alemania, Italia, Bélgica, Reino Unido, Grecia, Rumania, República Checa, Francia, Letonia, Polonia, Suiza, Portugal, Israel (miembro asociado), Noruega, Países Bajos y Eslovenia
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.
MOON KYOO-HO
Park Mi-ri, PhD
Representante de KDTI
Directora de investigación de KDTI.
KADT
Instituto Coreano de Dramaterapia
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Chyela Rowe, PhD, RDT/BCT
Chyela Rowe, Ph.D, RDT/BCT (she/her) is the 2025-2027 President for the North American Drama Therapy Association. Her previous board service includes President-Elect (2024-2025), Education Chair (2023-2024), and member of the research committee since 2018. She has been an international member of BADth since 2022. Her professional work has spanned nearly three decades in settings such as schools, medical and mental health hospitals, neuro-rehab, arts communities, arts in health, research, leadership coaching, organizational consulting, and graduate research training. She is currently the Manager of Arts Therapies & Well-Being at CommonSpirit Memorial Hospital, Chattanooga, TN, US. Dr. Rowe's goal as a leader of the NADTA is to support economic stability, inclusive governance, and succession planning in service of sustainable organizational flourishing. This work is guided by the Board’s vision for the NADTA to foster professional growth and continued learning that honors the cultures, therapeutic skills, artistry, research, scholarship, and humanity of every member.
NADTA
Asociación Norteamericana de Dramaterapia
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.
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)
Ravindra Ranasinha, PhD
Course Director of Drama Therapy Certification Program, Sri Lanka. Director of Research Centre of Dramatherapy, Sri Lanka.
SLADth
Sri Lanka Association for Dramatherapists
Rinat Feniger-Schaal, phd
Susana Pendzik, PhD, RDT
Representante de YAHAT
Directora del Programa de Maestría del Colegio Académico Tel-Hai. Profesora de la Universidad Hebrea de Jerusalén y del Instituto de Dramaterapia de Suiza.
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
La Asociación de Terapias a través de las Artes en Israel
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
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.
JDTI
Japan drama therapy institute
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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, 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.
TDTA
taiwan drama therapy association
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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.
drama-therapy india
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.
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.
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
Francesca McInally
Francesca (she/her) is an Executive Director for the British Association of Dramatherapists. As a Registered Dramatherapist, she works with adults in the NHS community and inpatient services and with students with severe learning difficulties at a SEND high school. She works extensively with personality disorders and is interested in the intersectionality of trauma, neurodiversity and diagnosis.
