Drama therapy is the use of improvisation, role play, mime, music and movement, storytelling, masks theatre games and scripted drama as a therapeutic vehicle. It offers a safe, fun way to share with others; express ourselves; experiment and take risks; initiate change. It builds confidence, increases self awareness, relaxation and responsibility, and operates on a variety of levels, physical, emotional, imaginative and social. "Drama Therapy is action-oriented, aiming toward not only insight and emotional maturation, but also practical change ... Communication skills, interpersonal dynamics, and habitual responses are all actively examined in the drama therapy session. Change is not only envisioned but literally practiced" (Renee Emunah, 1994). Dramatherapy offers a special kind of Drama where the process rather than the product is the therapeutic vehicle. By providing a safe space for experiment and risk taking, Dramatherapy can initiate the possiblity of change, of different ways of being, on the journey towards wholeness. Drama therapy is an effective way of working with clients across a range of areas of need. It offers a safe, fun way to share with others and learn to express ourselves. It builds confidence, increases self awareness, relaxation and responsibility in the client Drama therapy operates on a variety of levels, physical, emotional, imaginative and social.   Drama therapist - Paula Crimmens Paula pioneered the use of drama therapy in special education in New Zealand and is the author of "Drama Therapy and Storymaking in Special Education" published by Jessica Kingsley publishers. She trained as a Sesame Movement and Drama therapist at the Central School of Speech and Drama, England, in 1988 and went on to supervise drama therapy students in their clinical placements. She has a Masters in Arts Therapies and is also the author of "Storymaking and Creative Groupwork with Older People". Paula is creative director of Interacting, a disability arts theatre company where she devises and directs original productions with actors, writers and performance artists.