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Volume 36, Issue 2-3
  • ISSN: 0263-0672
  • E-ISSN: 2157-1430

Abstract

In search of effective treatment approaches, a service for adults with Asperger’s Syndrome funded two brief Dramatherapy pilots comprising individual Dramatherapy sessions for four individuals. This article records and reflects on the results of these pilots. By considering the diagnosis and reviewing the four interventions the article demonstrates that in order to work with the problems presented by Asperger’s Syndrome, work must begin with the person so as to release agency with which to approach the problem. Where this is not readily manageable for the individual, Dramatherapy’s rich resources become key to the client connecting with themselves, the therapy and their sense of agency.

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