So you want my arts job: Drama Therapist

Drama therapist Anne Gollan creates safe environments for play and storytelling with both children and adults.
Drama therapist Anne Gollan.

Drama therapist Anne Gollan is passionate about the use of play and storytelling to explore and make sense of difficult emotions, for both children and young adults.

Adults’ play is just a bit more sophisticated. They use more involved storytelling and complex role-play to make sense of their experiences. A drama therapist’s job is to facilitate a safe environment for individuals to play, explore and integrate thoughts and feelings that may overwhelm them in their daily lives.

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Rochelle Siemienowicz is a Melbourne writer and editor. Her first book Fallen, a memoir was published in 2014 and her second, Double Happiness, a novel, in 2024. She has a PhD in Australian cinema and was previously a journalist at ScreenHub and ArtsHub. ou can find her on Instagram: @Rochelle_Rochelle or at Substack where she writes a fortnightly newsletter, The Fool and the Queen.