You’ve been looking to boost your self-awareness, confidence, emotional expression, stress management, and creative problem-solving skills, but didn’t know where to start? We got you covered!

Drama Therapy turns creativity into growth: by using drama, stories, and role-play, you can practice new behaviors, gain self-knowledge, manage stress, and take active steps toward personal change, all in a safe, supportive environment.

In the framework of the Continuing Learning Program, IESAV is offering you the opportunity to join Zeina Daccache, Drama Therapist and Board Certified Trainer in the DRAMA THERAPY FOR PERSONAL GROWTH workshop.

About the Workshop

Description: Drama Therapy is the intentional use of drama and/or theater processes to achieve therapeutic goals. It combines the aims and techniques of drama/theater with those of psychotherapy, allowing for an active role in healing the self in a safe environment. Drama Therapy uses play, stories, role play, performance and other creative arts to create new behaviors, new meanings and new choices for the participants. Behavior change, skill-building, stress relief and personal growth can be achieved through Drama Therapy.   In this workshop Participants will: - Learn about Drama Therapy - Deepen their self-knowledge. - Identify desired change and take steps (using creative processes) towards integrating change. - Expand their internal role repertoire and practice new roles and desired behaviors in a supportive environment.

Instructor’s biography: Zeina Daccache, BA in Theater Studies, MA in Clinical Psychology, Registered Drama Therapist and Board Certified Trainer with the North American Drama Therapy Association - NADTA, USA. She is the founder and Executive Director of Catharsis - Lebanese Center for Drama Therapy (since 2007) and works as a drama therapist, play director and documentary film maker in different settings. She has been implementing Drama Therapy processes in Lebanon and the Middle East since 2006. She is recipient of many awards given for her distinguished contributions to the field of social initiatives and services.

Duration: 18 hours (3x6hr sessions)  

Dates & time: 14, 21, 28 March 2026 from 10am to 4pm  

Language: Arabic, English, French flexible   

Place: Beryte theater, IESAV, Human Sciences Campus, Damascus Road 

Group number: 16 participants  

Eligibility: No acting/theatre experience necessary. Shy people are welcome! (Attendees must commit to entire sessions). 

Workshop fees: 100usd 

Submission deadline: 4th of March 2026 at 12pm (Beirut time).

For more info, please reach out to yara.nashawaty@usj.edu.lb

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