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Dramatic Psychological Storytelling (DPS) is an accessible and powerful tool for exploration of human experience in the hands of a skilled Facilitator such as a therapist, educator or human resource professional. Through the Expressive Arts, story and dramatic expression, DPS creates a vehicle for exploring experience(s) or psychological dynamics that seem significant and important. DPS also provides a process for reviewing and managing conflict.
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Allen, R., Krebs, N. (2007). Dramatic Psychological Storytelling. In: Dramatic Psychological Storytelling. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230800557_4
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