John Bergman,
RDT/BCT
John discusses drama therapy as part of the MFA Hollins Playwright program.
John is located in Providence, Rhode Island. There he works in multiple prison systems for Rhode Island Probation and Parole. He trains and teaches students, social workers and criminal justice workers. John has also worked with Geese Theatre Company in the United States and the United Kingdom. John has worked in prison systems in Australia, Romania, Bulgaria, New Zealand. He has taught students at Lesley University and is core visiting faculty in Hollins University's MFA Playwright program.
John has an MA in Educational Theater with independent study in creative arts therapies. He is a Registered Poetry Therapist/Mentor-Supervisor.
CLINICAL POPULATION:
- Incarcerated men/women/adolsecents
- Men and women on probation and parole
DRAMA THERAPY APPROACH:
- Intensive interactive work
- Influenced by Living Theatre
- Grotowskian work
- Meyerhold physical work
- Delsarte plastiques
- Role plays/role reversals
- Masks work
- Workng with props as a version of sand tray
COURSES OFFERED:
- 12-session Intro to Drama Therapy at Hollins University
- Various international intensives focusing on work with violent and incarcerated populations