Finding a Place of Comfort to Grieve This article explores the use of dramatherapy practice and mindfulness for the grief process. What is Dramatherapy? I will use Dr. Sue Jennings’ definition for the purpose of this article. Dr. Jennings has defined Dramatherapy as “the specific application of theatre structures and drama processes with a ... Read More >>
Posts by Grace Schuchner
Grace Schuchner lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is an actress and Dramatherapist Certified by the Tel - Hai Academic College in Galilee, Israel. She has a degree in Psychology and a postgraduate degree in Systemic Family Therapy. She trained in the practice of Mindfulness for psychotherapists.
Grace has been teaching since 2006 Drama therapy at the EDRAS University in Chile, and pioneered the inclusion of Dramatherapy in Argentina. She was invited as the only contributor from South America to write a chapter in Routledge International Handbook of Dramatherapy published in the year 2016.
Its therapeutic and teaching mode of Dramatherapy is with the inclusion of contemplative practice and the cultivation of compassion.
Along with Domingo Ferrandis, Grace is editing the book Dramatherapy: Theory and Practice that will be published in Buenos Aires in April 2017. Her chapter in the book is titled: Dramatherapy and Grief Reflex.
At age forty-four she was awarded the maternity prize—she gave birth to her daughter Shira.