1. Ulla Halkola &
Tarja Koffert
PHOTO AS A STEP
TO DRAMA
Barcelona 2004
EU Joint Actions
EUROPEAN
COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-
GENERAL
EDUCATION AND
CULTURE
SOCRATES,
LEONARDO AND
YOUTH
PROGRAMMES
2. Photo as a Step to Drama
Psychotherapists Ulla Halkola and Tarja Koffert elaborated
their method ”Photo as a Step to drama” for Drama Way project.
This method combins different approaches of phototherapy
and participatory drama.
The aim of the method is to help the participants to increase their self
understanding, to create alternative means for analyzing their lives and
to create positive visions for their future.
The method is an interactive forum; characteristic to this forum is
sincerity, experience orientation and sociality.
3. Photos in therapy and education
The aim of phototherapy is to use photos and photographing to
enhance the person's self awareness, to support the personal growth
and psychical harmony and to help the person to get through the crisis
in life. By using photos in therapy it is possible to reach such matters
that can not be reached with words, and also to enliven memory and to
create alternative means for analyzing life.
Methods of the phototherapy include viewing biographical photos,
viewing associative and symbolic photos and taking new photos.
These methods may be widely applied in individual and group work
sessions depending on the aims of the educational or therapeutic
session or the needs of the participants.
4. Photo as a Step to Drama
Description of the Process
13. Literature and information
Weiser Judy: Photo Therapy Techniques
- Exploring the Secrets of Personal Snapshots and Albums.
USA 1999
www.phototherapy-centre.com
www.valokuvaterapiayhdistys.net