Dollard-Des Ormeaux, Quebec, Canada
About me
Who Am I
dramatherapy
MY SERVICES
Young professional, performing many roles in everyday life: mother, dramatherapist, teacher (clowning & physical comedy), trainer / animator (self expression with the use of theater), humorist, clown and actress.
Graduate from the master (MA) program "Creative Arts Therapies / Dramatherapy" of Concordia University in Montreal. Member of
Young professional, performing many roles in everyday life: mother, dramatherapist, teacher (clowning & physical comedy), trainer / animator (self expression with the use of theater), humorist, clown and actress.
Graduate from the master (MA) program "Creative Arts Therapies / Dramatherapy" of Concordia University in Montreal. Member of the North American Dramatherapy Association (NADTA). Professional member of "Association québécoise des thérapeutes naturels" as Naturotherapist (# AQTN permit: 19090)
MY SERVICES
dramatherapy
MY SERVICES
* Individual drama therapy sessions
* Dramatherapy group sessions
* Dramatherapy informations sessions
* Thematic workshops (organizations, schools, companies, hospitals)
* Workshop: Self-discovery through laughter
* Course: Clown Art
dramatherapy
dramatherapy
dramatherapy
Dramatherapy is a form of active and experiential therapy, suitable for all types of clients/populations.
It intentionally uses techniques from theater (story telling and story creation, role playing, improvisation, puppets, projective techniques, etc.) for therapeutic purposes.
It is a humanistic, creative and person-centered approach
Dramatherapy is a form of active and experiential therapy, suitable for all types of clients/populations.
It intentionally uses techniques from theater (story telling and story creation, role playing, improvisation, puppets, projective techniques, etc.) for therapeutic purposes.
It is a humanistic, creative and person-centered approach, allowing self-exploration and the externalization of emotions by being "in action", without necessarily having to use speech. The sessions take place in a safe play space, under the empathic gaze of the dramatherapist and they are confidential.
Who Am I
Biography
Martine L'Ecuyer is a Master graduate Drama Therapist from Concordia University in Montreal in Creative Arts Therapies / Dramatherapy and is a member of the North American Dramatherapy Association (NADTA), as well as a professional member of "Association québécoise des thérapeutes naturels" as Naturotherapist (# AQTN permit: 19090). She holds a Bachelor's degree in Theater from École supérieure de théâtre from Université du Québec à Montréal, as well as a minor in Psychology from Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, an attestation of college studies (AEC) in Comedy from École Nationale de l'Humour of Montreal (ENH), as a comedian, as well as two college diplomas: one in Arts and Letters, theater option at Cégep de Trois-Rivières and the other in Human Sciences, Psychology option at Laflèche College in the same city.
During her master's degree, Martine completed two supervised internships as a dramatherapist with two different types of clientele. She has been an intern at the Miriam Center, in Montreal-based organization that provides residential, rehabilitation and professional, community and social integration services to children and adults with intellectual and neuro-developmental disabilities. She has also been an intern at the Papillon Foundation for Children with Disabilities, a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide adapted services that enable children with disabilities to reach their full potential and meet the needs of their families.
She currently hosts the "Expression par le théâtre" personal growth workshop offered by the community organization Vers l'Équilibre, which has been working since 1965 to improve the well-being of adults living with mental health issues in the Greater Montreal area.
Martine is also part of the teaching faculty of École nationale de l'humour of Montreal (ENH), where she teaches once in a while, the Physical Comedy Clowning class (stunts /physical theater and comic, involving the whole body), as well as Clowning class, to students enrolled in recreational courses. She is also one of the trainers of the Corporate Physical Enforcement Team Building Seminar, also developed by ENH, as well as a guest trainer at the Summer Camp for Teens. She will also host, for the very first time, a workshop entitled Self-discovery through laughter, within this same institution.
Before devoting herself to dramatherapy and teaching, Martine was a comedian and actress. She has traveled throughout Quebec as a humourist (stand-up comedian) specializing in physical and burlesque humor (characters / stunts / clowns). She has participated in numerous comedy shows and numerous television shows (Le Grand Rire de Quebec, Le Grand Rire Comedy Club, On the way to my first Just For Laughs Gala, The Just For Laughs Mini Gala for children, The small cabaret of humor at the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, etc.). In 2010, she was awarded the "Coup de Coeur Juste Pour Rire" prize at the Dégelis Festival of Humor and Song. When she graduated from École nationale de l'humor in 2008, she was "Coup de coeur of the Journal of Montréal" at Club Soda graduation's show. As an actress, she played the leading role of one of the episodes (The Marie-Eve Bastille Affair) of the program Un tueur si proche, broadcast on Canal D and appeared in numerous television series.
She currently offers, in Dollard-Des Ormeaux (QC), dramatherapy sessions (individually or in groups) in private practice as a dramatherapist, as well as " workshops / seminar" as an animator and teacher throughout Quebec.
Other certifications: St. John Ambulance:
* EARLY CHILD CARE AND SEVERE ALLERGY MANAGEMENT
* CPR AND AED
Dramatherapy?
What is it?
The official definition?
Dramatherapy is a form of active, experiential therapy. It is the intentional use of dramatic (technical) processes borrowed from the theater field, in order to achieve therapeutic goals.
It is part of creative arts therapies, just like: art therapy, music therapy and dance / movement therapy. It is open to all age groups. It can provide the context for participants to tell their stories, to set goals, to solve problems, to express feelings, or to achieve catharsis (purgation / release of emotions). Certain interpersonal skills can also be worked on and improved, under the safe therapeutic alliance created between the drama therapist and his or her client and / or with the help of the group, if there is one.
Through play, action and movement, one's inner experience can be actively and more directly explored. Unlike more conventional talk therapies, where speech takes precedence, here it is rather "action" the modus operendi.
The drama therapist provides a safe space for participants to explore, express themselves, practice spontaneity, the ability to adapt to different life situations and the ability to relate to others. Participants can thus develop at their own pace, a certain flexibility and establish a balance between the different roles (e.g. parent, friend, lover, etc, etc, etc.) that they play in their life. daily.
Do we have to have theater "skills" to undertake a dramatherapy process?
It is NOT necessary to have prior theater knowledge or a special talent to undertake this kind of process. Dramatherapy is NOT about learning drama techniques; it is rather uses its processes for therapeutic purposes. In this sense, the drama therapist is NOT acting as a teacher, but as a therapist. The process is strictly confidential
For who? For which issues?
Client populations can include people of all ages: children, adults, seniors.
All grounds for consultation are possible: mental health issues, depression, professional burnout, anxiety disorders, self-esteem, bipolar disorder, behavioral disorders, personality disorders, gender identity exploration, life transitions, addictions, family or couple dysfunctions, intellectual disabilities, disabilities, physical illnesses with psychological repercussions, survivors of abuse, detainees, homeless people, etc.
* Dramatherapy can be adapted to all types of populations, even when an individual is non-verbal and / or has reduced mobility.
What tools does the drama therapist use?
Through storytelling, projective techniques (puppets, masks, figurines, images, gems, objects, miniature worlds...), deliberate improvisation and performance, participants are invited to rehearse new desired behaviors in their lives. The dramatherapist proposes a series of exercises adapted to the objectives of each one; over the course of the sessions, they can actively become the change they want to be and see in the world. (www.nadta.org)
How does a dramatherapy session look like?
The duration of a session varies from 30 to 50 minutes. The participant (s) are invited to start the session with a warm-up period. This is a fun period where we play simple and fun games, in order to focus and leave our "mind" aside to make room for our creativity and our "body" presence. Subsequently, a central period with a precise theme is explored, according to the needs of the participant (s). We end the session with a closing ritual and a discussion / feedback, if necessary.
How many sessions does a dramatherapy process involve?
Each therapeutic process is different. The number of meetings will be established according to the needs and objectives of each participant.
The training of a drama therapist?
In order to be able to practice, a drama therapist must have a university degree at master's level, requiring courses in psychology, theater, drama therapy, as well as practical experience with at least two types of population within internships. supervised. Dramatherapists in Quebec follow the code of ethics of the North American Drama Therapy Association (NADTA).
* There is not yet a Professional Order of "Creative Arts Therapists", here in Quebec, but several people are currently active, so that it is created and that the associated professions are more and more recognized . On a larger scale, as mentioned above, drama therapists can join the North American Drama Therapy Association (NADTA) and thus respect their code of ethics and receive continuing education.
