Creative Healing-An Examination of the Value of Creative Drama in Helping South African Children Deal with the Traumas of Their Lives

Problem StatementSouth African youth are fraught with complexities and a spectrum of problems .Youth officers and childcare workers quote Poverty, illiteracy, Aids, drugs, physical and sexual abuse as just some of the issues these young people are forced to cope with on a daily basis. The repercussions of this are often depression, anti-social behavior or criminal activity.Many of these young people drop out of school, are placed in childcare institutions, languish in jail or just roam the streets. There are not enough trained professionals to counsel these young people and it has become imperative that some kind of interventionalist strategy be put in place to help these young people to cope with the traumas of their lives.The PurposeThis paper will interrogate the value of Creative Drama as an interventionalist strategy in helping children cope with trauma and anxiety.Research MethodsDevelop an action research. Using a qualitative approach with an interpretative natureFindings and ConclusionsThis is a PhD project in its early stages. The writer is still in the process of collecting data and conclusions will follow after the findings are analysed.