It was founded in 1974 and it is responsible for the training of all Swedish-speaking teachers in Finland. The faculty is the oldest part of the Ostrobothnian Unit of bo Akademi University in Vaasa. New York University was the first in the country to develop an academic program leading to a Master of Arts degree in drama therapy. The program attracts theatre professionals and educators, therapists, and those working in the fields of medicine, nursing, and special education. Students come from diverse cultural and academic backgrounds to study and apprentice with the leading professionals in the creative arts therapies.
Classes are small and instruction individualized.
The drama therapy program has been approved by the National Association for Drama Therapy. The Graduate Certificate in Transpersonal Drama Therapy Transpersonal Drama Therapy. Transformational theater and Sound Healing. Montreal Concordia Drama therapy integrates the methods of drama and theatre with those of psychotherapy to facilitate personal change. The Dramatherapy Centre NSW Training and Professional Development Programs Training and Professional Development Programs.