Many withdraw from others and experience isolation and loneliness, leading to disorientation and separation from reality. They must struggle with issues involving their sense of worth, review of life, and death and dying. Drama therapy provides an integration between the residents' internal and external worlds. By encouraging the residents' expression of their internal and external worlds, the drama therapist helps them to develop better coping mechanisms and improve their adaptation skills. Drama therapy brings about a sense of renewal in the elderly.
Residents are able to forget about their pains and troubles and become creative and productive.
But by belonging to a lively, relaxed drama group, participants take on creative roles and recover a feeling of being vibrant, connected, and effective. This characterization incorporates aspects of the participant's personality, including memories, habits, and subconscious elements. With traditional verbal therapies, the client is often guarded. He is afraid to reveal thoughts or emotions that might be embarrassing. However, improvisation helps to overcome this obstacle.