Also called: Registered Drama Therapist
Uses acting, role-play, and storytelling as therapy.
Leads a group of teens through a role-play where they practice standing up to a bully. Later works one-on-one with a client rehearsing a hard conversation with a parent.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. Master's in drama therapy plus supervised hours for RDT credential.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school, Certification. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Drama Therapy, Theater, Psychology.
Growing faster than average. Very small field; estimate.
Low risk for 10 years. Role-play and group theater in therapy require a live human guide; AI barely touches it.
Classes: Theater or drama, AP Psychology, Speech.
Official data: O*NET occupation 29-1129.
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