Using Dramatherapy to Prevent Student Burnout: Insights and Practical Approaches

Student burnout has become increasingly common in the contemporary academic environment, fueled by performance pressures, overexertion, academic anxiety, and limited strategies for emotional self-regulation. In this context, dramatherapy emerges as an innovative pedagogical method, capable of offering students a safe space for exploring emotions, developing resilience and strengthening professional identity. The article analyzes the theoretical foundations of dramatherapy, its action mechanisms in preventing burnout, and the concrete ways in which it can be integrated into university programs. Examples of dramatic exercises, intervention models and benefits observed among students are presented.

The study proposes an interdisciplinary approach, situating dramatherapy at the intersection of pedagogy, psychology and the performing arts, and argues for the need to include it in modern academic training.