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The following text tries to approach the selected phenomena of theatrotherapy, as an expressive-formative approach which exactly stands on an imagined border between art and therapy. The aim is to establish this approach as an independent and unique system with its inter-disciplinal relations, especially with the field of special pedagogy and classic psychotherapeutic approaches. When comparing the text we are stemming from the research carried out by the author between the years 2006 and 2016 and also from his long-term practical experience in the field as well as from his previous theoretical studies focused on this topic. We will try to define theatrotherapy as an independent creative approach, in terms of research we will clarify some theatrotherapeutic phenomena (paradoxical aim, specifics of theatrotherapeutic intervention and the introduction of a creactive approach). Furthermore, by means of a record of theatrotherapeutic supervision we will bring nearer the practical application of given methods and in the conclusion we will state possible forms of theatrotherapeutic intervention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper summarizes results of several qualitative researches in this area (from 2006 to 2014). They were focused on the phenomena of employing theatrotherapy in the system of care of persons with specific needs in Czech Republic, on the integrative potential of theatrotherapy within lessons at primary art schools and on the paradox of theatrotherapeutic focus. This paradox is the specific that makes theatrotherapy an independent and non-substitutable approach. Regarding theoretical basis, we focus on comparison of effective factors of theatrotherapy with gestalt psychotherapy. This theoretical basis is also supported by researches and a long-standing therapy practice of the author, who applies a therapy approach that connects paratheatrical and gestalt processes in the intervention. This approach was named gestaltdrama. Its specifics are introduced here as outcomes of a research, which included participants of workshops from Czech Republic, Russian Federation and Australia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]