Holding the uncertainty in a case of cross-cultural dramatherapy

This reflective article examines the role of flexibility and the capacity to hold uncertainty in cross-cultural dramatherapy. Drawing on twenty online sessions with a Palestinian mental health caregiver during a period of war and political instability, it explores how a Greek dramatherapist navigated unpredictability across structural, relational and cultural dimensions of the therapeutic process. The reflection considers the challenges of irregular scheduling in a context of ongoing conflict, the adoption of a stance of cultural humility and not-knowing and the ways in which the therapist’s own cultural formation shaped her assumptions. Through the use of dramatherapy techniques, the therapist supported the client’s reconnection with emotional resources and strengthening of resilience while maintaining relational trust and co-constructing meaning. The article highlights the clinical and ethical value of tolerating ambiguity as a central capacity in cross-cultural therapeutic practice.