Consultancy

Creative Drama for Your Organisation

I offer freelance consultancy to organisations that want to use drama creatively, especially with people with special educational needs, learning disabilities and mental health needs. With over 35 years across the NHS, charities, schools, colleges and universities, I can support one-off sessions, training programmes and larger partnership projects.

Since 1988 I have worked with dozens of organisations, including NHS trusts, Dudley, Birmingham, Walsall and Sandwell councils, the Universities of Derby, Warwick, Coventry, Wolverhampton and Birmingham, the Midlands Arts Centre, youth theatres and mental health and learning disability charities. I have also delivered training and conference workshops in Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Romania, Ireland, Slovenia, the Netherlands and the USA.

I’m prepared to consider any project that interests or challenges me, so if in doubt, do get in touch.

What I Can Offer

Drama workshops for all ages, with particular expertise in special needs and learning disabilities
Dramatherapy, individual or group, as an HCPC-registered dramatherapist
Special needs drama training for staff teams, teachers and support workers
Introduction to dramatherapy training for professionals and organisations
Neuro-Dramatic-Play training and consultation for teachers, clinicians, social workers and parents
Clinical supervision for therapists and arts practitioners, individual or group
Academic Consultancy with extensive experience of externally examining PhD’s and offering consultancy on development for a number of arts/arts therapies based university programmes. This includes the UK Universities of Brighton, Liverpool Hope, Leeds, Derby, Canterbury and Internationally for Universities of Auckland and Melbourne and the Maltese Education Authority
Lecturing and guest teaching on dramatherapy, drama education and the therapeutic arts
Community plays and events: developing, devising and directing
Reminiscence drama with older people, including people living with dementia
Acting coaching and theatre direction for groups and individuals
Arts project management, from small to large-scale projects in partnership with other organisations
Creative group work for a wide range of organisations

Neuro-Dramatic-Play Training

I am an NDP Practitioner and Trainer with Neuro-Dramatic-Play Ltd, working alongside its founder, Dr Sue Jennings. NDP is an attachment-based approach built on sensory, messy, rhythmic and dramatic play, especially suited to children who have experienced trauma or neglect.

NDP supports bonding and attachment, security, confidence, communication, empathy, resilience and creativity. My own NDP research includes work in a junior school, storytelling with underfives, and NDP with older people and people living with dementia.

Neuro-Dramatic-Play Ltd runs a live online NDP Diploma, shorter online courses and training designed for individual organisations.

Current Projects

Alongside my university teaching and private practice, here is some of the work I am involved in now:

Research into NDP with people with young onset dementia, with the Universities of Derby and Northampton
Writing a book on the life of founding educational drama teacher and dramatherapist Peter Slade for Intellect Books
Tutor on the NDP Diploma with Neuro-Dramatic-Play Ltd
Chair of Open Stage Drama
Freelance consultant Dramatherapist with Creative Solutions Therapy

Ready to Talk About Your Project

If you have a project in mind, or are not sure whether I can help, please get in touch. Tell me a little about your organisation, the group you work with and what you’d like to achieve.

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