Who I am
I am a creative arts therapist, engagement artist, and theatre maker based in central Scotland. I currently work with adults, children and young people in private practice, young people online and volunteer as a counsellor elsewhere.
I love working in collaboration with communities to make art whether it be film, installation, performance or poetry.
With a wealth of experience in community arts engagement, I have learned so much from every community I have worked with. I am also a qualified psychotherapist and work out of a private practice in Glasgow.
Groups I have worked with include: LGBT Youth, those living in residential care, care experienced adults and children and birth parents.
I am also a qualified Dramatherapist.
Dramatherapy is a form of psychotherapy that uses creative methods to help explore themes, feelings and experiences. We are able to use metaphor, symbol and story to reflect and shape our own worlds.
Dramatherapy invites us to explore and gain understanding through our creativity and also allows some distance and safety when trauma is particularly close to the surface.
As adults we can become somewhat disconnected from our own imagination and playfulness and yet these are qualities so intrinsic to us. Dramatherapy invites healing through creativity in a truly person-centered approach- the dramatherapist should always be able to work with whatever you are willing to share.
We might write a poem, a story or a script, we might take on roles from people in your life or roles you find yourself playing in your day-to-day or we may use objects to create an arrangement of what your life looks like right now. Through the creation and reflection of these examples we are often able to notice things we may not have previously.
Art of any kind can feel so revealing and vulnerable, we’ve all said some version of: ‘I can’t draw/act/sing!’ The creative therapies invite us to let go of the concern of being ‘good’ or ‘sellable’ and to allow art to do what it has done for thousands of years: contain and express our innermost thoughts and feelings. To converse with the parts of ourselves that feel too vulnerable to display.
Dramatherapy is for anyone who sometimes feels that words are too much (or not enough) or who would be curious about finding creative ways to reflect on their lives. Case studies show that outcomes of taking part in creative therapies can invite a better understanding of oneself, help in processing complex experiences and improvement of interpersonal communication.
Other Skills
I am also experienced in facilitation and workshop designing as well as teaching drama and performance for young people and children. I have delivered classes at Capital Theatres, The Lyceum in Edinburgh, Cumbernauld Theatre (Lantern House Arts), Stage Coach, Creative Spark and for South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture.
Additionally I have worked with collaborators to help create projects which aim to encourage people to share stories and experiences in a way that feels honest and helpful for them, I have helped make films, plays, books and zines.
I am a confident public speaker and can deliver presentations as well as being very interested in Environmental Arts Therapy, Theatre Making and community art informed by kindness, empathy and respect.
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