Our Approach
We use dramatherapy and other creative arts psychotherapies to help children explore express, process, and heal from their pain — empowering them to move forward with resilience and renewed hope.
Creative Psychotherapies
Creative Arts Psychotherapies use creative expression—such as art, drama, music, and movement—to support emotional well-being, process trauma, and help people of all ages explore difficult experiences. These therapies are grounded in psychological theory and clinical practice and are especially helpful when words alone are not enough. Creative Therapies are ideal for children as these art forms are a Childs developmental language. All creative arts psychotherapists are highly trained professionals, recognised as Allied Health Professionals (AHPs), and registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). Each therapy has its own professional body and standards of training, and therapists work in a wide range of settings including schools, hospitals, mental health services, community centres, hospices, and refugee camps.
Developing Coping Skills
By acting out scenarios and exploring different perspectives, children can learn new coping strategies, improving greater resilience.
Exploring Emotions
Dramatherapy provides a platform for individuals to explore their emotions through role-playing, storytelling, and movement
Dramatherapy can help individuals gain new perspectives leading to increased confidence and improved social skills.
Personal Growth
Dramatherapy
Dramatherapy is a form of psychological therapy in which all of the performance arts are utilised within the therapeutic relationship. It is an evidence-based practice and is one of the four recognised arts therapies within the UK. According to the British Association of Dramatherapists, “Dramatherapy has as its main focus the intentional use of healing aspects of drama and theatre as the therapeutic process. It is a method of working and playing that uses action methods to facilitate creativity, imagination, learning, insight and growth.”[1] This kind of therapy makes use of role-play, art, ritual, and storytelling. In dramatherapy, movements and objects can be used expressively without words, which can help increase the individual’s self-awareness. One of the specific uses of dramatherapy can be to offer a creative way for an individual or group to explore and solve personal and social problems.​ [1]https://badth.org.uk
While we primarily use Dramatherapy in our programmes, all our programmes and projects utilise all forms of Creative Arts Psychotherapy (CAP), and can be adapted and delivered by all qualified practitioners.
Art Therapy
Art Therapy allows individuals to express and make sense of thoughts and emotions through painting, drawing, and other visual media. No artistic skill is needed—it's about expression, not the final product. Art Therapists are HCPC-registered and complete a Master's level qualification. They are supported by the British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT).
Music Therapy
Music Therapy uses musical improvisation, songwriting, and listening to support communication, expression, and emotional health. It is especially effective with those who find verbal expression difficult. Music Therapists are HCPC-registered and trained to postgraduate level. They are governed by the British Association for Music Therapy (BAMT).
Dance/Movement Therapy
Dance Movement Psychotherapy uses the body, movement, and non-verbal expression to explore feelings and experiences. It helps connect body and mind, supporting emotional regulation, trauma recovery, and self-awareness. Practitioners are HCPC-registered with postgraduate training, and represented by the Association for Dance Movement Psychotherapy UK (ADMP UK).
Testimonial
After the death of his dad, my son had real fears that he struggled to work through and to make sense of his young mind. He couldn't sleep alone & lack of sleep impacted daily functioning.
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His sessions with Donna were creative, playful & led by him. Night time anxiety has drastically improved for him now. Although losing a parent aged 5 will always be a big thing in his life, the sessions with Donna helped him get back on an even keel at a particularly difficult point in his life.
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Parent of a little boy who received six individual sessions
