A bit about me
Hello! I’m Belinda and I’m a creative and embodied therapist, clinical supervisor and facilitator.
Training & Skills
I am a qualified Dramatherapist (Roehampton, 2014), Integrative Embodied Psychotherapist (Institute of Embodied Psychotherapy, 2022) and Clinical Supervisor (London Centre for Psychodrama, 2021). I have additional training in:
Compassion Meditation
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
Group Reflective Practice
Mentalization-Based Therapy
Safeguarding (Level 3)
Playback Theatre (Advanced Practitioner)
Sandplay Therapy
Tai Chi and Qi Gong
Theatre of the Oppressed
Therapeutic Clowning
Experience
I have been facilitating groups for the last 22 years, working with a wide range of organisations across public, private and third sectors to deliver creative programmes with a diverse range of groups and individuals wanting to nurture their creativity, recover from trauma, and develop acceptance and compassion for themselves and others.
I have 9 years’ experience as a therapist and supervisor in the NHS (forensic mental health), and have delivered therapy to individuals and groups in schools, PRUs, refuges and community centres, alongside my private practice.
As a workshop facilitator, trainer, therapist, supervisor and consultant, I have partnered with:
Belgrade Theatre - British Association of Dramatherapists - Chance for Children - Chroma Therapies - City Gateway - Colour Visions - Counselling in Prisons Network - Crick Crack Club - East London Foundation NHS Trust - Goodenough College - Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - His Majesty’s Prison Service - InvestIn - Keystone Tutors - Khulisa - L&Q Housing - Regional Young Theatre Directors Scheme - S.A.I.L. Derbyshire - SAMPAD South Asian Arts & Heritage - Tailspin - Trauma Informed Law - University of Greenwich - University of Hull - University of Loughborough - University of Roehampton - Unlock Drama - Walk On Air Films - West London NHS Trust.
I am also on the Leadership team for London Playback Theatre and Two Islands Playback Theatre Network, and currently completing my PhD research into creative autobiography with women and non-binary people in prison (with University of Hull).