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Hi, I'm Josie.
I have 13 years' experience working closely with children and young people in educational, support work and therapeutic contexts.
My career as a Dramatherapist began in 2019, when I graduated from Anglia Ruskin University with my MA in Dramatherapy.
Since then, I've worked in primary schools across Cambridgeshire delivering 1:1 and group therapy, as well as providing therapy and counselling for young people up to the age of 18 at a dedicated counselling centre.
My mission is to invite you, your children, your colleagues, your friends, your clients and your loved ones to gently and creatively explore your stories.
Qualifications and Training
MA in Dramatherapy
Diploma in Child and Youth Counselling (in progress)
Children's Accelerated Trauma Technique Practitioner
CPD and Short Courses
Neurodiversity-Affirming Practice
Single Session Thinking
Safeguarding Children and Young People
Professional Bodies
I am a full member of the HCPC (Health Care Professions Council) and work in accordance with their standards of conduct, performance and ethics.
Work Experience
2024 - Present: Independently running my own private practice, providing creative psychotherapy for children and young people with a variety of needs.
2024 - Present: Contract with a local town council, providing counselling support to secondary school aged students at a local academy.
2022 - Present: Associate therapist for Blue Smile, a charity providing arts-based mental health support across a variety of primary schools in Cambridgeshire.
2022 - 2024: Associate therapist for the Young People's Counselling Service, a charity providing therapeutic support to children and young people in the community.
2020 - 2022: Support staff at Gretton School, a specialist school for children and young people with Autistic Spectrum Conditions.
2018 - Present: Support practitioner for multiple private families across Cambridge, providing mentoring and emotional support to neurodivergent children and young people as part of a specialised alternative provision.
2018 - 2019: Clinical placement at a primary school in Cambridge, providing creative therapy to children with mental health needs.
2018 - 2019: Clinical placement on a closed dementia ward, providing group dramatherapy to patients.
2017 - 2018: Clinical placement at a primary school in Royston, providing creative therapy to children with mental health needs.
2012 - 2019: Tutor for Explore Learning, supporting children and young people to make academic progress by facilitating individual and small group learning.
Professional Interests
Neurodivergence and Neurodiversity
Developmental Trauma / Attachment Trauma
PTSD and CPTSD
Therapeutic Story Work
Emotionally-Based School Avoidance
@dramascapecreativetherapy
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