Chris is listed on the Applause for Thought Practitioner Directory. A multi-award winning CIC dedicated to mental health support in the performing arts.
Through AFT Chris offers his Dramatherapy services for Individuals, Groups and also leads Well-Being/Self-Care Workshops.
Performers (actors, dancers, singers, physical theatre artists)
Creatives and crew (directors, choreographers, stage managers, technicians, designers)
Performing arts school students
Productions and organisations
Who’s is this for?
Chris’ approach starts with the foundation of Dramatherapy, which is a form of psychotherapy that works through dramatic, embodied, and creative methods. For people who work creatively, it meets you in a language you already speak.
Individual Dramatherapy
One-to-one therapeutic support using role play, embodiment, storytelling, improvisation, and projective techniques. Available in-person in London or online.
Group Dramatherapy
A carefully held group space to explore shared themes, identity, pressure, transitions, belonging and group processing. Available for organisations, training institutions, and performing arts communities.
Group Wellbeing & Self-Care Workshops
Practical, experiential workshops for companies, productions, and training environments. Grounded in somatic awareness and embodied practice tailored to your organisation's needs.
What does Chris Offer?
Chris’ Approach: Character connection, Participation, de-roling & dramatic distancing
Chris draws on a rich tradition of performance practice within his therapeutic work. Sessions may incorporate Laban Movement Analysis to explore emotion and expression through the body; the participatory methods of Augusto Boal; and the principles of Grotowski's poor theatre; presence, authenticity, and the relationship between the inner life and physical form. These are frameworks performers already know, brought into a therapeutic context to deepen self-awareness, support character connection, aid de-roling after intense or challenging material, and find the right dramatic distance from a role, close enough to be truthful, far enough to stay safe.
Using this more oblique and at times abstract approach (metaphor, imagery, and indirect creative methods) can open up a different kind of introspection. This creates space to explore both the characters you inhabit and the parts of yourself that the work stirs up, without having to name everything directly.
For those navigating the intense demands of the industry, this gentler, more indirect route can be where some of the deepest and most quietly transformative work happens.
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