Welcome to Bristol Dramatherapy, where we get creative about our mental health! This warm, humanistic, therapy and mental health practice has been dedicated to offering psychotherapy, wellbeing workshops, clinical supervision and mental health education since 2016.
I’m Laura, a registered Dramatherapist and Clinical Supervisor based in Bromley Heath, Downend.
Since opening Bristol Dramatherapy, I’ve been dedicated to offering accessible, imaginative therapeutic spaces where people can feel safe, reconnect with themselves, learn and develop inner skills and resources, and take time and space to rest and give opportunities to rest when life feels hard.
I help people learn how to work with or understand their thoughts and feelings better, so they are able to make better choices in their lives to care for themselves and others more effectively. My main areas of specialism are working with people with anxious thoughts and feelings, depression and low mood, feeling frustrated or stuck, or are experiencing low self-esteem and confidence issues.
Dramatherapy is a type of creative psychotherapy, where exploration doesn’t end when we can’t find the words to describe what we’re feeling. Dramatherapists are registered therapists that use therapeutic techniques alongside or through creative practices such as narrative, story, scenes, role work or images to creatively explore new perspectives.
The arts have long been our way to explore our feelings, our lives and what makes us human; for many, Dramatherapy offers new tools and ways of exploring and understanding their thoughts, memories, feelings and ‘inner world’s when we don’t have the language to describe what we’re feeling.
I work a lot with imagery, metaphor and character and role-based work (a great way to understand different parts of yourself!). I also thoroughly enjoy working with the interests of my clients, and understanding how they relate to their favourite films, stories and characters.
Alongside offering one‑to‑one creative therapy and therapeutic, creative, and educational workshops, I also offer some professional services for mental health professionals:
Please feel free to explore the website to find out more about the services I offer and a bit about me and my practice, or feel free to get in touch if you’d like to connect and find out if Bristol Dramatherapy can help support you and give you the safe space you’re looking for to breathe, ground, process and reflect.
Warmest wishes,
