After two years working in trauma and rehabilitation with the psychosocial department of the Red Cross in the Middle East I decided to re-train as a therapist in 2007.

I work with Dramatherapy as opposed to other types of therapy as I believe that for most of us there are parts of ourselves we may not be able to access or fully understand using conventional means of communication, i.e. talking. Since graduating I have worked with individuals and groups both nationally and internationally in the private and public sectors.  I also offer clinical supervision to therapists and educators (including senior leadership) both privately and within alternative education provisions and NHS settings.

I have taught on some of the leading training programmes for dramatherapists and coordinate a diverse participation and outreach programme for a leading British theatre company. I am currently the clinical lead for a large group of therapists at a number of pupil referral units across South East London and Surrey.

My previous experience includes:

• adult mental health
• emotional based school refusers (EBSR)
• child and adolescent mental health
• looked-after children
• Young carers
• young people and adults with autism
• adults with learning difficulties
• siblings of children with autism
• female prisoners
• refugees
• people seeking asylum
• migrant workers
• homeless people with mental health problems
• bereaved children (NHS)
• children who have life limiting or life changing illness (NHS)
• children and young people who have experience medical trauma (NHS)

I am registered with the Health Professions Council,
HCPC registration number: AS14245 (under the name of Alexis Ramsden)

I am a member of The British Association of Dramatherapists & subscribe to their code of ethics and practice