Supervisors' Register

Members of the Sesame Supervisors Register are all qualified supervisors.  They are either Professional Members (MSI) or Ordinary Members of the Sesame Institute for Drama and Movement Therapy.

Application to the Sesame Supervisors' Register is open to Professional or Ordinary Members of Sesame who have completed the Creative Arts Supervision Training (CAST) or a training recognised by the Sesame Supervisors’ Forum.

For further information on the CAST training please contact:

Susi Thornton
Ivy Cottage
Clockhouse Lane East
EGHAM
Surrey TW20 8PF

E: susi AT thorntonclan.com

Disclaimer Under our Code of Ethical Practice, the following restrictions apply to those advertising with Sesame Advertising Advertising by Dramatherapists is to be confined to descriptive statements about the services available and the qualifications of the person(s) providing them. Dramatherapists must not claim to possess qualifications they do not have. All advertising should comply with relevant law. Fees Dramatherapists have a responsibility to charge fees appropriate to their qualifications and level of experience. Fees should be negotiated with regard to the minimum current rate recommended by the Sesame Institute for private practice. Insurance Unless provided by their employer(s), Dramatherapists should ensure they have professional indemnity and public liability insurance to cover them in the event of a legal suit. They should ensure they are adequately covered in the event of other claims that might be made against them or the owners of the premises in which they work. Overseas Dramatherapists and Supervisors Supervision is a practice that normally involves a Dramatherapist and supervisor meeting regularly, face to face, to oversee client work. For overseas Dramatherapists who cannot access a supervisor locally, a Skype or telephone arrangement can be made with a UK supervisor.  In exceptional circumstances, a UK Dramatherapist may seek out the particular expertise of an international supervisor through Skype or telephone.

Suzanne Aitken
Kirkliston EH29, Scotland
E: suzie_8ken AT yahoo.com
T: 0131 333 0360
M: 07506 760 541

Mel Bates
Brighton, East Sussex BN2
E: melbates AT talktalk.net
T: 07746 407 143
HCPC registration number: AS 06638

Mel qualified as a Sesame Dramatherapist in 1996.  She is a BADth and Sesame registered supervisor (CAST-trained) and a clinical supervisor and placement tutor on the Sesame MA course.  She is qualified in Applied Systemic Theory (Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, 2011).

Specialisms include: Attachment, Trauma, Child and family work, Learning disability, Substance misuse, Mental Health, Group dynamics, Organisational consultancy, 'Earth Tales' - Outdoor nature-based dramatherapy.

Mel provides individual and group supervision for dramatherapists, play and arts therapists, helping professionals and students.  She also offers Skype and phone supervision.

Lynn Cedar

Lingfield, Surrey RH7
T: 07974 669 060

Gillian Downie
Cardiff CF3
M: 07855 140 713
E: g.downie2 AT ntlworld.com

Gillian Downie is employed as a dramatherapist working with adults with learning disabilities in the NHS.  She has worked with a range of clients over the past 14 years, including men in prison, adults in psychiatric day services and children in nurture groups.  She currently supervises dramatherapists and psychologists, and works with both individuals and groups.  Gillian also provides consultation to staff teams.  She is a qualified UKCP registered Gestalt Psychotherapist, and this enriches her supervision practice.

Lorna Downing
London E17
E: lornajdowning AT gmail.com
T: 07765 250 884

Wendy Durell BA(Hons), PGCE, MA, PgDip Arth Therapy
Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire
T: 01923 721576
E: wendy AT wendydurell.co.uk
W: www.wendydurell.co.uk

HCPC registration: AS01764

Wendy runs a private Art Therapy and supervision practice and she works in schools. She has an Advanced Certificate in Supervision (CAST training) and provides clinical supervision to qualified practitioners as well as those in training. Wendy has worked with art therapists, dramatherapists, counsellors and psychotherapists. For six years she was the co-ordinator of ATE (Art Therapists in Education). Wendy is currently following the National Foundation Course for Group Analysis at the IGA (Institute of Group Analysis).

Haydn Forde

Camberwell, London SE5
E: themagicpot AT googlemail.com

HCPC registered Dramatherapist and CAST-trained supervisor. Clinical experience as a Dramatherapist includes adult psychiatry, African adults and Gay men living with HIV, children with mild/moderate learning disabilities, EBD, ASD, ADHD. Since 2008 Haydn has been the Drama Tutor and a Placement Supervisor on the Sesame Training.  He uses an integrative approach to supervision, including elements of Playback Theatre. Full member of Sesame Institute and BADTh.

Fee £45 (sliding scale)

Deborah Haythorne

Cheam, Surrey SM3
T: 020 8665 0038 (work)
E: dhaythorne AT sky.com

Deb is a professional member of the Sesame Institute and BADTh and is a registered supervisor. She qualified in 1985. She is co-director of Roundabout, the largest Dramatherapy service provider in the UK, and was part of the team that set up the Creative Arts Supervision Training (CAST), qualifying as a supervisor in 2001. Deb is a former Clinical Placement Tutor and Tutor on MA top in Dramatherapy at Central School of Speech and Drama and is part of the BADTh Supervision Committee. Deb offers individual and group supervision for students and qualified therapists drawing on a wide range of clinical experience. She also offers phone/Skype supervision.

Bryn Jones
London SE15
E: bryn.j.jones AT gmail.com
T: 07986 084247

Aleka Loutsis

Uxbridge UB9
E: alekaloutsis AT yahoo.co.uk
T: 07870 650 495

Mary Smail
London SW2 
T: 07931 348052
E: mary.smail AT btinternet.com
W: www.marysmailsoulworks.co.uk

HCPC registration number:  AS 01305

Full Member Sesame Institute and British Association for Dramatherapists, UKCP registered Psychotherapist; qualified Central School of Speech and Drama (Sesame) 1990; former Tutor in Clinical Preparation & Myths and Fairy Tales on Central/Sesame Course 1992-2008; Assertion Trainer; Creative Voicework facilitator; Qualified Supervisor CAST 2001 and Society of Analytical Psychology Supervision Course (1998); supervises one to one and small training groups. Director of the Sesame Institute for Drama and Movement Therapy.

Experience with older people; children in care and who have been sexually abused; adults in mental health care, one to one work with adults with and without learning difficulties and people working though gender and spirituality issues. Extensive experience in the delivery of therapy training.   One to one private practice synthesising body, image work (Dramatherapy) with the psychodynamic relationship (psychotherapy). Supervises students, newly qualified and experienced arts and play therapists, small groups and telephone/skype supervision for overseas practitioners.

Fee £45 (sliding scale for full-time students or people with exceptional circumstances)

Joann Spencer
London SW11 (Battersea)
E: jo.spencer AT mydramatherapist.co.uk
HCPC registration no: AS08356

HCPC registered dramatherapist and CAST trained supervisor working with groups and individuals. Clinical experience working with the elderly/dementia, adults with mild/moderate learning disabilities, children with emotional and behavioural difficulties, and adult mental health. Full member of the Sesame Institute and BADTh.  Jo also offers skype and telephone supervision.

Fees: Students £35, Practitioners £40-£45; Organisations £55

Gillian Stott
Safe Living Dramatherapy Glos
GL11 4BD
T: 01453 542386
E: stottge AT yahoo.co.uk
HCPC No: AS 12686

Approach is integrative from therapeutic/educational training and experience. Supervision involves using the Creative Arts. Currently specialises in work with EBD and primary schools, 1 to 1, with child and adolescent survivors of severe physical, emotional or psychological trauma, e.g. domestic violence and abuse, bullying, cerebral palsy.  Also works with groups of children with low self-esteem, and behavioural, developmental or socialisation difficulties.  Experience with adults with a wide range of learning disabilities, and elderly people with dementia, functional loss or bereavement.

Hourly rates: Students £35  Practitioners £40-£45  Organisations £55

Susi Thornton
Egham, Surrey TW20
E: susi AT thorntonclan.com
T: 01784 433 480

Movement tutor for Laban studies on the Sesame Course, trained at Art of Movement Studio; qualified teacher of all ages, MA in Humanistic Psychology, Counselling training; part of team which set up Diploma in Counselling and tutor on that course; CAST-trained and part of team which set up CAST, tutor and administrator on course.  Private practice for therapy and supervision.

Rodger Winn
London SW2
E: rodgerwinn AT hotmail.com
T: 020 8674 0174

Professional Member of the Sesame Institute and BADth.  Qualified in 1987.  Involved in setting up the CAST Supervision Training Course, qualifying in 2001.  Former Sesame Clinical Placement Tutor and Group Therapist.  MSc in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy.  I currently work as dramatherapist, supervisor and psychotherapist in my practice based in Brixton.

Wide range of clinical experience, specialising in mental health.  I have an integrative approach to supervision drawing on my various interests, training and experience.