Therapists' Register (UK & International) 

This page lists therapists who have trained in the Sesame Approach and who practise in the UK or internationally.

The first section covers those UK Sesame Practitioners who are Dramatherapists, registered with HCPC (Health Care Professions Council).

The second section covers those UK Sesame Practitioners who come from different disciplines but who use the Sesame Approach within their practice.

The third section covers those therapists who have trained in the Sesame Approach and who practise internationally.


1. UK Sesame Practitioners who are Dramatherapists


LONDON

Alyson Coleman
London SE25
E: alysoncoleman AT tinyworld.co.uk
T: 07970 267 886


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


Haydn Forde
London SE5
E: themagicpot AT googlemail.com

HCPC registered Dramatherapist and CAST-trained supervisor. Clinical experience as a Dramatherapist includes children with mild/moderate learning disabilities, EBD, ASD, ADHD, adult psychiatry, African adults and Gay men living with HIV - both group and individual sessions. Since 2008 Haydn has been the Drama Tutor and a Placement Supervisor on the Sesame Training. As a Sesame-trained Dramatherapist, he offers space to explore Myth, Storymaking, Laban-based movement and improvisation with creative media. Full member of Sesame Institute and BADTh.

Fee £45 (sliding scale)

Sally George
London N6
M: 07763 028487
T: 020 8962 0568

Christopher Harvey
Peckham, London SE15
E: cmharvey81 AT hotmail.com

Dimpi Hirani
London NW9
E: dimpi5 AT hotmail.com
M: 07947 334 593

Practising as a dramatherapist since 2003.  Specialised in working with young people with autism, learning disabilities, with sexual and emotional trauma.  Dimpi also provides training to professionals and organisations around trauma, attachment, autism and sexualised behaviour.

Dimpi also has a private practice in NW London for adult clients.

Alicia Harris
London SW4
E: alicialouiseharris AT gmail.com
 

Bryn Jones
London SE26
E: bryn.j.jones AT gmail.com
T: 07986 084247
 

Rosemary Kelley
London NW2
E: contactme AT rosiekelley.com
 

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

Rebecca Mackeonis
London W6
E: beckym AT ukwired.co.uk
W: www.movingsoul.co.uk

Rebecca Mackeonis is a West London based Sesame Therapist, artist and dancer.

Sound, Movement, Story
Body and Imagination honoured
Soul conjured

Sessions offer space for soul listening.  Experience with elderly, dementia, depression, learning disabilities, autism, abuse and mental health.  Group work and one-to-one. Also inter-generational and community based projects and workshops for those seeking to re-connect with their creativity.

Mitch Mitchelson
London SE11
E: original AT clara.net
M: 07973 519475

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

I am trained both as a Dramatherapist and as a Psychotherapist (UKCP) so can offer the option of talk therapy or a symbolic embodied Sesame way of working.  The therapy can be short term or it may need a longer on-going timescale.  I will provide a safe room and confidential time for you to bring whatever issue you would like to explore.

I have a particular interest in the Spirituality of Dying, seeing how terminal diagnosis, death, bereavement, and afterlife consciousness each have a story to tell for life.  I am also an Assertion Trainer working with adults and children to raise confidence and self esteem.  For information on my supervision practice please see the Supervisors' Register.

Fees: £45 per hour (sliding scale offered - limited places)

Joann Spencer

Battersea, London SW11
E: jo.spencer AT mydramatherapist.co.uk
HCPC membership no. AS08356

HCPC registered dramatherapist and CAST trained supervisor.  Clinical experience: adults with mild/moderate learning disabilities, dementia/elderly, children with ASD/EBD, and adult mental health.  Full member of the Sesame Institute and BADth.
 

Esther Watkins

West Drayton UB7
E: estherwatkins AT hotmail.co.uk

Esther is Sesame trained. Available for individual, group dramatherapy and CPD workshops. Specialising working within the Army community, children/adults with autism and children with PMLD, clinical experience with dementia and adult mental health. Runs workshops and retreats as Moontales Drama and Movement Therapy, and staff and organisation training in behaviour management in her behaviour analysis practice.

Louisa Webster
Strawberry Hill, TW2
T: 07879 878 707
E: louisa.dramatherapy AT gmail.com

Rodger Winn

London SW2
E: rodger.winn AT hotmail.com
T: 020 8674 0174

Member of the Sesame Institute, BADth and UKCP. Qualified 1987. Former Sesame clinical placement tutor and course group therapist. Tutor on the Creative Arts Supervision training (CAST). MSc in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy. From my practice in Brixton, I work as a dramatherapist, supervisor and psychotherapist.  Clinical experience: mental health, learning disabilities, older people, students. I have an integrated approach to therapy drawing on my various interests, training and experience.

SOUTH EAST

Mel Bates
Brighton, East Sussex BN2
E: melbates AT talktalk.net
T: 07746 407 143

Dramatherapist, registered BADth and Sesame supervisor (CAST), Systemic Practitioner.  Mel provides individual and group dramatherapy, individual and group supervision, training and consultation.  She is a clinical supervisor on the Sesame MA. Specialisms include: Attachment, Trauma, Child and family work, Learning disability, Substance misuse, Group dynamics, Organisational consultancy, 'Earth Tales' - Outdoor nature-based dramatherapy.

Cath Butler
nr. Bordon, Hampshire GU35
E: cbutler AT phos-theatre.co.uk
T: 01420 478 678

I am an experienced Sesame-trained Drama and Movement Therapist who has worked with a variety of client groups, among them:

I can see individual clients at my home or elsewhere as they wish.

Lynn Cedar
Lingfield, Surrey RH7
T: 07974 669 060

Peter Cobham
St Albans, Herts AL1
E: petercobham AT hotmail.com
T: 07595 846 043

Amanda Hammond
Godalming, Surrey GU7
E: madabada AT hotmail.com

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

Richard Hougham
Newick, E Sussex BN8
E: richard.hougham AT cssd.ac.uk
T: 020 7559 3915
 

Rachel Jolly
Bicester, Oxfordshire OX26
E: rachel AT racheljolly.com
W: www.racheljolly.com

Rachel offers individual and group dramatherapy. She works primarily with children and young people with a variety of complex needs, including learning disabilities, Looked After children, Children at Risk, and those with play and relationship difficulties. She also works with older adults with illnesses such as dementia and depression.
 

Helen Milward
Guildford GU4
E: h_milward AT yahoo.co.uk

My experience includes work with the elderly and within mental health. My recent work has centred around children and young people diagnosed with severe learning difficulties and those who have suffered from abuse, neglect and exclusion. Please feel free to contact me for more information.

Rachel Rogaly
Oxford OX4
E: rachelrogaly AT hotmail.com
T: 07890 261217
 

Andrew Royle
Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3
E: aroyle AT thedramatherapyspace.co.uk
T: 07967 059412
W: www.thedramatherapyspace.co.uk

I am an HCPC registered dramatherapist working with both children and adults.  Since 2008, I have worked with bereaved families, excluded schoolchildren and those with a diagnosis of autism.  I live in Rickmansworth (Herts) but also undertake work in London.  I work both with schools and see clients through my private practice.  Improvisation and philosophy greatly inform my approach to dramatherapy.

Barry Williams
Worthing, West/East Sussex
E: bnw1962 AT gmail.com
T: 07776 608 831
W: www.barry-williams-dramatherapy.com

Barry is a registered HCPC Dramatherapist, member of BADth and the Sesame Institute. He provides individual and group dramatherapy sessions, specialising in LGBT issues, gender, sexuality, problematic alcohol and substance misuse, mental health issues, bereavement, gender, sexuality and HIV. Barry also provides organisational team building and CPD workshops using a creative arts approach.

Rebecca Woodhouse
West Wickham, Kent BR4
E: rwoodhouse AT me.com
T: 07843 435447


SOUTH WEST

Karen Abbey
Stroud, Gloucestershire GL5
T: 07702 879229
E: karenabbey AT me.com

Karen incorporates her Dramatherapy (HCPC) and Dance Movement Therapy with experience in Clinical Psychology, Play and Art.  Recently completed training in Somatic Movement and the Parenting by Connection for Professionals. She uses in-depth inquiry with informed intuition and deep listening to welcome each person in experiencing and expressing who they are.  Experienced in 1:1, group, students, staff training and personal creative inquiry; her work includes eating distress, addictions, trauma and bereavement, learning disabilities, autism, child and family.


Lottie Blackledge
East Cornwall, PL11
E: sparklyshoes AT msn.com
T: 07875 029571

Sesame trained Drama and Movement Therapist.  Lottie offers individual and group dramatherapy sessions and CPD workshops.  Specialisms include working with women (and infants) during pregnancy and early motherhood, families, within the army community, children and young people with emotional and behavioural difficulties, and adult mental health.  Lottie runs workshops and retreats as part of Moontales Drama and Movement Therapy.  HCPC Registered.

Corinne Lloyd
Dorset DT4
E: cozzatron AT hotmail.com
T: 07738 163 460

Alexandra Simson
Minehead TA24
E: Alex AT story-well.co.uk
T: 07980 197737
 

Gillian Stott
Dursley, Gloucestershire GL11
E: stottge AT yahoo.co.uk
T: 01453 542 386

Gillian Stott is a freelance practitioner in Gloucestershire. Her Dramatherapy practice includes:
- survivors of domestic violence and abuse - all ages
- mainstream and LEA schools - primary and secondary - behaviour problems, loss
- learning disabilities/special needs
- autistic spectrum disorder/aspergers
- elderly people - dementia, depression, loss
- emotional disturbances, e.g. self-harming
- physical and social disabilities and sensory impairment

  

EAST OF ENGLAND

Sue Chapman
South Norfolk
E: creativehealth AT btinternet.com
T: 01379 855 099
M: 07528 638064
W: www.sandplay.at

Sandplay Specialist (ISST/BISS) & HCPC Registered Sesame Drama & Movement Therapist. Sue works with individuals and groups, particularly those living through times of loss, change and transition and who are open to exploring creative ways towards healing. Sue is a Teaching Member of BISS & ISST and offers BISS Sandplay Training seminars on Symbols, Myth, Fairytales and Jung.  Sue is an ISST Sandplay Case Advisor and Supervisor.

Glen Connor
Romford, Essex RM6
E: glen.connor AT btinternet.com
M: 07933 462 230 (SMS only)


EAST MIDLANDS


 


WEST MIDLANDS


 
YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE
 

 

NORTH WEST

 

 

NORTH EAST

 

WALES

Melanie Beer
Cardiff CF15
E: melaniebeer_7 AT hotmail.com

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

Gillian Downie is a Sesame drama and movement therapist, CAST supervisor and Gestalt psychotherapist.  She works part time for the NHS with adults with learning disabilities, and has a private practice.  Gillian regularly facilitates CPD events and ongoing groups for therapists and other professionals.  Gillian has taught on the Psyche and Soma course, and continues to work with Mary Smail facilitating Sesame events in South Wales.


SCOTLAND

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

Rachel Campling
Edinburgh, Scotland EH15
T: 07766 256 911
E: RachelC AT phonecoop.coop

Besides working part-time as manager of a therapeutic project in a primary school, I work through my company Firebird Feather Ltd, offering Drama and Movement Therapy for children, individual and group therapy for adults, including arts therapy students, and training sessions for counsellors and therapists transferring their skills to work with children.  I also offer Creative Drama and Movement and storymaking workshops for adults.

I have a particular interest in using physical awareness to manage feelings, thoughts and responses and offer an introduction to the Grounding technique (developed by TA psychotherapist Ken Mellor) to therapists, health professionals and teachers.

 

NORTHERN IRELAND

Meabh Ivers
Belfast BT9 (private practice)
E: meabhivers AT yahoo.co.uk


2. Other UK Sesame Practitioners

LONDON

 

SOUTH EAST

 

SOUTH 

K L Aspden (Louisa)
Eastbourne BN22
T: 07402 188164

M: 07729 761044
E: creativecounselling AT talktalk.net
W: www.counselling4sussex.co.uk

Louisa is an accredited counsellor (MBACP Snr. Accred.) and Sesame Practitioner.

She integrates creative approaches, such as Person-Centred Art Therapy, play, drama and movement into her practice.  She works therapeutically with adults and children, one-to-one or in groups, and runs workshops (for personal development).

Louisa is experienced in hospice, psychiatry, education, private practice and pastoral settings.

WALES

Fern Smith
Swansea, SA2
E: fernismith AT gmail.com

Mandy Squires
South Wales, NP44
E: mandy AT thetherapyproject.org
T: 01633 864448

Mandy is an attachment therapist and Sesame practitioner with a social work background in fostering and adoption.  Registered with the Care Council for Wales and a member of BACP, Mandy offers a safe space for children and adults, groups or individuals by using creative psychotherapy and the Sesame approach.
 

3. International Sesame Practitioners

GREECE

 

 

IRELAND

Raphaela Heaslip
Carrigaline, Co. Cork, Ireland
E: raphaelaheaslip AT gmail.com
T: [353] 86 363 6332
T: 021 437 2180


Raphaela graduated in 1993.  During these 20 years she has worked with young people with eating distress, emotionally disturbed children, adults and elderly people with learning disability and people with mental distress.  She is experienced and passionate about the efficacy of the Sesame Approach; thus she is also involved in Introductory and CPD trainings in Ireland.


KOREA


 

NORWAY

Ellen Foyn Bruun
Norway
E: ellen.bruun AT ntnu.no
HCPC registration number: AS10606

Ellen is responsible for the first Dramatherapy course in Norwegian Higher Education.  She integrates theatre, acting, voice and movement in her post as Associate Professor at Norwegian University of Science and Technology.  With a long career in community work and health promoting drama work, Ellen continues to do research, teaching and supervision on all levels and in relation to different age and client groups.  Ellen collaborates with other Arts Therapy trainings in Norway and in the Nordic countries aiming to strengthen the profession and the network of arts therapists in this part of the world.

 

SINGAPORE

Anna Taylor
Singapore
E: anna.r.taylor AT me.com

Anna is an HCPC-registered Drama and Movement Therapist (since 2003), International Member of the Sesame Institute and UK-qualified Counsellor and Psychotherapist.

 

THAILAND

Chanaphan Thammarut
Bangkok, Thailand
E: dramatherapy.th AT gmail.com
T: [+66] 81828 2979
  


If you would like to be included in the Therapists' Register, please contact the Sesame Institute.

For more information follow the links below:
About Sesame Therapists
Standards of Ethical Practice - for Clients
Standards of Ethical Practice - for Service Purchasers/Employers
Code of Ethics.