Dramatherapists

Bernardine McManus Bernardine trained as a Dramatherapist in 1995 and mainly work within the creative/ expressive and education models focusing on personal development and confidence building. Bernardine has more recently trained as a Community Drama facilitator and is currently studying a Masters in Reconciliation Studies, exploring the impact of civil conflict on the mental health of a society. Bernardine's professional and voluntary work over the last 25 years has evolved through many phases which have reflected her own development. She has worked in the residential, community, education and health sectors, with a wide range of people from youth and community groups, people with learning difficulties, older people and women. Email: bmcmanus@tcd.ie Christine Cowan Christine trained as a dramatherapist in Hertfordshire in 1996. Christine has since worked in America and New Zealand. Christine has experience working with people with a wide range of disorders including people with schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, with dissociative disorder, survivors of abuse, people with attachement disorder, Munchausen's syndrome by proxy and people with special needs. Email: christinecowan10@yahoo.co.uk Janet OHagan Janet is a Health Professions Council Registered Dramatherapist. She graduated from Hertfordshire College of Art and Design 1988. With a professional background in nursing and Youth Work, Janet has introduced the creative way of working to a diverse range of organisations and community groups from both the voluntary and statutory sectors on this Island and in Europe, for over twenty years. With a humanistic approach she is strongly influenced by her belief in creativity, which lies within us all, and the channels that Dramatherapy can open up for individuals through which they can understand themselves and the environment in which they live more fully. Janet specialises in Storymaking and Storytelling which gives a group or individual a voice and images, through which conflicts can be transformed by action. She also uses mythology to explore the individuals story. Janet works with groups, staff teams and individuals to explore specific issues or tensions which are preventing the group, team, or individual moving forward. Email: johbfast@yahoo.com

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