DREAM together, Cambridge (2025)

13/10/2025

IT'S DRAMATHERAPY WEEK 🎉

keep an eye out this week for posts, stories, and insights from DREAM together celebrating the power of dramatherapy.

What is Dramatherapy?

Dramatherapy is an evidence based physcotherapy that uses story, movement, play, role, and imagination to support healing, expression, and growth.

It works with both the conscious and unconscious, engaging body and mind to foster insight, connection, and transformation.

Who is it for?

Children, young people, and adults seeking a creative space to explore feelings, build confidence, and work through challenges that can present from traumatic or adverse experiences.

It can support with attachment, relational experiences, emotional regulation, identity, learning, behaviour, and meaning making.

Why it helps?

Trauma can fragment the sense of self. Dramatherapy offers a way back to self, creating a space to witness, be witnessed and integrate.

In group settings, it supports collective healing, using embodiment and relational work to restore connection, voice, and agency.

Through dramatherapy, people reconnect with themselves and others, and can experience growth and hope. ☺️

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The British Association of Dramatherapists

12/10/2025

DREAM BIG CONFERENCE 🌱

A few reflections from what was a truly special day.

The aim was to offer something beyond the concept of trauma informed practice, to create an experience where people could safely begin to feel, not just think, about what it means.

My key takeaways:

Dr Lisa Cherry, the Queen herself. Her story, strength and heart for this work is inspiring and deeply moving. Thank you, Lisa. Your talk on belonging, mattering and liminality stayed with me and led to a profound experience later in the week, a moment of loss, aliveness and healing within a community of 70 dancers.

DR KAREN TREISMAN, what a professional and what a journey. Karen, your heart for hope and those sparkles shine through everything you do.

The TICS Team, I am so proud of us. A true reflection of what a trauma informed team is: thinking minds, safe hands and open hearts.

Workshops, so many experiences to experience. I facilitated two workshops. One explored the Sand Tray Method, based on Dr Debbie Amas’ research. The feedback was “a revelation,” “wow,” and “fascinating.” A creative tool for deeper reflection in our work. Keep an eye out for the graphics on this workshop, from our talented illustrator Emma.

The second workshop, The Healing Power of Collective and Somatic Approaches, explored in real time, the wisdom of the body and the importance of community. It led beautifully into the Collaboration Choir with Carrie, a powerful reminder of connection, voice and belonging in action.

So many stories and experiences were shared in the room. I feel lucky to have connected with so many of you on the day and since. May we continue to come together as a collective of hope, taking trauma informed practice beyond the conference and into the world.

Let OUR Light shine on 🫶

Keep an eye out for more blogs, illustrations and photos of the day via our TICS pages.

TICS (Trauma Informed Consultancy Services Ltd.)

07/10/2025

Kinship Carers, We See You 💛

This week we celebrate the incredible Kinship Carers, family and friends who lovingly step in to care for children when they need it most.

As an associate of Trauma Informed Consultancy Agency, I feel deeply grateful to have held a masterclass tonight for almost 100 carers, creating a space where they could feel seen, heard and connected.

The need is great!

We reflected on the journey into kinship care, the hidden grief, divided loyalties and the importance of offering safety and repair.

We explored caring for a child’s heart while learning to care for your own, leading from the inside out and honouring the quiet strength it takes to keep showing up.

The feedback from carers has already been moving: “This is just what I needed tonight. Thank you.”

Some said the relaxing exercises were, "Wow", emotional and soothing, others felt heard and seen, and many valued connecting, sharing and expressing with others who understand their journey.

Here is a Poem we shared...

Showing Up with Love: A Kinship Carer's Journey 🌿

" You did not plan for this, but you stepped in with love. Some days carry quiet grief, other days reveal a strength you did not know you had.

You may feel torn between family, unsure of your role or exhausted.

But you are not alone!

Kinship is a community that understands and walks beside you.

Let this be a moment to pause, to feel proud and to know that your care matters.

Your love makes all the difference". 💛

Kinship

Trauma Informed Consultancy Services Ltd

06/10/2025

Reflections in the Sun with Dr. Debbie 🌿

In the autumn sun, I spent the morning with Dr. Debbie planning our upcoming focus group, a creative critical evaluation on an 18 month Trauma Informed project with the Regional Adoption Team.

We enjoyed a slow, nourishing lunch in the sunshine while sharing, learning, and thinking about the progress so far. 🌱

Amas

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Adoption Service

03/10/2025

🎨 TESTIMONIAL

“At first, we felt like we were walking on eggshells afraid of getting it wrong while just wanting to keep her safe. Now, we feel more settled, empowered, and happier as a family.”

Adoptive parents of a teenager.

21/09/2025

CELEBRATING ROOTS & GROWTH AT ANGLIA RUSKIN 💛

This week I had the privilege of celebrating 30 years of the MA Music Therapy course and 15 years of the MA Dramatherapy course at Anglia Ruskin University, a place close to my heart.

Fifteen years ago, alongside five others, I was one of the first on the course under the wise and caring guidance of Dr Ditty Dokter. Returning for this milestone was deeply moving and wholesome.

Through music, movement, role and embodiment we explored the themes of imposter syndrome, belonging and not belonging, feeling tall and the theme of home.

The day was filled with nourishment, rich and heartfelt conversations, reconnections and new connections.

I also heard from colleagues about their journeys as researchers and leaders through story and music. We saw videos of alumni from across the world and I was even sent a picture of my face on the world map. Seeing my face on the map made me feel truly seen, a quiet swell of pride mixed with a touch of embarrassment.

My closing reflections were of togetherness, of being witnessed and witnessing others, and of the healing conversations that make this community so special. Here’s to healing and growth.

Anglia Ruskin University

Stavroulla Demetriou

Dr Ditty Dokter

Hewlett

Shimna Links

16/09/2025

THERAPEUTIC REPORT WRITING ISN’T JUST PAPERWORK FOR ME, IT’S DEEPLY PERSONAL 🌿

Every child’s story holds pain, bravery, and hope. Supporting children in their recovery and helping them rediscover joy isn’t just my job, it’s my calling.

My own childhood experiences shaped the way I see and feel the world. They fuel my passion to be alongside children on their healing journey and to help others truly see and understand them too.

I don’t take lightly the trust that’s placed in me. Each report is a chance to honour a child’s voice, to capture their story with care, and to ensure their needs are recognised.

I love what I do and I’m grateful every day that I get to be part of their path towards healing.

14/09/2025

EMBODYING CHANGE: MOVING WITH THE SEASONS 🌿

A weekend of embodmient practice with teacher Tim Barnes, as the seasons change we looked at how the body might hold on and resist change, allowing the body to lean into the sticky resistance and heavy tension, gently letting go and creating space to feel whats on the other side of change..

In practicing embodiment, I meet my own resistance, tension, and release. This work challenges me, grounds me, softens me, and helps me stay present with what arises.

As a therapist, especially in trauma informed work, its essential work, tending to my own body and nervous system allows me to show up more fully, with steadiness and compassion, for those I serve.

More on my embodiment practice

12/09/2025

ABOUT ME

My Childhood

I grew up in a border town between the North and South of Ireland during the 1980s.

I was born into a large extended family of emergency service workers, in a community where relational conflict and transgenerational trauma were common. I was directly affected by the period known as The Troubles.

Over time, I have undertaken a personal journey of healing through therapeutic exploration, academic study, and embodiment practices. These experiences have helped me work through the impact of personal and family trauma.

Learning to repair, rebuild, and sustain a healthy and contented relationship with myself and my past has inspired me to support children and young adults impacted by adverse childhood experiences, and to support caregivers and systems such as schools, organisations, and child and family services through a trauma informed lens.

My work focuses on helping those I support build safer, more conscious, and connected relationships with themselves and the world around them.

To find out more about my creative and therapeutic approach to life’s serious stuff, visit dream-together.co.uk

11/09/2025

SLOW MORNINGS, STEADY PRESENCE 🌿

As helping professionals and caregivers, we often carry the quiet guilt of slowing down, as though caring for ourselves takes away from those we serve.

The truth is the opposite: when we rush, neglect, or override our own needs, we risk becoming containers for others rather than a presence for them.

A soothed and nurtured nervous system is NOT a luxury. It is the FOUNDATION of our presence.

Slower mornings, steady routines, and intentional self-care practices allow us to listen deeply, without depletion and hold space with compassion and respond with clarity.

To all caregivers and helping professions, let this be a gentle call to action. Create rhythms that restore you. Protect your mornings. Soothe your system. Your ability to serve with balance and depth depends on it. 🙏

09/09/2025

ALONE WE CAN DO A LITTLE. TOGETHER WE CAN DO SO MUCH MORE. 🌿

I am grateful to be part of this passionate, caring and experienced team, as an associate of Trauma Informed Consultancy Services.

This October we will be hosting our DREAM Big Conference in Manchester. It will not only be about talking through what trauma informed practice means, but also about experiencing it first hand in carefully designed, evidence based, creative and conscious workshops.

I feel truly blessed to be supported by this beautiful team who together offer safe hands, thinking minds and loving hearts. I look forward to the future and what we can build together. 😊

Trauma Informed Consultancy Services Ltd

06/09/2025

EVER WONDERED WHAT’S INSIDE A CREATIVE ARTS THERAPY ROOM? 🎨

At DREAM Together, we offer a creative and therapeutic approach to life’s serious stuff.

Find out more at dream-together.co.uk

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