In-person · Glasgow Southside

Workshops & Groups

Gentle, creative workshops for processing what words alone can’t always reach.

Upcoming

Sun 20 September 2026 · 1:00–3:00pm

In the Waiting

Southside Counselling and Therapy Centre · 3 Carment Drive, Shawlands, Glasgow G41 3PP

A gentle, creative therapeutic workshop for anyone navigating infertility, fertility treatment, IVF or pregnancy loss. Using images, objects and metaphor drawn from dramatherapy, it offers somewhere to pause and put some of what you’re carrying down for a while — no acting, no pressure to share, and no creative experience needed.

Sat 1 August 2026

Making Meaning Together: Improvisation, Group Process & Transformative Play

British Psychodrama Association Conference 2026 · The Old Swan Hotel, Harrogate · Co-facilitated with Katie Edkins

An experiential conference workshop inviting participants into the playful, collaborative world of long-form improvisation as a creative tool for re-sourcing the self — exploring how group dynamics, role patterns and relational tensions can be surfaced and transformed through symbolic play, with no performance experience needed.

Sat 10 January 2026 · 90-minute experiential workshop

Ensemble Alchemy: Using Long-Form Improv to Transform Group Shadows

British Association of Dramatherapists Annual Conference · Glasgow

An experiential workshop exploring how long-form improvisation can make hidden group dynamics visible — the unspoken tensions, power imbalances and habitual roles that groups often carry beneath the surface. Drawing on the collaborative principles of long-form improv, including UCB traditions, participants used “Yes, and…”, ensemble thinking and spontaneous scene-making to explore the group as a living system — encountering roles such as leader, outsider, rescuer or disruptor through play, and meeting the group shadow with curiosity rather than intellectual analysis.

Sat 25 October 2025 · 3-hour CPD workshop

Myth & Masculinity: Exploring Toxic Masculinity in Adolescence Through Greek Myth and Dramatherapy

Using Greek mythology and dramatherapy, this CPD workshop explored the roots and expressions of toxic masculinity in adolescent boys — examining how violent fantasies, emotional disconnection and grandiose behaviours can reflect deeper experiences of shame, vulnerability and identity loss. Grounded in James Gilligan’s theory that violence stems from unmet needs for love and respect, participants left with creative, trauma-informed tools to support boys and young men in their development.

For therapists

Interested in Improv and Therapy?

Are you a therapist curious about how improvisation can enrich therapeutic practice?

Monthly practice groups will begin in Autumn 2026, offering a welcoming and collaborative space to explore improv, creativity, spontaneity and connection through a therapeutic lens.

Get in touch to register your interest and receive further details.