British Association of Dramatherapists

15/11/2025

Calling all members! Join tomorrow's Talking Circle for the final instalment of these essential sessions designed to give you the opportunity to actively shape the future and direction of BADth, ahead of our upcoming AGM.

Session 4: Building Stuctures
Sunday 16th November, 15:00 - 16:00

Discuss motions for structural change and other policy updates to strengthen BADth’s infrastructure.

Sign up now via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/badth-amg-talking-circles-tickets-1952537465119?aff=oddtdtcreator

14/11/2025

Join us for a three-part series explores dramatherapy’s capacity to foster transformation across personal, relational, and collective dimensions through performance.

Participants will be introduced to three distinct yet interrelated forms of therapeutic performance specific to drama therapy: Self-Revelatory Performance, Co-Revelatory Performance, and Theatre for Change (a project developed at CIIS). Each offers a unique pathway to healing, insight, and change.

Find out more and book now: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/staging-performing-change-dramatherapy-and-performance-tickets-1834980960449?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl

13/11/2025

Join us for this rich upcoming CPD workshop exploring the value and application of creative imagination in therapy with young people affected by parental alcohol problems - Time for a different story.

Find out more and to book visit: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/time-for-a-different-story-tickets-1922027960369?aff=oddtdtcreator

About the facilitator:
Toby Chown is a dramatherapist, writer and storyteller from Brighton and Hove. He is the author of two books of poetry "Haunted Evaporations" and "Into the Dreaming Dark: 33 Poems of Imaginal Ecology". He has 13 years clinical experience working with children and families affected by alcohol and drug problems and is on the editorial board of the Climate Psychology Alliance's Journal Explorations

12/11/2025

Calling all members! Join tomorrow's Talking Circle

Thursday 13th November, 19:00 - 20:00

Focusing on BADth’s financial health and sustainability. This conversation will address budgeting priorities, income streams, and strategies for long-term stability. Any questions raised which can't be answered within this meeting, our book keeper will be asked to prepare a response to for the AGM.

We'll be discussing:

What financial principles should guide BADth’s decisions?
How can we balance affordability for members with organisational sustainability?
What new income streams could BADth explore?
How do we communicate financial decisions clearly and build trust?

Sign up now on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/badth-amg-talking-circles-tickets-1952537465119?aff=oddtdtcreator

09/11/2025

Calling all members! Join today's Talking Circle, an essential space designed for you, the members, to actively shape the future and direction of the British Association of Dramatherapists (BADth).

Sunday 9th November, 15:00 - 16:00

Today we'll be continuing the conversation on member involvement and explore practical steps for onboarding and supporting volunteers in committees and working groups.

We'll be discussing practical next steps, including:

How do we make joining a committee easy and welcoming?
What support structures do volunteers need to thrive?
How can BADth showcase the impact of committee work?
What new working groups could address emerging needs?

Sign up now: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/badth-amg-talking-circles-tickets-1952537465119?aff=oddtdtcreator

08/11/2025

Join us for this rich upcoming CPD workshop exploring the value and application of creative imagination in therapy with young people affected by parental alcohol problems - Time for a different story.

Find out more and to book: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-secret-nature-of-stories-tickets-1922027960369?aff=oddtdtcreator

Toby Chown is a dramatherapist, writer and storyteller from Brighton and Hove. He is the author of two books of poetry "Haunted Evaporations" and "Into the Dreaming Dark: 33 Poems of Imaginal Ecology". He has 13 years clinical experience working with children and families affected by alcohol and drug problems and is on the editorial board of the Climate Psychology Alliance's Journal Explorations

07/11/2025

Join us for a three-part series explores dramatherapy’s capacity to foster transformation across personal, relational, and collective dimensions through performance. Participants will be introduced to three distinct yet interrelated forms of therapeutic performance specific to drama therapy: Self-Revelatory Performance, Co-Revelatory Performance, and Theatre for Change (a project developed at CIIS). Each offers a unique pathway to healing, insight, and change.

Find out more and book now: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/staging-performing-change-dramatherapy-and-performance-tickets-1834980960449?aff=oddtdtcreator

06/11/2025

The first in the Talking Circle session starts tonight! It's not too late to sign up - just click here https://bit.ly/4qGkA9b

⭐ Calling all BADth Members! Your Association Needs YOU! ⭐

We're launching four vital Talking Circles to lead into our AGM, giving YOU the power to shape BADth's future. These are critical conversations on participation, leadership, financial health, and our organisational structure.

Attend any number of sessions:

6th November, 19:00 - 20:00: Building Community (Part 1)

9th November, 15:00 - 16:00: Building Community (Part 2)

13th November, 19:00 - 20:00: Firm Foundations

16th November, 15:00 - 16:00: Building Structures

Click the link to learn more & register for individual sessions - Don't miss your chance to contribute!: https://bit.ly/4qGkA9b

05/11/2025

We're getting excited for our upcoming annual conference in January, especially with this amazing line up of presentations and workshops!

Find out more and book (early bird tickets until 24th November) via the link in our bio.

03/11/2025

⭐ Calling all BADth Members! Your Association Needs YOU! ⭐

We're launching four vital Talking Circles to lead into our AGM, giving YOU the power to shape BADth's future. These are critical conversations on participation, leadership, financial health, and our organisational structure.

Attend any number of sessions:

6th November, 19:00 - 20:00: Building Community (Part 1)

9th November, 15:00 - 16:00: Building Community (Part 2)

13th November, 19:00 - 20:00: Firm Foundations

16th November, 15:00 - 16:00: Building Structures

Click the link to learn more & register for individual sessions - Don't miss your chance to contribute!: https://bit.ly/4qGkA9b

02/11/2025

Check out some of the amazing programme we've got lined up for you at our upcoming annual conference - Shadows to Strengh (January 2026, Glasgow and Online)!

Find out more: https://www.badth.org.uk/training/conference-shadows-to-strength-transforming-group

01/11/2025

It gives us great pleasure to announce the keynote speaker for our upcoming annual conference, Lizzie Palmer!

Lizzie Palmer has been delivering the Adult Dramatherapy Service at Dundee Rep & Scottish Dance Theatre for the last seven years. When it launched in 1994, this was the first service of it’s kind in the UK, and continues to thrive now in its 31st year.

It is government-funded, free to access, and is often celebrated as a ‘beacon’ of the dramatherapy community in Scotland; in this key note, Lizzie explores how shadow shows up in between the flashes of guiding light. She draws on the history of Dramatherapy at Dundee Rep and stories of practice from colleagues across Scotland, examining the relationship between shadow and therapist, client and institution, and how spending time in the darkness can be a catalyst for change.

Lizzie Palmer manages and delivers Dundee Rep & Scottish Dance Theatre’s Adult Dramatherapy Service, funded by Dundee Health & Social Care Partnership. She is also a visiting lecturer on the QMU Dramatherapy MSc, course coordinator for the QMU Introduction to Dramatherapy Short Course, and a Creative Clinical Supervisor.

Join us for Shadows to Strength, our annual conference this January in Glasgow and online: https://www.badth.org.uk/training/conference-shadows-to-strength-transforming-group