bruce howard bayley
dramatherapy
020 8672 7349


I am a State Registered Dramatherapist and a full member of BADth.
BADth Vice-Chair 1997-98; BADth Co-Chair 1998-99

My practice is mainly based in South London.
Practice times & terms are negotiable.
Spaces are currently available for individual dramatherapy and supervision.

Space are also available for the following workshop:
"SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR" by Pirandello


Training:
1988-90: Postgraduate Diploma in Dramatherapy (CNAA), St. Alban's, Hertfordshire
1990-92: MA Dramatherapy (Cum Laude) - University of Hertfordshire
Thesis: "Splitting and Mirroring: Mimetic Enactment and Mirroring in the spilt-gender role conflict of adolescent homosexual male prostitutes."

Specialist work:
Sexuality and Gender issues

Prostitution

Recoverers from substance use/misuse

Survivors of abuse

Work with trainees

Training

Supervision

Past Work:
1983-90 Hoxton Hall:
Youth Theatre Director; Dramatherapy Groups (Elderly Reminisence and young people)

1988-91 Continuing Education & Training Service, Croydon:
Speech and Voice Development

1990-91 Barnet General Hospital Psychiatric Unit
Acute depressive, borderline and psychogeriatric patients and patients with schizophreniform behaviour

1990-91 Hertfordshire Social Services:
Adolescent clients with a variety of identity problems

1991-93 Streetwise Youth

1994-95 PERFORMANCE: Standing Beyond Time
A performance with music on the life times and writings of Edward Carpenter

1996-98 University of Hertfordshire:
Lecturer on the Arts Therapies Foundation Course

1998       University of Hertfordshire:
Guest Lecturer on Alida Gersie's Certificate of Story-Making Course

Current work:
Group Dramatherapy

Individual Dramatherapy

Supervision

Work with trainees

Training & Lecturing

Workshops

Writing

Articles & Papers:
"FEELING QUEER IN DRAMATHERAPY:
Transformation, Alice & the Caterpillar."
"THOUGHTS ON THE RELATION BETWEEN DRAMATHERAPY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY"
First given at the Dramatherapy/Psychotherapy Debate Day, 28th June 1997

"GENDER OUTLAWS:
Gender Transgressive Images in Queer Performance
and their relationship to The Grotesque"


"WORKING WITH THE TABOO OF TRANSGENDER IN DRAMATHERAPY"
in issue no1: "Taboo"


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