ARTIST WELLBEING
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Artist Wellbeing provides mental health and wellbeing support for artists and those working within artistic industries; such as theatre, TV & film and dance.
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Artist Wellbeing can support anyone who identifies as an "artist"; such as actors, dancers, writers, directors, performance artists, visual artists and more.
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Artist Wellbeing can support those who work alongside & in collaboration artists; such as producers, crew members, stage-managers, lighting/sound technicians, venue members and more.
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All services are provided by a qualified & registered counsellor or psychotherapist, who also has experience in supervision and working within a creative industry.
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Depending upon specific needs, services are provided via online video support, in-person sessions, on-location or within the rehearsal room.
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individual support
Industry specific therapy, process supervision, mental health & wellbeing support
team & company support
Support for creative teams, producing companies, cast & crew members
consultancy
Bespoke advice and support on how to keep wellbeing within the heart of creative practices
training & workshops
Sharing and teaching best-practice methodologies / psycho-education / well-being workshops
"We had a dramatherapist on standby the whole time ... She was very helpful, quite grounding. When occasionally things do get quite tough ... I would meet with Lou."
Michaela Cole,
I May Destroy You
LOU PLATT
Artist Wellbeing Practitioner
Lou Platt is a UK based pioneer of Artist Wellbeing.
Being an Artist Wellbeing Practitioner is a unique synthesis of Lou's 16 years working as a qualified & registered integrative therapist, clinical supervisor and independent theatre maker/performer.
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Through use of compassionate therapeutic techniques, open dialogue and psycho-education, Lou strives to enable artists to not only take radical care of their mental health and wellbeing, but to also reach and maintain their fullest creative potential.
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Lou has worked as an Artist Wellbeing Practitioner within theatre, film, TV, dance, visual arts, writing and the music industries .
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For quality assurance, Lou is registered with the Health Care Professions Council, is a member of the British Association of Dramatherapists and has public liability insurance. She regularly takes her artist wellbeing practice to clinical/process supervision, and also engages in Continual Professional Development through on-going certified training and learning practices.
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To find out more about Lou and her services as an Integrative Therapist or Clinical Supervisor please visit www.louiseplatt.co.uk
"[Lou was] someone to talk to and lean on when the going got tough. "
Ursula Martinez, A Family Outing