Due to the neglect of the primary carer from a very early age, Barney was put on a state of alert without being able to trust the world. He needed the kind of support Roundabout can provide to be able to access spontaneous play, and to be a ‘child’. Within the safety of the sessions, […]

CAROLE IS A nine-year old girl with Asperger’s Syndrome, who finds it difficult to express and contain her feelings. She attends a mainstream primary school and is struggling to stay in class and make friends. There have also been difficulties in her family, impacting on her heavily. Roundabout’s dramatherapist worked with her for two terms, […]

THIS GROUP of 6 older adults had weekly sessions held in their residential home. All the group members had varying degrees of dementia. They were very different in terms of personality, background and ethnicity but were all referred to the group for similar reasons. THESE WERE to improve• relationships • communication • self-esteem and to […]

ROUNDABOUT dramatherapy projects are supporting mainstream, primary-aged children who have siblings with Autistic Spectrum Disorder. ONE OF THE common denominators for most of the children is the violence they endure from their siblings. This ranges from thumps to higher scale violence; sometimes they get hurt and sometimes they witness others getting hurt. THE DRAMATHERAPY work […]

TERRY IS AN eleven-year old boy with a diagnosis of autism. He was referred to dramatherapy to help with his bereavement and help him to recognise and manage his difficult feelings. He had problems staying in class and maintaining positive relationships with his peers. TERRY RESPONDED WELL to the repeated structure of the sessions. Each […]

PAULA is in her late twenties and has a learning disability. She lives at home with her mother and attends a day centre on two days of the week. Her key worker referred her to dramatherapy saying “Paula tends to get upset or very excited by any events that happen or by something that she […]

JAIVEER is 7 years old and has Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD). He attends a mainstream school that has a specialist unit for children with ASD. A Roundabout dramatherapist works in the school 2 days a week running dramatherapy sessions for groups and individuals. Jaiveer was referred to individual dramatherapy by his class teacher because he […]

THE SIMPLICITY of choice is wonderful and releases feelings of importance, knowing that your opinion is respected and really matters. Dramatherapy gave Grace a choice. GRACE WAS ANGRY and tired when we first met her, as she was not settling at her care home. When she explained this in the dramatherapy sessions she was surprised […]