Join us for a series of expert-led workshops to support actors and stage managers in building skills for improved mental health and sustainable creative practice. The sessions are facilitated by an experienced therapist who regularly works with performing artists and has been an actor herself. Each of the six sessions focuses on a specific challenge, practical techniques for self-care, and support strategies. Each session works as a one-off or you can join all six. Best of all, these workshops will be held online, so you can join from the comfort of your own home (and feel free to have your camera on or off as you prefer!).
- Stress, Anxiety & Burnout
- Self-esteem & Coping With Rejection
- Maintaining Relationships, Healthy Boundaries & Networking
- Nutrition and Healthy Eating
- Mental Health and Physical Health
- ADHD and Neurodiversity
Self-esteem & Coping With Rejection
In this session we will look at:
- Where our self-esteem comes from
- What a healthy self-esteem looks like
- The causes of low self-esteem
- How to cope with rejection
- How to build your self-esteem
- Time for reflection, discussion and questions
Facilitator: Heather Turkington
Heather Turkington is a dramatherapist based in Co.Armagh in Northern Ireland.
Heather’s work sees her specialising in complex trauma, and holds post as Psychological Trauma Therapist in the NHS, working with people experiencing PTSD as a result of the NI conflict.
She also works privately and freelance in both therapeutic and organisational roles.
Actors’ Benevolent Fund
The entertainment industry can be a collaborative, creative and exciting one, but it can, at times, be isolating and insecure. The Actors’ Benevolent Fund is here to provide a place of community and support for actors and stage managers through our range of grants and wellbeing services.
We’ve been supporting industry professionals across sound, stage and screen since 1882. Today, we continue to make the greatest possible difference to a community that brings so much meaning and inspiration to others.
Whether you are in need of help or would like to support us, we are here and would love to hear from you.
Find out more at: www.actorsbenevolentfund.co.uk/
or follow us on Instagram @abf.uk/
BAPAM
The British Association for Performing Arts Medicine (BAPAM) is the largest provider of clinical services to the UK’s performing arts sector, working with actors, music creators, performers, production professionals, dancers and other creative practitioners. The charity provides free, bespoke clinical advice and care from expert clinicians in a range of disciplines, responding to requests for help with mental health, musculoskeletal care, vocal health, hearing concerns and some eye care and dental health issues. With expertise gained in evidence-based practice and research in the field, BAPAM’s free workshops and online resources share knowledge and skills to support good health and sustainable creative careers.
Find out more at www.bapam.org.uk