Practitioner Directory

Abigayle Doe is an optician with a specialist understanding of performers' complex eyesight needs including visual fields and working distances, and reading notation while also focusing on the working environment and fellow performers. She is part of the team at Performing Arts Vision Care.

Dr Adam Ficek is a UKCP Accredited Clinical Psychotherapist, MBACP Counsellor and is qualified in EMDR and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. He has been involved in the music industry for 25 years as a performing artist and DJ and toured extensively at top level (EMI/Parlophone/Rough Trade) as a solo artist, band member and as a DJ. Following his own therapeutic experience within the music industry and witnessing the struggles (and consequences) of many of his peers, he decided to train as a psychotherapist.

Adam is experienced in both the NHS and private mental health settings. Areas of expertise include Anxiety, Addiction, Depression, Fame and celebrity, Trauma, Relationships, Burnout, Self esteem, Coaching (psychological and performance), substance abuse, touring and performance strategies.

From my unique perspective as both a professional musician and a psychotherapist I am able to draw upon first hand experience in both therapeutic, and performance practice, towards the implementation and management of mental health strategies in the music industry.

Alice Nicholas is a Dramatherapist and Clinical Supervisor with 15 years professional experience as a performer/actor, director, playwright and facilitator in the performance arts industry. Alice is experienced in working individually with artists and with creative teams during the rehearsal / theatre making process. Alice can help with issues relating to mental ill health, anxiety, adoption, trauma, abuse, neglect, attachment, stress, relationship difficulties (inter and intra-personal), self-harm, working with highly sensitive individuals, social and emotional difficulties, developmental trauma, self-esteem, identity and intersectionality. 

Alistair Newton is an experienced BACP Accredited counsellor and supervisor.  He has worked as a counsellor in education, in charities, in the NHS as well as in private practice since 2014. The performing arts have seen Alistair work as a singer, actor, comic, presenter, musician, script writer and producer. "I am aware of the many issues that affect musicians and performers which may include anxiety and depression, a difficult work/life balance, uncertainty and financial pressures. I am able to relate to creative people and those who have a lifestyle or working pattern which is outside the mainstream as well as those dealing with creative blocks".

Alistair can help with issues relating to abuse, addiction, affairs and betrayals, alcoholism, anger management, anxiety, autism, bereavement, bullying, career counselling, depression, drug addiction, emotional abuse, family issues, feeling sad, health anxiety, internet addiction, LGBTQ+ counselling, loneliness, low self-confidence, low self-esteem, panic attacks, redundancy, relationship problems, self-harm, separation and divorce, sex addiction, sex problems, social anxiety, stress.

​Alistair is also a teacher, university lecturer and trainer. He has recently offered training in bereavement counselling, working with learning difficulties, humanistic counselling as well as counselling skills.

Amy Hunter studied at the British School of Osteopathy and graduated in 2009 with Distinction. She is registered with the General Osteopathic Council and has practised as an Osteopath in various multidisciplinary clinics in Sussex since graduating. Amy also has a first class Anatomy degree from Edinburgh University and until recently, lectured in anatomy to the undergraduate students at the European School of Osteopathy.

Amy has recently undertaken extra training to specialise treating women in their perimenopausal and postmenopausal years, and the extra challenges that this period in their life brings. She has also volunteered with an arthritis charity delivering chronic pain management courses. She is also trained in Dry needling and has a Sports massage qualification. Amy demonstrates anatomy to other Osteopaths and manual therapists at Brighton and Sussex Medical School every now and then, gives talks at Brighton Natural Health Centre to other movement therapists, and is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Amy's holistic approach to treatment uses a combination of gentle osteopathic techniques to help ease pain and restore normal movement and function, as well as discussing lifestyle, diet and exercise, and helping people to understand how their body works and what they can do to help themselves.

Amy is experienced in working with musicians and dancers and can help with musculoskeletal issues - joints and tendon problems, muscle tension or weakness, nerve pain or irritation - sympathetic overload (stress), breathing, pelvic floor issues. headaches and jaw problems. She also offers clinical musculoskeletal assessment (standing/ sitting/ lying, active and passive) basic clinical testing (nerve provocation, reflexes etc), massage, manipulation, MET, strapping, exercise advice, lifestyle advice and basic nutritional advice.

Andrea Hughes is an Alexander Technique teacher who has worked as a Production Designer for 25 years. " I understand the mental and physical demands of the media industry on both performers and practitioners. I want to help the people I understand to perform better and feel better".

Andrea has worked with musicians, actors and technicians on issues related to back, neck and wrist pain, shoulder problems and repetitive strain injury. She belongs to the Society of Teachers of Alexander Technique (STAT) and is CNHC registered.

Andrew Keay is a remedial and vocal massage therapist. He discovered the real importance of massage through his work as a professional actor and voiceover artist. After training at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, he worked throughout the UK and has toured internationally for the past 14 years with large scale, physically demanding, theatre productions including War Horse with the National Theatre and voiced characters for productions with Netflix, BBC & STV.

Andrew has worked with actors, musical theatre performers, singers, athletes, nurses, gardeners and office workers - bringing his experience as a performer into the treatment room to help clients feel, function and perform at their best.

"I know what it takes to perform as the highest level physically, mentally & vocally and having massage treatment has 100% helped me maintain my body and mind through long, demanding contracts. I'm really passionate about massage therapy and believe it can play an important role in maintaining proper body function, performance, and health as well as having an overall positive effect on your physical and mental wellbeing".

In addition to seeing clients at his own practice, Andrew is part of the team at Valentine Voice Care in Glasgow.

Andrew Miles is an experienced chiropractor particularly interested in diagnosing and treating more tricky conditions that haven’t responded to other therapies and approaches. He works with patients of all ages. Whilst practising chiropractic in Cardiff, he has successfully treated many Welsh and international athletes, footballers, rugby players, actors, musicians, martial artists, skiers, snowboarders and has previously worked in conjunction with the occupational health department at the BBC when it was in Llandaff.

Andrew can help with issued related to musculoskeletal problems, acute and chronic back pain, disc injuries, sciatica, trapped nerves, neck pain, headaches, migraines, joint pain, muscle spasm and cramp, sports injuries, shoulder pain and complaints, elbow pain and complaints, ankle sprains and injuries, plantar fasciitis, symptoms arising from tension and inability to relax.

Andrew feels that often "patients have put up with an underlying problem for a long period of time and have developed compensation coping strategies but never get rid of the condition. With accurate diagnosis I aim to treat the main cause of the condition and give advice including exercises to reduce reoccurrence."

In 2021, Andrew was appointed to the Professional Conduct Committee of the General Chiropractic Council (GCC). He has served on the National Council of the Royal College of Chiropractors from 2001-2010 and has been Chair of the South Wales CPD (Continuing Professional Development) Faculty from 2001-2012.

Andy Maxwell is an Integrative Counsellor with 30 years of experience with creative people, including performers. Whilst running his own private practice, Andy is also an in-house psychotherapist and counsellor for staff and students at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Andy integrates both traditional and modern psychotherapeutic approaches and offers both short and long-term therapy,

Andy can help with issues relating to anxiety and stress, relationship difficulties - friends, family and at work, low esteem and lack of confidence, low mood or depression, ADHD/ADD and Autism, addictions, compulsions and bingeing – including food, drugs, sex, social media, work, gambling, gaming etc, loss - bereavement, grief, separation, redundancy, life transitions and career development.

Angela Clerkin is a qualified Integrative & Transpersonal Counsellor MBACP working with musicians, designers, dancers, directors and writers. Prior to therapy training Angela worked as an actor, writer and director for more than 25 years. She continues to work part-time in the creative industries, recently as an Associate Director on a touring musical and as Creative Facilitator leading Improvisation workshops at the Globe Theatre.

As a therapist, Angela works holistically, offering creative techniques and somatic work as part of her approach to those who want that in addition to talking therapy. Her experience gives her a deep understanding and insights into the challenges around performance stress, touring, mental health, addiction issues, grief, anxiety, trauma, power dynamics, managing health issues, menopause, relationship difficulties, co-dependancy, sexuality and gender identity, social and emotional issues, loneliness, self-esteem and confidence.

Angela enjoys working with people from diverse cultures, genders, sexualities, religions and faiths, and has experience of working with neurodiverse people including those with ADHD, dyslexia and OCD. “Whatever brings you to therapy is where we begin – I look forward to us working together”.

Anita Gould is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist currently heading the psychological therapies services at the Royal Academy of Music. Anita is experienced in working with performing artists and can help with issues relating to anxiety, work-related stress, performance anxiety, concerns about securing employment and/or income-related work activities, personal issues such as relationship difficulties, traumas, and concerns about the state of the world.

Anita also works with clients having neurodiverse conditions such as ADHD, Autistic Spectrum and OCD. She also offers clinical assessment, psychodynamic psychotherapy (short and long-term), and supervision to other clinicians.

As a dancer and clinician, Ann Coxhead has many years experience of the mechanics of the body, working with singers, actors, dancers and musicians. Her services for performance professionals include Osteopathy, laryngeal manipulation to treat muscle tension dysphonia in singers and professional voice users, breathing techniques, and Floor-Barre work.

Osteopathic diagnosis and treatment is available for a wide range of medical conditions including the spine and all peripheral joints. Treatments are tailored to your specific injuries. Observing and accessing anatomical and postural technique. Including hip knee and ankle alignment at the barre for Dancers. Making tissue specific diagnosis. Hypermobility, scoliosis and differences in speed of growth in young dancers can all be managed. Integrating the injury into the dynamics of the whole body and building self confidence. Using deep soft tissue and muscle energy techniques, facial release, articulation and manipulation if required.  Rectifying bio-mechanical faults helps to increase circulation, venous supply and lymphatic drainage speeding up healing time.

Ann sees patients in Brighton, Parsons Green, and monthly at the English National Opera. She is a member of the Osteopathic Performing Arts Care Association (OPACA), the British Voice Association and One Dance UK.

Ansuman Biswas is a BACP registered Integrative Psychotherapist and Counsellor who brings to his therapeutic practice extensive experience as an interdisciplinary artist working in music, film, live art, installation, writing and theatre. Ansuman helps clients in the performing arts with issues including anxiety, depression, PTSD, bereavement, disability, identity, and relationship issues. He uses a number of modalities as an integrative therapist including CBT techniques, existential analysis, person-centered and psychodynamic therapy.

Beca Jones is a Dramatherapist and Clinical Supervisor with a background in acting and as a drama facilitator. She works both in Welsh and English and is able to speak and understand Spanish to a high standard.

Beca can help with relational issues such as attachment, trauma, learning difficulties, stress and overwhelm, loneliness and isolation, therapeutic parenting, working with highly sensitive individuals, working with empaths, identity and belonging.

Based at Performance Physiotherapy, Pontypridd, Ben is an experienced physiotherapist providing injury assessment and diagnosis, injury rehabilitation and pain management to sports and creative professionals.

Beverley Hills is a MBACP accredited counsellor using several different methods of counselling, registered with health insurers BUPA, AXA PPP, PLE Health and the Vita Health Group (VHG). She has a background in the creative arena, mainly in acting, writing, presenting and voice work and has worked with many clients across the arts. She offers anxiety, panic attacks, feeling sad, low self-esteem, depression, as well as bereavement, performance and social anxiety, general anxiety disorder, family and relationship issues like affairs or betrayal, sexual or communication issues, LGBTQ community problems, including transgender and transitioning, plus BAME issues like diaspora and belonging. Beverley also offers careers counselling.

Beverley is currently in training to be a Hypnotherapist at The University of Surrey, She is a student member of the IHA (International Hypnotherapy Association) and the NCH (National Council for Hypnotherapy) and can offer sessions at a reduced rate whilst in training.

Caitlin Seto is a physiotherapist specialising in hand therapy and upper limb injuries. Caitlin puts her musical training to use when treating a wide range of musculoskeletal conditions in musicians and creative performers. 

Throughout her career as a physiotherapist, Caitlin gained extensive experience working with musicians of all instruments and skill-levels, including work with individuals of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Caitlin assesses injuries/pain, looking at movement, strength, posture, and technique to create an individualized treatment programme for musicians. She uses a variety of techniques such as soft tissue release, exercise, acupuncture and dry needling, splinting, and taping to support musicians in performing to the best of their abilities. She also teaches reformer pilates to help people with posture, mobility, and flexibility, to aid in general health and fitness.

Caitlin studied piano for 10 years and flute for 5 years. She has played in bands and orchestras from a young age and continues to play for leisure. Caitlin’s aim is to provide support and care for musicians and performers to help them master their skills and achieve their goals.

Carrie Garrett is a Voice Specialised Speech & Language Therapist, Vocal Coach and Vocal Massage Therapist.

She offers support, assessment, and evidence-based treatment options to help with a range of voice issues which may result vocal fatigue or pain, voice quality change, or singing voice problems.

Whether it’s anatomy or technique contributing to your voice change, Carrie is trained in vocal performance (singing and speech techniques) and has experience evaluating with observation, discussion, manual palpation, acoustic analysis, and behavioural assessment to get you back to doing what you love.

She brings experience from professional live performance (Rock/Pop/CCM), studio recording and singing teaching, alongside 12 years working in NHS. This includes ENT/SLT Voice Clinics (Wythenshawe Hospital, South Manchester and Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham) and working in outpatient settings across both acute and community-based services.

Dr Catherine Bevington is an experienced NHS Consultant Rheumatologist who sees patients including musicians and performers with musculoskeletal injuries and issues at West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmonds. Patients in the local area can be referred to her by their NHS GP. She is used to working in multidisciplinary teams, liaising closely with physiotherapy, occupational therapy and other therapy colleagues. She is a keen choral singer and is a graduate of the Performing Arts Medicine postgraduate programme at UCL.

Cathy Gordon is a jaw (temporomandibular joint), head and neck and vestibular specialist with experience in the management of all musculoskeletal upper and lower limb and spinal conditions in adults and children. She is experienced treating musicians and singers from the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) and performance professionals around the North West. Cathy uses manual therapy, acupuncture, and personal exercise programmes to support injury recovery and prevention. She is a keen violinist and pianist and plays in several orchestras and chamber groups in the Manchester area. She is based at Romiley Physio, Stockport.

Cathy is one of the leading physiotherapists treating TMD (jaw pain) in the UK.  She works with the Maxillofacial Dept at Stepping Hill Hospital and privately takes referrals from specialist experienced TMD dentists in the Manchester area, although patients travel from all areas of the North West up to the Isle of Man to receive treatment. In 2009, Cathy co-founded ACPTMD (the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Temporomandibular Disorders). Cathy also teaches students and musicians/singers/teachers on the management of jaw / facial pain in singers and musicians

Cathy provides physiotherapy treatment and rehabilitation for dizziness and problems with balance, including benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). She works with otolaryngologists or ENT (Ear Nose and Throat) consultants in the NHS and have developed a new role in a Balance clinic working with an ENT consultant and the audiology department.

Chloe Rowlatt is a physiotherapist who has also toured as a dancer with the Ballet West Company, Scotland. She has coached the GB contemporary soloist to the World Cup in Portugal and has taught dance workshops in South Africa in less economically developed areas.

Through her dancing, Chloe has a strong understanding of ballet technique and of its demands on the body. As a physio she does specific rehab towards ballet goals and movement, and deals with dance injuries in all genres. She is currently training as a Vocal Physio.

Chloe uses Manual therapy and works with clients on Pointe Shoe Screening, ESWT, Acupuncture, Dry needling, Therapeutic Ultrasound, Cupping, Exercise prescription and rehabilitation, 1-1 Pilates for dancers, Clinical Pilates, Performance technique, Ballet technique, Dance technique, and specific rehab for a return to class.

"I know the pressures on both mind and body and how these both interact as well as how this is sometimes missed in training and working. Having been a dancer quietly carrying injuries, retraining as a physiotherapist has allowed me to full circle back into the industry and enables me to help other dancers have long healthy careers".

Chris Madden is a counsellor and psychotherapist whose background in the music industry gives him an informed understanding of the sector. His therapeutic experience within the creative community includes supporting many clients from the music, live events and other creative industries such as musicians/vocalists, actors, and production/technical crew. He can help address a broad range of issues including relationship problems/difficulties, anxiety, stress, trauma and depression, problematic alcohol and substance/drug behaviour, crisis intervention. Chris uses an integrative therapeutic approach. He is trained in Person-centred / relational approaches / Solution Focused therapy.

Chris has considerable experience of working with students in university settings and is the lead counsellor/wellbeing officer at a university. He is experienced in working with Autistic Spectrum Disorder/Asperger Syndrome and SEND diagnoses.

He is an accredited Mental Health First Aid (England) Instructor, a therapeutic service provider for the charity Music Support, a member of Help Musicians UK charity’s Health and Welfare Advisory panel and Chair of the Board of Trustees with MAP Charity, a Leeds based charity offering creative programmes for young people at risk of exclusion from mainstream education.

Prior to retraining as a therapist, Chris worked in the music industries for over 20 years.

Chula Goonewardene is an experienced Counsellor and Psychotherapist who worked as a professional musician before becoming a clinical consultant, trainer and psychotherapist with expertise in helping people overcome alcohol and substance misuse.

As a musician, Chula started as a classically trained pianist and violinist, becoming a self-taught guitarist and drummer, and then enjoyed a professional career in music during his 20’s. He later joined what evolved into North Westminster Drug & Alcohol Service, in the voluntary sector of the Substance Misuse field, in 2005; becoming a qualified Motivational Interviewing Practitioner and Advanced Group Facilitator, in addition to gaining an NVQ4 in Health & Social Care Management. He worked with over 600 clients in community-based treatment as a Drug & Alcohol Practitioner, before moving into Treatment Management, Training and Consultancy in 2010 and then qualified as a Counsellor & Psychotherapist in 2014.

Alongside his private psychotherapy practice, Chula is the Co-Founder and Clinical Director of Attune, providing mental health & well-being support packages to organisations and creatives in the Music Industry. He is also a Clinical Consultant for Music Support, The Pocressi Initiative and the Centre for Social Justice, writes and podcasts for various publications, lectures at LSBU, and still finds the time to play drums regularly for the Council of Neptune. Chula comes from a Buddhist family and uses this philosophy to enhance both his personal and professional life.

Clarissa Hardaker is a London-based Speech Therapist, Voice and Accent Coach, highly specialised in voice and vocal rehabilitation with actors, singers and professional voice users.

She offers skilled assessment and treatment for people with speech, language, communication and swallowing disorders. This includes but is not limited to adults with speech and articulation disorders and voice disorders.

Her MFA in Voice Studies has given Clarissa the skills and qualifications of a voice coach and teacher and she specialises in helping elite voice users with breath, phonation, resonance, and articulation. Online or face-to-face sessions are available, tailored to your needs.

Problems and conditions helped with include manual therapy for the release of tension which may be impacting voice, vocal nodules, cysts and polyps, spasmodic dysphonia, muscle tension dysphonia, dysarthria and apraxia, vocal trauma or loss, lisps and stutters, poor articulation and clarity, accent softening and dialect coaching.

Clarissa has experience working with trans clients who wish to work on their voice.

Clarissa is a singer and non-professional actor herself. She works closely with professional actors and singers on the West End and in TV and Film as well as professional voice users. Clarissa has also conducted research into the importance of providing voice training for teachers as standard as part of initial teacher training.

Cornetta Williams Walker is a psychotherapist and supervisor with over ten years experience, registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, Addiction Professionals, British Infertility Counselling Association and the Association for The Treatment of Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity. She is a member of BAATN (The Black, African and Asian Therapy Network). Cornetta's practice has mainly been in the community and within health and social care supporting families with drumming, photography and film-making, and art. She has experience working with vocalists, actors, writers and directors with issues relating to mental health conditions, intimacy, addiction including porn addiction, motivation, fear of rejection, attachment disorders, trauma, depression, anxiety, and racism. Cornetta supports remote interventions including sober coach for actors and artist struggling with alcohol addiction and mental health.

Cornetta can help with issues relating to resilience/ motivation after rejection, stress reduction, audition anxiety, racism/unconscious bias/representation in the industry/diversity, social anxiety, addiction including sex addiction, substance use recovery intervention, general anxiety, boundary setting on set, trauma (historic or current), attachment and connection, working together in a group, sober coach on set when actors are filming home and abroad, working with difficult subject matter and intimacy.

Cornetta uses different approaches including integrative psychotherapy, person-centred recovery and sober coaching, trauma and attachment disorders, relationship issues and couple’s work, hypersexual compulsivity and porn addiction and mindfulness based stress reduction.

Damian Higgins is a BACP registered counsellor with a humanistic integrative approach focused in the person-centred modality but also including elements of CBT. He is a qualified A-Level Dance and Drama Teacher with a ten year career as a professional musical theatre performer. Damian has been a teacher of Performing Arts for the last 15 years, currently working as course leader for Drama and Dance at Bilborough Sixth Form College.

Damian can help with issues relating to race identity, gender identity, LGBTQI issues, eating disorders, anxiety and stress, confidence building, working on boundaries in life and understanding self and he also delivers sessions of CBT-T for First Steps Eating Disorder.

Physiotherapist Darel Evans is a hands-on manual therapist, utilising adept manual skills in mobilisation of the soft tissues and manipulation of spinal and peripheral joints. He combines manual therapy, advanced clinical & gym based rehabilitation, sport taping, cupping and acupuncture to relieve pain, correct asymmetries, improve functional movement and strength and keep performers on track.

"I value patient empowerment through teaching an in-depth understanding of their condition/injury. I believe this is key to successful treatment and management of symptoms and for return to daily activities and performance".

Darel can assist with advanced clinical and gym based rehabilitation, injury management for musicians - managing pain whilst playing/performing, injury prevention courses - raked stage, tour based, track specific, strength and conditioning for dance workshops and 1:1 coaching.  His sessions include dance specific education which will improve dance technique through expert body awareness training. Darel is also experienced at laryngeal manual therapy / vocal massage, dealing with loss of range, increased effort, breathy, husky voice quality, pain on phonation, globus, full body assessment/MOT, postural correction and vocal rehab.

Debbie Wilson is a physiotherapist specialising in performing artists, and the lead musculoskeletal physiotherapist for the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. She also works with students from local performing arts colleges and universities, and all performance professionals in the Liverpool area, including many dancers.

Debbie treats all acute and chronic musculoskeletal conditions, postural related dysfunctions, mechanical neck and back pain, overuse/repetitive strain injuries, adverse neural tension, cervical and lumbar radiculopathy, rotator cuff related pain, impingements, tendinopathies, overload and underload related pathologies, stress fractures, acute sprains, ligament ruptures. Debbie also offers post-natal physio checks - Mummy MOT (https://www.themummymot.com/) - and is also an APPI trained Pilates teacher.

Dimitrios is a specialist CBT practitioner accredited by the BABCP, which is the primary professional organisation for CBT therapists in the UK. In addition, he is a qualified integrative counsellor and a registered member of the BACP, which is the largest Counselling & Psychotherapy professional body in Europe.

Dimitrios specialises in providing clinical assessments and treatments for individuals struggling with various mental health conditions, such as anxiety, performance anxiety, depression, Social Anxiety Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), phobias, and panic disorder. In addition, he can help you address issues related to health anxiety, trauma, panic attacks, agoraphobia, anger, shame, personal development, body image, insomnia, work-related stress or issues, self-esteem, low confidence, anger management, and relationship or familial difficulties.

Dimitrios has extensive experience in mental health settings, having worked with diverse client groups from various ethnic and cultural backgrounds. He has provided professional services to highly accredited organizations, charities, and institutions such as the English National Healthcare System (NHS), MIND, and Change Grow Live (CGL). In addition, Dimitrios has worked in various settings, including hospitals, medical centres, drug and alcohol services, military bases, and schools. He is highly supervised, works closely with other mental health professionals, follows the National Health and Care Guidelines (NICE) and keeps up to date with developments in CBT and Integrative psychotherapy practice.

Dr. Tom Mountjoy is an experienced HCPC Registered Clinical Psychologist and Chartered Psychologist with substantial experience across mental health, clinical health psychology, and neuropsychology settings (NHS and Independent Practice). He is also a published Composer/Producer and multi-instrumentalist, working exclusively in television and film production music, and splits his time between these two professions.

Tom has a genuine interest in the Arts and a solid understanding of many challenges faced by people working in this field. He is experienced in working therapeutically with high-performing individuals from a range of industries, and is dedicated in offering quality mental health input to working-age adults.

Clinically, Tom provides assessment and therapy services that address a variety of psychological issues, including anxiety, depression, and other mental health conditions, as well as workplace-related challenges and occupational stress. He has additional interests in acquired brain injury, neurological conditions, medically unexplained symptoms and neurological-like symptoms, and adjustment to living with chronic health conditions and disability.

In terms of therapeutic approach, Tom predominantly uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Cognitive Analytic Therapy informed approaches but adopts an integrative style. He offers remote consultations (nationwide) and face-to-face appointments (central Leeds). Tom sees individuals aged 18 upwards and works clinically on Mondays and Tuesdays; please expect a delay in response outside of these times.

Areas of interest:

Mental Health, including:
• Anxiety
• Depression and low-mood
• Stress and adjustment to difficult life events
• Panic Attacks
• Phobias
• Self-esteem and assertiveness

Occupational Health:
• Workplace stress management
• Developing resilience
• Managing work-life balance
• Specialist assessment and support

Physical Health:
• The psychological impact of living with physical health conditions such as neurological conditions (including acquired brain injury, multiple sclerosis, brain tumours, stroke), chronic health conditions, and medically unexplained and neurological-like symptoms (such as non-epileptic attacks and functional movement disorders)
• Living with other difficulties related to health conditions, such as chronic pain and issues relating to self-identity

Dr Alex Willner offers both short and long-term psychological therapy depending on the nature of the problem, individual needs, hopes and expectations, and the approach adopted, providing a responsive service that focuses on unique, individual needs to find a way forward and is dedicated to making a difference. Psychodynamic therapy is typically integrated with a focused, more behavioural approach directed at symptom alleviation.

As a highly experienced Clinical Psychologist, Chartered Psychologist, HCPC Registered and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, Dr Willner has practiced for over 20 years, working mainly with adults across a wide spectrum of emotional and psychological difficulties.

Expertise and experience to help with a wide range of issues including:

• Eating disorders including Bulimia Nervosa, Anorexia Nervosa and Binge-eating
• Obesity
• Relationship difficulties
• Bereavement, grief, loss or separation
• Low self-esteem and lack of confidence
• Low mood or depression
• Anxiety and stress
• Coping with adjustments and life transitions
• Work-related concerns

Dr Amal Lad is a GP and musician treating general and performance specific physical and mental health problems. This would include depression, anxiety, musculoskeletal pain and all problems normally assessed and treated in general practice. He is passionate about finding new ways to support people working in the performing arts. He is also musician and he has composed music for a number of projects including film, theatre and released his personal music on streaming platforms which can be found on his website. Currently, Amal is preparing the release of new experimental music, while continuing his work in medicine.

“As a musician, I have a deep understanding and appreciation for mental and physical wellbeing in order to be able to create music. Creativity empowers me and is needed for personal wellbeing.”

Amal is British Indian and a trustee of South Asian Health Foundation (SAHF) – a charity addressing health inequalities in the South Asian community, where he is involved in the SAHF fellowship and community engagement working group.

Anna Chiara Sicilia is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist, Clinical Supervisor and mental health consultant for TV, Media and Radio. Anna worked for a number of years in the NHS and now specialises in supporting creative professionals and people from the LGBTQI+ community. As a member of the LGBTQI+ community herself, Anna uses her own experience in helping clients deal with the unique challenges that the creative industry can bring.

Anna offers trauma-focused and trauma-informed therapy (including Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing – EMDR – therapy) and uses the integrative approach, drawing from a range of therapeutic skills. She can help with issues relating to performance anxiety, anxiety disorders, post-Traumatic stress disorder / complex post traumatic stress disorder, identity and self-esteem difficulties.

Anna offers therapy in both English and Italian.

Dr Anna Waters is a performance and sport psychologist who is experienced at coaching performing artists, teachers, coaches and medical support teams on an individual basis and in group sessions. Anna can help with all aspects of performance psychology, in particular: stage fright, anxiety, managing nerves, dealing with and recovering from the psychological effects of injury, preparing for auditions, managing setbacks and rejection, dealing with pressure from social media, time management, building resilience, and improving mental preparation for performance.

Having a brother who is a theatre producer and having played violin and acted for many years growing up, has given me insight into the dynamics and intricacies of the world of performing arts. Over the past 20 years, I have worked with numerous performers including classical musicians, opera singers, ballerinas, stand-up comedians, actors and singers. I can offer insight and help you to develop skills, tools and techniques, which you can individualise and apply to your performance.

Dr Anthony Ordman is a highly experienced Consultant in Pain Medicine, familiar with musicians' medical and pain management needs, and expert in long-term pain and related conditions including spinal or musculoskeletal pain, nerve pain, and the effects of adverse psychological states on pain. He is also a specialist in using cannabis-based medicines. Dr Ordman is the Honorary Medical Adviser to the Royal Society of Musicians and a member of BAPAM's Medical Committee. He is is a keen musician and singer himself.

Dr Arun Dev Vellore is a specialist in Respiratory Medicine (Chest Medicine), Internal Medicine, Occupational & Environmental disease, Interstitial Lung Disease, General Internal Medicine, Medical Negligence, experienced working with performers such as vocalists or wind players with respiratory disorders, and performance professionals with worsening lung function.

Conditions managed include: Intractable cough. Vocal cord dysfunction. Hyperventilation syndromes. Obstructive Sleep Apnoea. Disability arising from chest trauma. Chronic Chest pain. Cardiac Failure. Occupational Lung Disease. Chest Medicine, General Medicine, Occupational Medicine.

Dr Vellore is an NHS consultant at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.

He provides online consultations to any BAPAM-registered patients worldwide, and in-person in Birmingham.

Dr Diana Newson is the BAPAM Assessing GP at our Birmingham Conservatoire Clinic, and an NHS GP in Walsall with an interest in dermatology. She is an accomplished singer, piano player and violinist and a highly experienced clinician, expert in the assessment and management of a wide range of mental health and physical health problems in the performing arts.

Dr Gabriella Romano is a Clinical Psychologist with expertise in Sleep Disorders. She works with adults struggling with their sleep on issues like insomnia, stress management, anxiety, depression, irritability and low mood, and fatigue.

Referrals can be made via NHS only: Insomnia and behavioural sleep medicine clinic : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (uclh.nhs.uk). To be seen as an NHS patient, you must be referred by your NHS GP.

I am a Clinical Psychologist with a specialist interest in the non-pharmacological treatment of insomnia and sleep disorders. I offer individual and group therapy mostly online. I work with patients to explore the route causes of tiredness, exhaustion, excessive sleepiness, mental unease and use evidence-based approaches to alleviate these, signposting to other experts in the field when needed. I also offer advanced teaching and training to staff groups seeking to enhance their knowledge on sleep and health professionals who would like to develop their clinical practice.

Gabriella uses techniques including CBTi (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia). This approach is most likely to be beneficial to someone who is in a position to wake up at the same time every day for a period of time, so it is not likely to be an effective treatment for people who are currently touring.

Gabriella has 20 years experience of working in academic, community and specialist NHS departments both as a researcher and practitioner psychologist. She is also a singer and a songwriter with experience of performing in front of small and large audiences. She has experience of touring, managing large bands, events and stage management.

Dr Hara Trouli is a highly experienced musculoskeletal doctor who has worked extensively with professionals and student performers. She offers diagnostic assessments and advice for all musculoskeletal performance-related problems. She is a keen piano player.

In 2011 Hara joined the first Masters degree in Performing Arts Medicine at University College London and graduated with distinction in 2012. Her MSc  Research Thesis focused on the Muscular Contraction in the Arms of Pianists. Since 2015 she  is appointed by UCL as the Course Lead where she runs and develops the Masters, Diploma and Certificate postgraduate studies. She is involved in multiple academic activities and she also organises the PAM DAY once every year at UCL.

She is a clinician for the British Association of Performing Arts Medicine.

Dr James Thing is an expert in the treatment of upper limb injury – including frozen shoulder, impingement, tennis elbow and osteoarthritis – as well as the treatment of lower limb tendon disorders such as Achilles, Patellar and ankle tendons and plantar fascia. He is experienced in non-surgical management of hand, wrist and elbow pathology. He has helped many performance professionals with problems including De Quervain's tenosynovitis, Trigger finger, carpal tunnel syndrome, tennis elbow, capsulitis, pain and fracture.

He has a special interest in musculoskeletal ultrasound and provides ultrasound guided therapeutic injections and intervention on the NHS and privately.

Private patients requiring ultrasound-guided, musculoskeletal injections can be referred to the rapid-access, consultant-led Joint Injection Clinic in Golders Green or Chelsea. Consultations are also available at Pure Sports Medicine, Canary Wharf, and the Highgate Hospital.

Dr Thing also undertakes a weekly NHS musculoskeletal ultrasound/radiology list at the Royal London Hospital (Barts Health).

Luke Aldridge-Waddon is a Clinical Psychologist working within the NHS and in independent practice. He is registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and he is an accredited Cognitive and Behavioural Psychotherapist with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP). Luke is a Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol) with the British Psychological Society. He maintains an active research portfolio with ongoing clinical-research collaborations as an Honorary Research Fellow at Brunel University London.

Luke provides psychological assessment and therapy services. He works mainly within a cognitive-behavioural framework, integrating principles from CBT, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Compassion-Focused Therapy. His work with performing artists often focuses on interplay between psychosocial distress, physical health symptoms which might be interfering with performance and functioning, and the demands of a performing arts career. Within this, he has a special interest in working with voice users and is a recipient of prizes from the British Voice Association (Van Lawrence Prize, 2023) and Dysphonia International (Travel Award) in recognition of his research on clinical psychology and voice disorders.

Luke can help with issues relating to long-term and persistent physical health symptoms which are currently impacting psychological wellbeing; depression and mood-related difficulties; anxiety disorders (generalised, health, social, panic, phobias); difficulties with adjustment, acceptance and adherence; difficulties with self-esteem and self-criticism; challenges with role transition and identity-related difficulties.

Luke only works with adults and does not offer crisis and acute services.

NHS GP and Medical Adviser to the South Bank Sinfonia.

GP working in community psychiatry. Special interest in mental health in the arts, as well as nutrition and lifestyle. Worked as a theatre costume designer before training as a doctor. Keen singer and instrumentalist who works with Jazz North East. Works within the NHS in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and is the BAPAM GP at our clinic at the Sage, Gateshead.

Dr Mukul Agarwal is a Consultant Musculoskeletal, Sport & Rehab Physician with extensive experience as an Orchestra and College Medical Consultant and a BAPAM Assessing Clinician, supporting musicians, dancers, and all artist performers.

Dr Agarwal provides services in performance arts, MSK, sports & travel medicine; acute & overuse trauma, internal & rehab medicine; interventional MSK assessment & pain injections/procedures using clinic/bedside ultrasound assistance; image guided spinal interventional procedures; cardio-pulmonary rehab & exercise prescription in health and chronic conditions; and complex cases. He is fluent in Hindi and Urdu. 

Dr Nina Amedzro is an experienced NHS GP and a BAPAM Assessing Clinician in the Northeast, Yorkshire & Humberside. She has a special interest in performers’ health. A musician herself, who attended a specialist music school and played in youth orchestras. Since qualifying as a doctor in 2003, she has helped many performance professionals and students with physical and mental health concerns including musculoskeletal pains, poor posture, performance anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, tinnitus, vocal problems and hearing issues.

“Working with BAPAM lets me unite my passion for music and performance with my skills as an experienced GP, so that musicians can access good healthcare and enjoy health and wellbeing".

In her spare time, Nina enjoys watching her favourite bands, discovering new music and playing in a local amateur orchestra.

NHS and private GP and Occupational Health Physician who has worked at BAPAM London as an Assessing Clinician advising performing arts professionals and students about all work/study-related problems. AMABO Medical Adviser to the Philharmonia Orchestra. Keen clarinet player who has played and toured with orchestras including the World Doctors Orchestra.

Dr Raluca Matei trained as a professional classical violinist before focusing on psychology and specialising in musicians’ health and wellbeing from an interdisciplinary, real-world perspective. She is a performance coach with a special interest in the psychology of performance, who works with clients to solve problems relating to, for example, lifestyle and behaviour change, stage fright/performance anxiety, resilience and wellbeing, building and managing healthy relationships, practice strategies, work routines, time management, setting objectives and planning, exploring one’s values and priorities in one’s artistic career and personal life, music education and teaching strategies.

Raluca's approach is flexibly tailored to individual needs, and eclectic, drawing ideas and principles from several disciplines including psychology, philosophy, and health. “Active listening and building a relationship are at the core of practice”.

Dr Rikin Hargunani is a musculoskeletal radiologist with an interest in sports and performing arts injuries.  Services include MRI, X-ray, CT and ultrasound scans and image-guided procedures. Interventional procedures include ultrasound-guided injections, tendon therapy and CT-guided joint injections for spinal conditions. Has seen many performers, including dancers and musicians with musculoskeletal problems. A GP referral would be needed prior to arranging imaging or injections. NHS service provided at The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore. Private patients can be seen at The London Clinic or Spire Bushey Hospital.

Dr. Sidrah Muntaha is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist working privately and in the NHS, with adults experiencing severe mental health difficulties. She provides individual therapy, group work and supervises/trains mental health professionals delivering psychological treatment. In her private practice, she sees performing artistes, musicians and creatives who are experiencing anxiety, depression, OCD, Psychosis, PTSD and other mental health difficulties. Sidrah has over 20 years of experience working in the NHS, and is trained in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectic Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), Psychodynamic Therapy and Systemic Therapy. She also incorporates music in CBT (CBT-music) to support psychological formulation and treatment.

Dr Tamara Cohen is a GP and health coach with a special interest in mental health, functional medicine and the performing arts. She holds a free clinic at BAPAM for professional and student creative practitioners and is a member of the BAPAM Medical Committee. She is also a singer, performer and member of an amateur musical theatre company, therefore has personal experience of the joys and anxieties within the field. She also consults on sexual health, gynaecology, pre-screening for cruise ship work, joint injuries, fatigue, hypermobility.

Elizabeth Susan Holmes is an experienced optometrist who has gained higher professional qualifications in Minor Eye Conditions and has a Certificate in Glaucoma from The College of Optometrists. Elizabeth enjoys talking to her clients about their lifestyle and how that relates to their eyewear needs. She has worked with musicians and vocalists from a variety of backgrounds, dancers/performers, actors, producers and technicians.  She helps with visual correction for performance professionals when spectacles are not appropriate, and with visual stress when reading text/music. She also treats clients for dry eyes, double vision, and other eye conditions.

In her spare time, Elizabeth loves to make music and is a talented Pianist and Clarinetist. She has taken advanced clarinet lessons at the Royal Northern College of Music. She was Principal Clarinetist in the University of Bradford Symphony Orchestra, a member of the City of Hull Youth Symphonic Wind Band, and has played professionally for bands and events.

Elizabeth is registered with General Optical Council (GOC), Association of Optometrists (AOP), Ophthalmic Performers list (OPL), and NHS. She is part of the team at Performing Arts Vision Care.

Elodie Gauthier is a senior performing arts specialist physiotherapist working at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, privately, and as the BAPAM Physiotherapist at our Glasgow clinic. She is also a writer & musician, a yoga teacher and an assistant researcher in psychology. She is also a volunteer postnatal companion with Amma Birth Companions. She enjoys practising and teaching a variety of movement forms, including dance, martial arts, yoga and Pilates. A proud member of the LGBTQIA+ community, she offers safer spaces to her patients and students from all walks of life, whether in clinical or educational settings.

Emer Lauchlan is a Physiotherapist and Pilates teacher, combining pilates and hands-on manual therapy to improve patient function and pain. Emer works at multiple West End shows with experience in TV, opera and circus. She specialises in vocal physiotherapy, with a particular interest in altered biomechanics and breathing patterns.

Emer uses a holistic approach to achieve the best patient outcomes, utilising both Reformer and Matwork to address weakness and instability. This treatment approach is particularly effective for those on the hypermobile spectrum. Emer can help with issues relating to TMJ related disorder, vocal disorders e.g. muscle tension dysphonia, MSK related injuries both acute and chronic, pain related to hypermobility disorders inc EDS, biomechanical imbalances, and postural imbalances. Emer also provides manual therapy, advanced dry needling including electro-acupuncture, laryngeal mobilisations, pilates strengthening both matwork and reformer, kinesiology taping and BFR training.

Fiona Butterworth is a senior clinical audiologist and hearing aid dispenser. She studied at the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (part of the University of Southampton), completing a joint honours undergraduate degree in acoustical engineering and music before starting her masters in audiology. She has a varied clinical workload including selection, fitting and fine tuning of hearing technology specifically for musicians.

Keeping up her musical endeavours in her spare time, Fiona is keen to use her own experiences to inform her work, and is continually broadening her understanding of how hearing, hearing aids, and music are linked. Fiona has given presentations to several London orchestras and organisations in addition to speaking at a number of conferences, raising awareness and educating on the importance of using hearing protection within all musical environments.

Fiona provides hearing tests and other diagnostic testing, wax removal, hearing aid assessments, hearing aid fittings and follow ups, hearing protection. She can help with issues relating to hearing loss, wax removal, noise exposure and provision of hearing protection, tinnitus, and diplacusis.

Fiona Macbeth is an integrative counsellor and psychotherapist who has worked with hundreds of performers running the counselling service at one of the bigger London Colleges for the Performing Arts for several years, as well as working with many adult performers referred via BAPAM. Fiona worked for many years at a managerial level at the BBC, and understands the stresses of corporate employment and modern living. Experienced in working with panic attacks, performance anxiety, generalised anxiety and low self-esteem but also a range of other psychological issues common to performers including perfectionism, confused identity, repressed emotions, distress due to physical injury and eating disorders. Fiona is also a counselling lecturer at a Brighton Adult Education College. She sees clients face to face in Brighton and offers online counselling. Please visit www.fionamacbeth.co.uk to see latest blogs. She offers a discounted rate to BAPAM referrals. She sees clients face to face in Brighton and offers online counselling. Please visit www.fionamacbeth.co.uk to see latest blogs.

Gabriella Flatt is an integrative psychotherapist. She tailors her therapy to each client's needs, using psychodynamic, humanistic/relational/person centred plus CBT approaches. Her work is also based on forming a strong and supportive connection with her clients to facilitate change. Due to her creative background, Gabriella enables this in her clinical work by drawing on narrative therapy or working with metaphors and imagery to help verbalise trauma and drawing on different perspectives and ideas to match every individual.

Gabriella helps with a range of issues which include performance anxiety, bereavement, sexual orientation, domestic/sexual abuse, trauma, drug addiction, underlying depression/psychosis and personality disorders.  She has experience in mental health support of musicians (including string players/pianists/opera singers/musical theatre performers/jazz musicians) as well as with film actors/theatre directors and puppeteers (in the theatre).

Before becoming a psychotherapist, Gabriella worked as a professional session violinist for film sound scores, West End shows and as a classical rep pianist for opera studios in London. Her background has always been in music and the arts having grown up in a very creative family.

"Music is itself a fascinating professional industry but one that also enables a great degree of anxiety and low self-esteem to flourish."

George Tyros is a highly experienced clinical physiotherapist specialising in musculoskeletal, sports and geriatric physiotherapy. He has been treating performers extensively since 2016, seeing many musicians from the CBSO (City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra) and performing arts professionals working at venues including Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Utilita Arena Birmingham and Symphony Hall plus touring dancers, strings and brass instrumentalists.

For 10 years George was the lead sports physiotherapist for the Greek Swimming Federation (KOE) and the Greek Olympic team (swimming department) where he overlooked the prevention and rehabilitation of sports injuries in elite swimmers. He saw that performers share many of the same attributes and benefit from specialised care from informed health care professionals who understands their specific physical and psychosocial support needs.

He has a special interest in Geriatrics particularly the 80+ group and possesses substantial experience with the pre-and post-operative management of orthopaedic procedures such as joint replacements.

He works with Isaac Tyros (also listed in the BAPAM Directory) at Edgbaston Physiotherapy.

Hannah is a psychotherapist specialising in EMDR. She has worked with a variety of creative practitioners working from violinists to singers and DJs, and can help with trauma, anxiety, depression, performance anxiety, bereavement etc. She also uses EMDR to support performance optimisation for those working in the arts, sport, business and science.

Hannah Windows is a BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) registered counsellor specialising in Performing Arts. Hannah was a professional ballet and contemporary dancer for 15 years upon graduating from English National Ballet School. As a counsellor and psychotherapist she has worked with students from English National Ballet School and Elmhurst Ballet School. Hannah has also worked in boarding schools, sixth form colleges, community agencies and in the private sector. She has extensive experience in performing arts at a high level.

Hannah helps clients with anxiety, low mood, bereavement, parenting issues, family/relationship issues, depression, low self-esteem, trauma, pressures of being in the public eye and sexuality.

Heather Boyle is a psychotherapist who for the past 30 years has worked in the Emergency Services, supporting colleagues who have been involved, directly or indirectly, with traumatic incidents. Heather is experienced in working with individuals who have been involved in abusive relationships and has worked within the NHS and the 3rd sector providing emotional and psychological support to the public across a number of different issues.

Heather can help with issues relating to performance anxiety, OCD, abuse, trauma, relationship issues including high conflict, depression, addictions, loss/bereavement, anger issues, loss of identity and several more. She has a personal interest in the performing arts and experience in amateur drama and dance.

Heidi Shepherd is an accredited, integrative counsellor offering short & longer-term online & phone counselling/psychotherapy. Her approach draws mainly on person-centred and psychodynamic concepts/theory although she also works creatively and intuitively within the moment. Heidi also offer EMDR therapy.

Heidi's background is in the creative and performing arts worlds, which has given her a deeper understanding of the personal problems, mental health concerns and struggles often encountered by those working in the industry. "I think there is a common misconception about people who work in performing arts, that they are somehow immune to rejection, criticism, relationship problems, financial hardship or work dry-spells etc. I want to address this and help them gain greater self-awareness, develop skills to regulate their emotions, better manage their public vs private identity and equip them with new coping strategies. My overarching aim is to help my clients improve all aspects of their life including their work/career".

Heidi is experienced in working with creatives, performers, production and crew members on issues including but not limited to depression, anxiety, work and career issues, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem, feelings of loneliness and isolation, suicidal feelings, self-harming, addiction, sexual assault, trauma, loss and bereavement.

Helen Whitaker is a Psychodynamic Psychotherapist and accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She holds a qualification in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Counselling from the University of Brighton, and a Masters in Music Performance from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. She has over 20 years of experience in the music industry, and 8 years of clinical experience as a therapist. She has worked with musicians and those in the music industry, and has first hand knowledge of the challenges faced by people in the performing arts. She has consulted for music charity Help Musicians UK, and currently works as a wellbeing advisor to a number of music conservatoires.

Helen works in a trauma-informed way, and her areas of expertise include depression, anxiety, self-esteem, relationships, family problems, parenting and perinatal mental health, performance anxiety and stress. Helen has also trained as a CBT therapist, and can offer short term CBT, or a blend of CBT and psychotherapy where appropriate. This can be particularly effective for issues around anxiety, PTSD and OCD.

Howard Maxwell Turner is a physiotherapist, highly experienced in working with musicians and dancers. After gaining his degree in physiotherapy from Latrobe University in Melbourne, he worked in Montreal before settling in the UK.

Howard has worked in the NHS, in occupational health, in private practice and as a consultant to a variety of sporting teams and bodies. He has taught on 6 of the UK’s Physiotherapy Masters programmes for 30 years, on clinical reasoning, disorders of the lumbo-pelvic-hip complex and shoulder problems. He has also taught post-graduate training courses to physiotherapists, osteopaths and chiropractors on the management of low-back pain of pelvic origin and hip and groin pain.  He has consulted to British Cycling, UK Athletics, British Swimming, the English Institute of Sport, the LTA and LTAA, the RFU, West Ham, QPR, Sale Sharks and London Irish and has provided training to the Physiotherapy departments of many household name sporting clubs and bodies.

Howard’s specialist interest is in chronic neck and back pain, sacroiliac joint (SIJ) and pelvic pain and disorders, headache, and neuropathic pain.

Jason is a registered Osteopath with The General Osteopathic Council, an alumnus of The London School of Osteopathy, and co-founder of The Film Physios. Previous clinical experience includes delivering MSK support within the Lawn Tennis Association, Eton College, and The Princess Grace Hospitals in London.

Jason delivers a hybrid approach of osteopathy, osteo-massage and modalities including Extracorporeal Shockwave therapy and medical acupuncture to provide occupational health and injury rehabilitation support to film and TV industry professionals. This includes cast, dancers and performers, stunt performers and crew members across Netflix, HBO, Lucasfilm, Marvel, Sony, and Universal Pictures productions including Wicked parts 1&2, Disneys Snow White, Mission Impossible franchise, HBO's House of the Dragon and the Black Mirror series.

Jason is also a registered Extracorporeal Shockwave therapist and DSE assessor. Jason’s skill set includes osteopathy, strength and conditioning, hands on treatment, rehabilitation of acute and chronic MSK conditions and Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy; with special interests in the treatment of chronic tendon pathologies and performance related injuries, instability and hyper mobility. Jason also offers medical dry needling.

Appointments are delivered at Jason’s clinics at Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire, St Albans, Hertfordshire and Sky Studios Elstree, Hertfordshire. Jason also travels to other studios upon request.

Jennifer Parr is a Hand Therapist with experience in treating acute trauma, surgical and long term conditions affecting the hand and upper limb. Jennifer has spent much her career working for the NHS where she completed her junior core rotations and moved into a role as a specialist physiotherapist in hand therapy. "It is highly rewarding to be a part of clients journey back to a full recovery, whether that is use of exercise and education, splinting to immobilise the painful joints, or post-operative wound and scar care".

Jennifer can help with issues including tenosynovitis, trigger finger, De Quervain's tenosynovitis, carpal tunnel, cubital tunnel, thumb osteoarthritis and focal dystonia. She offers services and therapies in manual therapy, splinting, home exercise, performance technique, ergonomics, modification and wax therapy.

As a child/young adult Jennifer played piano, cello and violin and was involved in orchestras, string quartets and piano performances. She works with musicians, creative professionals and a wide range of patients with hand and upper limb problems affecting their work and daily life, as part of the team at Six Physio.

Johanna Chatelain is an Osteopath graduating with distinction in Master of Osteopathy from the University College of Osteopathy. She enjoys treating people of all ages and backgrounds. Coming from a musical and artistic background herself, she has developed a keen interest in treating performing artists which has led her to complete a postgraduate certificate in Performing arts medicine at the University College of London. Joanna is part of the Institute of Osteopathy (iO) and the Osteopathic Performing Arts Care Association, and is registered with the General Osteopathic Council (GOsC).

Johanna uses a wide range of different treatment methods from soft tissue release, joint articulation, and adjustment, as well as exercise-based rehabilitation. She believes in using a holistic and individualised approach to each patient. Each treatment is therefore customised to the patient’s individual needs, with the aim to reduce pain, remove barriers to recovery and educate patients to promote a greater recovery and reduce the chances of reoccurrence.

She is passionate about providing the best patient care and optimal management to allow the best possible outcome for each patient. Johanna is fluent in French. She has worked with numerous performers including supporting Strictly Come Dancing.

Jonathan Falcone is a qualified psychotherapist with a Masters Degree (MSc) in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy, a Clinical Diploma (Cl Dip) in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy. He is certified by the European Association of Transactional Analysis (EATA) and has a certificate of accreditation in the NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) endorsed ‘couples therapy for depression (CTFD)’ programme at the Tavistock Institute. Jonathan is registered as a Member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP), the International Association of Relational Transactional Analysis (IARTA) and the European Association of Transactional Analysis (EATA).

Jonathan has an interest in relational therapy techniques and couples work and, as a former professional musician, understands the pressures of performance, judgement and balancing creativity with financial stability. "I believe these types of pressures affect everyone, not just musicians or artists and, accordingly, I like looking creatively at our life situations and using the power of imagination to help us move toward the places we want to inhabit".

Jonathan supports musicians and people in the creative industries to explore themselves and either manage difficult experiences, feelings and behaviours, such as anxiety, depression, stress, uncertainty, inner conflict or other areas of emotional challenge. He also helps creative clients to thrive and gain more for themselves, to support them to trust their instincts more, and feel less inhibited in expressing their wants and needs.

Josephine Cropper is an experienced psychotherapist and Complex trauma specialist (PTSD) who uses an integrative approach and modalities including TRE Trauma Release Exercises. She is an amateur pianist and has helped numerous artists and creative professionals in areas such as assertiveness, self-esteem, childhood trauma, trauma body issues, performance anxiety, panic attacks anger management, and relationship issues. She based in Horwich, Bolton and also consults via Skype.

Mr Joseph Manjaly is an ENT surgeon with a specialisation in ears and hearing with experience in working with all types of performing artists with a need for good hearing & ear health. He can help with various issues including tinnitus, cochlear implants, hearing loss, blocked ears, ear infections, deafness, ear wax build-up, glue ear, otitis media, otorrhoea, otalgia, dizziness, vertigo, eustachian tube dysfunction, perforated eardrum, eardrum retraction, otosclerosis, tympanic membrane retraction, cholesteatoma, Meniere’s disease, vestibular neuronitis, labyrinthitis 

Joseph offers ear microsuction, intratympanic steroid injection, tympanoplasty, ossiculoplasty, stapedectomy, bone anchored hearing aid insertion, myringotomy, grommet insertion, bone conduction implants, middle ear implants, tympanomastoidectomy, blind sac closure, canalplasty, meatoplasty, mastoid cavity obliteration. 

Kasia is a UKCP accredited psychotherapist and EMDR Europe accredited Practitioner specialising in trauma therapy, neurodivergence, and working with performing artists. She has five years of experience at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and understands the unique pressures of the creative industries, including performance anxiety, self-worth, burnout, perfectionism, and the emotional toll of a career in the arts.

She provides LGBTQIA+ affirmative therapy and has extensive experience supporting neurodivergent clients (autistic, ADHD, and PDA profiles). Her approach integrates EMDR, Gestalt Psychotherapy, somatic trauma therapy, and neuroscience-based methods to help clients navigate trauma, PTSD, complex trauma (CPTSD), anxiety, depression, identity exploration, relationship challenges, and life transitions.

Kasia has also worked extensively with survivors of sexual abuse and CSA through her role at One in Four. She offers a deeply trauma-informed, inclusive, and body-oriented approach to healing.

She provides short- and long-term therapy in English, Polish, and Italian.

Katerina can help artists and performance professionals with concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, identity, relationship difficulties, job loss/redundancy, trauma, loss/bereavement, chronic illness, suicidal ideation, self-harm, eating disorders. She is of Greek Cypriot heritage, and sensitive to cultural difference.

Katerina is a UKCP registered psychotherapist and group therapist, as well as an MBACP accredited counsellor and psychotherapist and group facilitator, working with adults aged 18+ in a GP surgery, private practice and through the Music Minds Matter scheme. She is the author of ‘How to Understand and Deal with Stress’ and ‘Your Mind Matters: How to Talk About Your Mental Health’.

She has worked as an honorary psychotherapist at Barnet, Enfield and Haringey NHS Mental Health Trust, and previously as a university counsellor and a specialist mental health mentor.

Prior to training as a therapist, Katerina was a Samaritans helpline listener for four years, and also worked for Samaritans full time during the Men on the Ropes research campaign into male suicide. She was also a trained life coach for Mind in Haringey supporting vulnerable young-adult care leavers, and a volunteer for ChildLine's schools service delivering assemblies and workshops to primary school children on abuse and neglect.

Alongside therapy, Katerina is a freelance writer and sub-editor for magazines and national press. She is attuned to the issues that creative and journalistic professions can bring up, and routinely combines her counselling and journalistic work raising awareness of mental health in the national press, media, radio and podcasts.

Katerina is the founder, producer and host of the music and mental health podcast Sound Affects Podcast, where she explores all crossovers of music and mental health via a series of interviews with high profile musicians, therapists, academics, key figures and experts in the field.

Kathleen Saxton is an accredited Integrative and Humanistic Psychotherapist, registered with UKCP and BACP. Before retraining as a psychotherapist Kathleen spent 25 years as an entrepreneur, Global CMO and C-Suite Talent Agent on the boards of media firms ranging from Sky Television to Omnicom.

Kathleen offers integrative modalities including Gestalt Psychology, Psychodynamic, Humanistic, Trauma informed, Transpersonal, Jungian, Baseline EMDR, Sand tray, Somatic, Dream Analysis, Breath work and Meditation. She works with singers, actors, producers, dancers and costume designers with issues relating to trauma, inner child, addiction, anxiety & depression, OCD, relationship break ups, phobias, eating disorders, abuse (sexual, psychological, emotional), and impact of ADHD, BPD, NPD.

Katy Chambers is a highly experienced Physiotherapist with a holistic approach to working with performing arts professionals. Katy supports clients with a broad range of conditions, working with performers, elite athletes and the general population. Katy's areas of specialism include hypermobility spectrum conditions, temperomandibular joint (TMJ) dysfunction, cervicogenic headaches and biomechanical analysis for dance, physical performance, sporting and day to day activities.

With a focus on pain management, reduction of dysfunction and optimising of performance, physiotherapy treatment may include:

Manual Therapy
Acupuncture
Tailored Exercise Prescription
Postural Re-education

Katy has worked with many performing artists and is a specialist within the field. She works with Trinity Laban Conservatoire - as part of the National Institute for Dance Medicine and Science - and is involved in injury screening and support for further industry developments. She is also listed on the One Dance UK directory, is a member of IADMS and presents regularly at performing arts medicine conferences, including IADMS, ISPS and PAMA.

Keith Cooper worked (and continues to do so) as an artist manager & music publisher for over 30 years before qualifying as a psychotherapist. He supports clients in the creative industries including artists, DJs, managers, actors, writers and performers with concerns including performance anxiety, creative block, inter band relationships, professional and creative direction, issues of fame, money, success, touring, burn out, creative-commercial tension, commercialisation/commodification. He is an integrative therapist, primarily drawing on psychodynamic, humanistic & existential modalities.

Kirk Nelson is an experienced accredited Integrative Counsellor & Supervisor offering short term focused therapy and long term focused therapy. "Being an integrative counsellor means that I am able to draw on knowledge and skills from various counselling approaches based on your individual circumstances in order to provide the most effective and personalised therapy for your needs."

Kirk can help with issues relating to Abuse, Addiction, Affairs & Betrayal, Anger Management, Anxiety, Assertiveness, Bereavement, Bullying, Cancer, Career, Childhood related issues, Depression, Disabilities, Discrimination, Domestic Violence, Emotional Abuse, Family, Feeling Sad, Gender Dysphoria, Generalised Anxiety Disorder, Health Issues, Interpersonal issues, Loneliness, Low self-confidence, Low self-esteem, Miscarriage, Panic disorder, Passive aggressive behaviour, Personal Development, Physical abuse, Recreational drug use, Relationship Problems, Seasonal Affective Disorder, Self-Harm, Separation & Divorce, Sex, Sexuality, Stress, Trauma, Unhappiness, Work related issues.

Krystina Stanway is a highly specialist Speech and Language Therapist who works within the performing arts sector providing vocal coaching and acting classes, with a particular interest in supporting good vocal hygiene, vocal projection and vocal protection. She offers a combination of vocal coaching alongside clinical techniques to provide a unique and engaging form of therapy. Krystina also has extensive experience in working with the NHS. Krystina's interest in singers and actors has seen her support performers in the West End in vocal performance and health.

Krystina is experienced at the assessment and intervention of voice disorders, prevention of voice disorders / vocal health care and projection support.

Krystina is part of the 'More than Speech Therapy' team and works primarily within North West England (including Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire); however, with improvements to accessing digital and video appointments they can now offer online services UK wide.

Lauren Fekete is a physiotherapist with an MSc in Physiotherapy from Aberdeen and a Master’s degree in Dance Science. During this time she assisted and shadowed the lead physiotherapist for Scottish Ballet and began working within the NHS, specialising in musculoskeletal physiotherapy. Lauren has since developed her experience in treating a myriad of conditions by also working as a freelance physiotherapist with Scottish Ballet and in a private practice specialising in back/spinal pain.

Recently, Lauren has completed an academic year working as a physiotherapist and lecturer in anatomy at English National Ballet School. She has now begun working as a freelance physiotherapist with Central School of Ballet alongside her role at Pure Sports Medicine, where she has started up a multidisciplinary Dance & Performing Arts Medicine service.

Lauren's experience in dance training and performance together with her educational background has resulted in a deeper understanding of the physical and psychological impacts of high performance demands on the human body. Lauren has also attended conferences worldwide (including IADMS and Physios in Sport’s ‘Hypermobility and Control’) in order to enhance her comprehension of physiotherapy for diverse athletes and performers.

Lauren draws on coaching and interpersonal skills to empower individuals of all fitness levels in achieving their goals through personalised treatment programmes and education. Her special interests lie within injury prevention and rehabilitation of performing artists and athletes, and she utilises astute observational skills to thoroughly assess biomechanical disparities and movement patterns for all manner of clientele. Overall, Lauren aims to utilise her experience in order to approach injury prevention and rehabilitation in a more unique, holistic, and meaningful way.

Lauren provides treatment for muscle sprains/strains, tendon issues (tendinitis, tendinopathy), iImpingement’ (shoulder, hip, ankle, etc.), bony stress response/stress fractures (tibia, metatarsals, neck of femur, vertebral, etc.), post-operative cases, overuse injuries, traumatic injuries (ankle sprains, fractures, etc.), RED-S/RED-D (in conjunction with MDT), generalised joint hyper-mobility, joint instability. She also provides manual therapy (mobilisations, myofascial release, massage), exercise prescription, short and long-term programme planning, motivational interviewing, blood flow restriction training (BFR), and force decks/ force plate testing.

Lee Holland is a Performance Coach, holding an MSc in Performance Psychology from Edinburgh University. Lee also has a Masters in Performance (Distinction) from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Post-Graduate Professional Coaching Certificate and an Executive Coaching qualification accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) through Full Circle Global, Edinburgh.

Lee is qualified to teach both Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindfulness-Based Living course (MBLC) curriculums. Her teaching certificates are from the Centre of Mindfulness Research and Practice, Bangor and the Mindfulness Association, Scotland. Lee lectures at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland on two degree accredited modules ‘Mindfulness for Well-Being and Performance’, and ‘Mental Skills Training for the Performer’.

Lee is experienced in working with classical orchestral musicians. She can help with issues relating to performance anxiety, coping with pressure, lack of confidence, focus and distraction issues, planning and organisational challenges, motivation, leadership and public speaking, and practice management and planning.

Linda Dixon is an experienced Pilates teacher, teacher trainer, RAD ballet teacher, former professional dancer and examiner. She has over three decades of experience of movement practice; performing, teaching and examining all over the world. She has been practicing Pilates since the mid 80’s and teaching it since 2002. During this time she has developed her teaching methods producing her own unique approach to movement teaching. This approach incorporates the knowledge skills she has accumulated through a lifetime of structured movement practice. Linda teaches at NRG Pilates, and heads up the treatment and performance enhancement department at ‘The Urdang’ in City University of London’s Department of Performing Arts.

Additionally, Linda is a member of the teacher training team for Body Control Pilates specialising in teaching on the studio equipment courses and the level 4 Pilates courses. She has also played an integral part in course development at Body Control, writing their “Adolescent’s Course” and co writing their “Dancer’s Course” with her husband Nathan Gardner.

Linda is experienced in working with dancers and musical theatre performers.