Personal profile
Biography
Before commencing my first degree in Drama and Psychology I worked in Community Theatre. After completing my postgraduate diploma in dramatherapy in 1992 I worked in mental health charities and Adult Education with Adults with learning disabilities in London and then with a touring theratre company in Hertfordshire. When working in a mental health charity in Manchester I then completed my Masters in Integrative Psychotherapy. Following this I went to work in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services as a specialist therapist for 15 years where I completed my postgraduate diploma in CBT and postgraduate certificae in Clinical Supervision. I then worked for 3 years in Adult Psychological Therapies (IAPT) before starting at Edge HIll University in 2020. My research interests are in Dramatherapy and arts for wellbeing in charitable sector. I lead the MSc in Psychotherapy and Counselling Contemporary Creative Approaches Programme at Edge Hill University.
Education/Academic qualification
Clinical Supervision, PGCert, Clinical Supervision, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Award Date: 30 Jul 2017
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, PGDip, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Award Date: 1 Feb 2016
Dialectical Behavioural Therapist, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy Intensive Training
Award Date: 30 Oct 2009
Integrative Psychotherapy, MSc, Integrative Psychotherapy, University of Wales
Award Date: 30 Jul 2003
Philosophy, MA, Modern European Philosophy, Middlesex University
Award Date: 30 Jul 2000
Dramatherapy, PGDip, Dramatherapy, University of Hertfordshire
Award Date: 30 Jul 1992
Other positions
High Intensity Therapist, Mersey Care NHS Trust
1 Apr 2019 → 25 Sept 2020
Referral Lead and Step 4 High Intensity Therapist, Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
1 Jul 2017 → 31 Mar 2019
CAMHS Specialist Therapist, North West Boroughs Health Care Trust
1 May 2002 → 30 Jun 2017
Suicide Self-Harm Worker, 42nd Street
1 Apr 2000 → 30 Apr 2002
Freelance Dramatherapist
1 Aug 1992 → 31 Mar 2000
Keywords
- B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion
- Dramatherapy
- Psychotherapy
- Social Justice
- Adverse Child Events
- Health Inequalities
- Social Inequalities
Research Centres
- Research Centre for Arts and Wellbeing
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 1 No Poverty -
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Research output
- 2 Article (journal)
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Supporting staff wellbeing in healthcare settings through multi-levelled creative psychological intervention – a feasibility study
Karkou, V., Perris, E., Omylinska-Thurston, J., Konstant, T., Widnall, L.-A., Brocklehurst, S., Fletcher, K., Hird, C. & Hutton, J., 25 Jul 2024, In: International Journal of Art Therapy. 31, 1, p. 42-53 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (journal) › peer-review
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A cry for help: Dramatherapists can intervene to change the language and environment in mental health care by engaging critically with the new diagnostic category of Complex PTSD
WIDNALL, L.-A., 6 Jan 2022, In: Dramatherapy. 41, 3, p. 128-134 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (journal) › peer-review
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