
Clive Holmwood
I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Therapeutic Arts at the University of Derby. I teach on the MA in Dramatherapy and am Admissions Tutor for the BA (Hons) in Creative Expressive Therapies. I am active researcher and supervise PhD students. I am also a Consultant Dramatherapist with over 20 years post qualifying experience working in the public, voluntary and private sectors and in practice, as well as being director of Creative Solutions Therapy Ltd.
Biography
I am a Health Profession Council Registered Dramatherapist with almost 25 years post qualifying experience, having worked in a range of clinical and non-clinical settings with a very broad range of clients throughout my career. This includes adults and children with severe learning disabilities and challenging behaviour, adults and children with severe mental health problems and older people with memory loss and dementia. I have specialized over the last few years in working with children in such areas as autism, ADHD and a range of learning disabilities and mental health problems, especially with children in the looked after system who are unable or unwilling to communicate verbally. I also work as a freelance dramatherapist and run my own private practice.Areas of Research / Professional Expertise
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Drama, Drama Education, Dramatherapy, Interdisciplinary practice.
Websites
Books
Articles

LOOKING AHEAD: Future employment as Dramatherapists in an ever changing market f
Published: Jun 08, 2016 by Journal of The British Association of Dramatherapy
Authors: Clive Holmwood
arts, arts therapies, drama, finance, performance, research

A Tale of Tale - Clinical Studies
Published: Jan 03, 2005 by Journal of The British Association of Dramatherapy
Authors: Clive Holmwood
When our life is complex, which it is more often than not, we hope to find within the story images relevant to our own predicament, hoping maybe against hope, that an answer to our problem might dwell within the story… (Gersie 1992,15)

YOU LISTEN UP HERE'S THE STORY ABOUT A LITTLE GUY WHO LIVED IN A BLUE WORLD…
Published: Jun 12, 2000 by Journal of The British Association of Dramatherapy
Authors: Clive Holmwood
Dramatherapy, case study, death of a client, Down's Syndrome, dramatherapy, music, non-verbal therapy, transitional objects
News

Learning as a Creative and Developmental Process in Higher Education A Therapeutic Arts Approach Published October 25th!
By: Clive Holmwood
Subjects: Theater, Theatre & Performance Studies
This new co edited book is published October 25th 2018.

Re-launch of International Handbook of Dramatherapy at the North American Dramatherapy Conference
By: Clive Holmwood
Relaunch of the paperback version of the International Handbook of Dramatherapy at the North American Dramatherapy Conference on 25th to 28th October 2018 in Kansas Cirt Missouri.