Through both creative practice and scientific research, I utilise survivor-led trauma-sensitive approaches to explore the embodiment of trauma, creative body-based approaches to healing, and the rewriting of the narrative of trauma on survivors’ own terms.

I trained as a dancer with the Ballet de la Côte in Switzerland and I studied arts at Central Saint Martins, creative arts and mental health at Queen Mary University of London, psychology at King’s College London, and neuroscience and traumatic stress at the Justice Resource Institute. I was also awarded an Improvement Leader Fellowship by NIHR CLAHRC NWL.

I am the Founder & CEO of Traumascapes, a survivor-led organisation dedicated to changing the ecosystem of trauma and creating new horizons for survivors through art and science.

I also hold additional roles:

• Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King’s College London

• Visiting Lecturer, MASc Creative Health, UCL

• Visiting Lecturer, MSc Creative Arts and Mental Health, Queen Mary University of London

• Visiting Lecturer, MA Performance: Screen, Central Saint Martins

• Data Monitoring and Ethics Committee, ATTUNE, University of Oxford

• Editorial Advisory Board, The Lancet Psychiatry

My work has been published, presented, and exhibited internationally, and some of my artwork is held in the Central Saint Martins Museum.

You can find out more in this profile published in The Lancet Psychiatry.