Alexandra Wolfe
Dramatherapist / Young Persons Therapist
MA Dramatherapy, Roehampton University
Therapists
Maybe you feel like everyone else seems to be coping better than you. Maybe you feel overwhelmed by constant chatter in your head, or you quietly feel like you're not good enough at anything, even if nobody would guess it. Maybe the ways you've found to get through it, like eating too much or too little food, alcohol, drugs or self-harm, are starting to worry you. You might be wondering whether you're neurodivergent, or you might already have a diagnosis and feel like life is harder for you than it looks for everyone else. Maybe the pressure of exams, work or having a baby has tipped you from just about coping into overwhelm. Hi, I'm Alex — a HCPC registered Dramatherapist in Brighton & Hove. I'm warm, pretty informal and direct, and I like a laugh in a session as much as the deep stuff. I mostly work with young women (14+) and mums, online and in person. I'm LGBTQ+ affirming. I also offer The Birth, a short three-session process for anyone who wants to tell and make sense of their birth story, whatever kind of birth it was. I have a small number of sliding-scale sessions for self-funded 18–26 year olds and mothers on maternity leave. Before we start, I offer an initial 20-minute call on Zoom to see how I might be able to help, and teenagers are welcome to bring a parent along. There's never any expectation to share more than you're ready to.
I'm warm, relational and chatty, and informed by Internal Family Systems (IFS). I'm a real, present person in the room, not someone sitting back in silence, and I've got clear boundaries that I hold in a relaxed, human way. I'm interested in getting to know you, understanding the patterns you keep bumping into, and helping you find a way of relating to yourself that isn't so exhausting. A lot of what I care about is helping your nervous system settle, not just talking around a problem. Dramatherapy is a creative form of psychotherapy. That might mean images, cards, collage, storytelling or metaphor alongside talking, and nobody is ever asked to act. There's no pressure to be creative, and plenty of people just talk. But I've noticed that when creativity is used, it often leads to the deepest work, so I'll offer it gently and you're always free to say no.
I qualified as an HCPC-registered Dramatherapist in 2019 (MA Dramatherapy, University of Roehampton), and I've spent over ten years working therapeutically with children, young people, adults and families. For three years I was a Young Person's Therapist at The Oasis Project, supporting 16–25 year olds with problematic alcohol and substance use, and children and young people aged 5–18 whose families were affected by drug and alcohol use. I have a lot of experience working with young women who have struggled with drugs and alcohol. Many of the people I worked with were neurodivergent, and many had experienced complex trauma in childhood. I've also worked with young carers, refugees, survivors of stalking and sexual abuse, and trans and non-binary young people. I've worked extensively with autistic and ADHD young people and their families, and I have lived experience of neurodivergence myself. Alongside this, I co-ran creative therapeutic groups for parents and babies for over four years. It gave me a close understanding of what becoming a parent actually feels like, and it's a big part of why I now work with mums one-to-one.
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