The trainer
Oliver Campbell
Oliver is an art psychotherapist (HCPC/BAAT) at North West London Arts Psychotherapies at CNWL NHS. Oliver co-facilitates the mentalization based art therapy program for adults living with Complex Emotional Needs. Oliver also works with young people with psychological and emotional difficulties and neurodiversity at an alternative provision school. Oliver is trained in Mentalization Based Therapy and Narrative Exposure Therapy, a NICE recommended treatment for complex PTSD.
Mario Eugster
Mario trained as a pianist and organist in Switzerland and completed his training as a music therapist at Nordoff Robbins in London. He is currently working for CNWL (Central North West London Mental Health Trust) in adult mental health providing music therapy in both acute inpatient and community settings. He has multiple roles, including principal music therapist in acute and clinical lead for arts therapies in acute inpatient settings. He holds managerial responsibilities as well as leading on service development in the arts therapies in CNWL and is a trainer for ICAPT (CNWL - International Centre for Arts Psychotherapies Training). Mario is currently conducting PhD research into the role of culture in music therapy with people affected by psychosis. (Nordoff Robbins PhD programme, Goldsmiths University of London) He is also a free-lance musician.
Professor Dominik Havsteen-Franklin
Dominik is employed as a Consultant in Arts Psychotherapies for CNWL NHS Foundation Trust and as Professor of Practice in Arts Therapies at Brunel University London. He is the founder and Vice President for European Federation of Art Therapy. Dominik is an internationally established, British Art Therapist and Clinical Academic who investigates and develops innovative models of arts-based intervention in health care that use body movement, musicality and visual image making. He has an extensive portfolio of research collaborations including working with East London NHS Foundation Trust (London), University of Hertfordshire on the Horizons Project, Imperial College, Fred’s Company (London), Weill University (Qatar), Grenwich University (London), Sp(i)eel Arts Collective (South Africa). His research has focused primarily on intervention development to impact on health conditions such as art therapy for complex depression, mentalization based art psychotherapy for emotionally unstable personality disorder and developing psychosocial practice in South Africa. Research in progress includes using art therapy in museums in Qatar, Arts Therapies for heterogenous groups in mental health, and neuro studies of change process in arts therapies. His major project at present is focusing on healthcare worker team development.
Kawori Iguchi
Kawori is a music therapist working for North Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster Arts Psychotherapies Service and North West London Arts Psychotherapies Service, CNWL NHS. Before joining adult community service, she has worked in forensic CAMHS inpatient units and a forensic adult inpatient unit, as well as in adult acute inpatient service.
Dr Erene Kaptani
Erene is an anthropologist, participatory performance artist and Dramatherapist with expertise in participatory performance as a social research method for academic research, community building and public impact. She is currently working for CNWL NHS as community Dramatherapist and is training to become an accredited MBT practitioner. She employs narrative and movement-based methods inspired by physical, playback and forum theatre. She has been a member of Playback South Theatre Company and devised performances at Studio Upstairs wellbeing community. She devised Suspended Lives and ‘Me I just put British’ plays about the hostile UK environment with Rich Mix and Tara Arts. Forthcoming contributions see Critical Social policy and FENNIA journals, 2023. https://erenekaptani.wordpress.com/