“Creative training sessions and consultations support professionals working with vulnerable families in education and psycho-social settings to adopt a strength-based and trauma-informed approach” (Garbujo 2024).
Training and consulting
Training sessions and consultations are suitable for professionals in education, mental health, social care and palliative care settings, who are interested in trauma-informed practice, through creative methods and mindfulness strategies.
Courses and workshops combine theoretical frameworks, creative activities and reflective space to encourage participants to engage critically.
I work with groups and individuals, online and in person. Over the years, I have worked for children’s hospices, bereavement charities, mental health centres, and schools. Past training topics have included:
Trauma-informed practice in education
Working creatively with bereaved children and young people
Expressive strategies to promote well-being at work
Creative approaches to support people with life-limiting conditions.
I am particularly interested in international collaborations to promote the use of creative strategies for psychological support, coaching and supervision in education, mental health and palliative care settings.
Publications, conferences and lectures
I am a published author in the fields of mental health and palliative care. My recent articles and book chapters can be found here:
Garbujo G. (2024) The multidimensional grief of siblings: story enactment in Children’s hospices, The Professional Journal of the British Association of Dramatherapists.
Hodkinson S., Garbujo G. (2024) Music Therapy and Dramatherapy in Children's Hospices: ‘Playing in time’, Arts Therapies and the Mental Health of Children and Young People
Garbujo G. (2021) Meanings ‘at play’ in childhood bereavement. Dramatherapy in the United Kingdom, The Italian Journal of Palliative care
Garbujo G. (2018) Initiation rituals beyond psychiatric borders: A heuristic inquiry within the Sesame approach, The Professional Journal of the British Association of Dramatherapists.
Over the years, I have presented my work at international and national conferences, and collaborated with the Academy of Palliative Medicine and the University of Padua (Italy), lecturing on the Arts therapies, Supervision and Coaching.
As a specialist in bereavement and palliative care, I am a member of the International Children’s Palliative Care Network and the Italian Association of Palliative Care.
