Training sessions support professionals working across education, health, and social care to adopt strength-based and trauma-informed approaches in their practice.
Experiential training
Training sessions are designed for professionals working in education, mental health, social care and palliative care settings, who are interested in exploring creative approaches to trauma-informed practice.
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 across children’s hospices, bereavement charities, mental health settings, and universities. Past training topics have included:
Trauma-informed practice in education
Working creatively with bereaved children and young people
Arts-based mindfulness and compassion to promote well-being in the workplace
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.
To learn more about my approach to training, explore my articles and resources on the Blog.
Publications, conferences and lectures
I am a published author in the fields of mental health and palliative care. You can find a list of my recent articles and book chapters below. For more about my publications and related work, visit my Blog.
Garbujo G. (2026 - in press) Multidimensional story method, in ‘From mourning to meaning: the Expressive Arts in Grief Therapy’ edited by B.E. Thompson and R.A. Neimeyer (Routledge).
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.
