Patricia Ojehonmon is an HCPC-registered dramatherapist, clinical supervisor, children’s author and lecturer at the University of Roehampton.

Her work as a dramatherapist includes Wandsworth CAMHs and Lambeth Council providing a trauma-informed approach to mental health, with a special remit to engage with communities that are marginalised and there are stigmas to accessing services.

Theatre

For the National Theatre: The Grapes of Wrath, The House of Bernarda Alba and Grenfell: in the words of survivors (also St. Ann’s Warehouse, New York)

Patricia Ojehonmon has a private practice and is designing a course for directors and theatre makers entitled Navigating Trauma in the Rehearsal Space which will run at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.

She co-authored Tiana’s Tale which is inspired by the need to have conversations about racism, challenging prejudice and discrimination.

She is also the co-founder of the Black Dramatherapists Collective which was established in October 2022.

(Updated July 2024)