Play It Forward! A solution-focused approach
Expect a playful, stress busting and personal development style workshop — with an invitation to
explore where you are now, where you wanna be and how you can get there!
Using basic playback theatre forms as our carrier, we will get to explore a light-hearted short
journey, combined with a solution focused approach where players will get to step into and witness
desired outcomes with intentions played out in front of their eyes!
A cathartic, playful and uplifting workshop, using group games and pairs to give you a taste of...
- Playback principles
- A solution-focused approach
- A set intention to take away with you
...all wrapped up in a bow 😊
Disclaimer: no actual bows provided 😉
Emma Boddy
Emma knew she was on to something the first time she ran an improv workshop for a women's group at
Mind mental health charity 11 years ago...
Having already caught the Improv bug way back when, in her job as a Recovery worker at the time she
was asked to facilitate and run a women's group, she asked the clients what they wanted to do and
they mentioned 'drama'. She didn't have 'drama' exp. as such, but certainly Improv!
She knew first hand what incredible mood boosting benefits improv could supply and introduced it to
the weekly group They loved it! She observed how this was one of the few times clients would laugh
and let go for a while.
In this period she went on to train more deeply in short and long Improv, Playback theatre and The
Meisner technique; getting involved in troops, performances, plays and short films.
She went on to teach on a regular basis for acting and improv classes as special guest, gained her
core training and conductors training in Playback back in 2015.
Over the years she combined Improv with coaching, allowing people to explore and play with desired
outcomes: where are you now? where do you want to be? and how you gonna get there?
Incorporating her Personal performance Coaching, NLP and solution focused hypnotherapy background to
give participants permission to play, let go and come away feeling lifted with a new perspective!
To date has seen her working with many mental health charities such as Mind, Off The Record, Devon
Partnership Trusts, Universities and wellbeing festivals around the UK — Buddha Fields and Into the
Wild etc — sharing the many benefits of improv and personal development approach!