Get to know me
Hi i'm Shane
I am a Queer Nurodivergent dramatherapist and theatre-maker working across clinical practice and creative performance. My work is shaped by a long-standing engagement with theatre, story, and embodied practice, and by a commitment to care, reflection, and ethical relationships. I also Guest Lecture at the University of Derby.
My creative practice is rooted in psychophysical theatre, devised performance, and storytelling traditions, drawing on folklore, myth, and practices of wonder. I work with drag as a site of transformation, play, and meaning-making, and make and perform work under the name Shane Gabriel. These artistic practices inform my clinical work through a shared attention to embodiment, imagination, and lived experience.
Across both clinical and creative contexts, I am interested in ritual as a way of marking change, holding transition, and making meaning. Alongside my clinical work, I provide Production Dramatherapy artist wellbeing, supporting artists and creative practitioners through reflective and embodied approaches.
I am a HCPC registered Dramatherapist and hold an MA in Dramatherapy from the University of Derby. My clinical work is informed by ongoing professional development, supervision, and a commitment to ethical and reflective practice.
Education
MA Dramatherapy (University of Derby, 2023-2025), Distinction
BA Theatre Arts ( University of Derby, 2014-2017), First Class with Honours
Psychophysical Anthropocosmic theatre (Nicolás Núñez- University of Huddersfield 2015-2017)
Professional bodies
Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registration no. AS019253
British Association of Dramatherapists (BADth) Full member. Profile link
Equity Full member.
Society for Stortelling Full member. Profile link
Other qualifications and CPD
NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care
NCFE Diploma Level 4 Holistic Health Therapist
200hr Yoga Teacher Training Bhakti Yogshala-Yoga Alliance
NCFE Equality & Diversity, Inclusion and Human Rights Level 3 (2024)
NCFE Person-centred approaches to end of life care Level 3 (2025)
Anger in the therapy room (2025)
Safeguarding children Level 3 and 4 (2026)
Safeguarding Adults Level 2 (2026)
Prevent Refresher Aware Course (2025)
Dramatherapy Online (2025)
Risk Management And Safer Caring. (2025).
First aid level 3 (2025)
Reporting And Recording Level 3& 4 (2025)
Reporting and Recording Advanced (2026)
Epilepsy & Buccal (oromucosal) midazolam (2025)
The Oliver McGowan Training in Learning Disability and Autism (2025)
Prevent - Radicalisation (2025)
FGM -recognising and preventing (2025)