Sarah Jane’s Experience, Communities & Education
Experience
2023 - to date
Ownzone Stroud | Holistic Massage & Trauma Aware Deeper Listening Touch
Days Mill | Holistic Massage & Trauma Aware Deeper Listening Touch
Stroud Sky Yoga | Holistic Massage & Trauma Aware Deeper Listening Touch
Breast Cancer Now | Online facilitation of Moving Forwards Programme
The Voice Sanctuary | Group facilitation of trauma informed sounding & vocal improvisation
GARAS | Group facilitation of trauma informed sharing, sounding and vocal improvisation group for refugee & asylum seeking women
2021 - 2022
Anew Therapies | Holistic Massage & Trauma Aware Deeper Listening Touch
2020 - 2022
The Lotus Retreat | Holistic Massage & Trauma Aware Deeper Listening Touch
2020
Briony Greenhill | Virtual Assistant | Shaping and managing systems | Providing administrative support, co-ordinating course provision & bookings
The Harbour Project | Providing support to asylum seekers and refugees, co-facilitating weekly women’s group, integrating expressive arts, singing and movement (6 week long project)
St Luke’s Hospital | Providing support to residents through one off vocal improvisation, percussion and singing session
2019
Briony Greenhill Singing the Unseen | 9 Months in assistant role whilst also being a participant | exploring vocal improvisation and the inner life, nature connection, conscious community, leadership, healing, ritual and the sacred
2018-2020 | Independent Trainer | Specialising in Trauma Informed Therapeutic Work
2017-2018 | New Moon Sister Circle | 9 months hosting monthly women’s circle
2010-2018 | NSPCC | Training Consultant | Lead Trainer for Trauma Informed Therapeutic Work
2007-2010 | Family Action | Therapeutic Social Worker with children who had been sexually abused
2004-2011 | Gestalt Psychotherapy with Ivone Panerai |Supporting my own trauma healing and integration
2002-2007 | CFF Social Worker facilitating Groups and Training/Supervising Volunteers
Communities
2024 - Present
Monthly Somatic Practice group online ‘Woven’ with the School for Ethical Touch
2023 - Present
Monthly one to one embodiment support through therapeutic relationship and trauma aware movement with Anita Lewis
2023
Attendance at the UK Vocal Improv Festival at the Penny Brohn Centre Bristol.
2022 to Present
Collaborative Vocal Improvisation (CVI) - Stroud Vocal Improv - regular attendance at Siobhan Nolan and Tara Mexis CVI group in Stroud and regular singing with the CVI community in the Stroud District
2011 to Present | Regular participation in medicine circles & movement practice (in person and online) | Regular one to ones with elder & mentor Oya More at Red Earth Dance Sanctuary | ongoing self enquiry and movement practice | Support through trauma healing, embodied movement, meditation, self enquiry, ritual theatre and conscious community
2018 to 2021 | Boe Huntress Mystery School | Assistant role in group exploring archetypes, integrating the work of Bill Plotkin and Elisabeth Serra with Boe’s own special magic, conscious community and embodied movement
2015-2017 | Wisdom of the Womb with Katarzyna Pugowska | 2 years as crew member | Five Rhythms events
2008 to present | Five Rhythms Dance Ongoing practice
Education
2021
Teacher Training for Collaborative Vocal Improvisation with Briony Greenhill | Delivering an introduction to CVI, including Working with Groups, Trauma Awareness, Resonant Body Practice and using forms from Collaborative Vocal Improvisation lineage
2021
Clinical Supervision with Alida Ruiter | Somatic Experiencing & Trauma Specialist
2020
Clinical Supervision with Sue Sutherland | Consultant, Educator, Writer, Coach and Supervisor specialising in Gender, Sex and Relationship Diversity (GSRD), Relationships and Trauma
Briony Greenhill & Anita Lewis | Trauma & the Resonant Body | Weekend Workshop
The Cotswold Academy Level 3 Diploma in Holistic Massage | Practical Applications of Holistic Massage, Anatomy & Physiology and Infection Control
Me & White Supremacy | Decolonisation | Reading & Embodied Reflection Group, interrogating whiteness and capitalism
Write Your Ebook | 6 week course and member of writing community
2019
Clinical Supervision with Judy Ryde | Psychotherapist Co-Founder of the Bath Centre for Psychotherapy and Counselling and Tutor at The Centre for Supervision Training and Development (CSTD).
2011
Training for Trainers in Child Protection | NSPCC
2005-2010
SCPTI Gestalt Psychotherapy Training | 4 year study | Working with Trauma through the body (including 250 clinical practice hours, 60 hours clinical supervision, 300 personal therapy hours and partial completion of some assessed components)
2004
Sensory Motor Therapy | Weekend Workshop
2000-2002 | Leicester University School of Social Work | MA/DipSW
1994-1997 | Liverpool University | BA Hons Sociology & Psychology