Season 3. Ep.11 Drew Bird - Drama Therapist (Australia)

Drew Bird, U.K. has been a Dramatherapist for over twenty years. He was senior lecturer on the MA in Dramatherapy at the University of Derby for fifteen years before becoming Associate Professor and Head of Creative Arts Therapies at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He was editor of the Dramatherapy Journal from September 2020 to March 2023. He is the author of 15 publications and editorials. Recent research interests and publications have focussed on heuristic inquiry and arts-based research. He is in the process of completing an a/ r/tographic informed novel and developing performative informed research in clowning and the art of facilitation.  

He presents at conferences internationally. His background is in working with children and young people who have experienced trauma and adult mental health and is currently doing community work in private practice.

Associate Professor Drew Bird, PhD (He/Him/They/Them)

Head of Creative Arts Therapies

Drama Therapy Lead

Victorian College of the Arts