Patricia Ojehonmon is a Dramatherapist, Clinical Supervisor, Children’s Author, and Visiting Lecturer at the University of Roehampton and Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. She is based in London. She holds a BA (Hons) Drama & Education from Central School of Speech and an MA Dramatherapy from the University of Roehampton and has undertaken additional training in Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT).  She is registered with HCPC and is a full member of The Black, African and Asian Therapy Network (BAATN).

She has worked as a Dramatherapist for Wandsworth CAMHs and Lambeth Council providing a Trauma Informed Approach to children, young people, parent’s, carers, and families. She consults with primary and secondary schools to deliver a whole school approach to Mental Health and Wellbeing, with a special remit to engage with communities that are marginalised within society where there are barriers and stigmas to accessing Mental Health Services. She currently works as a Freelance Dramatherapist at The National Theatre and has worked on Grenfell: In the words of the Bereaved & Survivors and its transfer to New York, Schools Tour Shut I’m Dreaming and Jekyll and Hyde, The House of Bernarda Alba , The Grapes of Wrath to name a few. She is currently designing a short course for Directors, Theatre Makers entitled Navigating Trauma in the Rehearsal Space which will run at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.

The common presentations that she works with include trauma, anxiety disorders, depression, ADHD, autism, behavioural difficulties, mental health conditions, bereavement, PTSD. Little Creations is her private practice working with organisations offering a creative approach to clinical supervision for staff to maintain ethical and professional standards of practice and to develop their critical reflection, creativity, and autonomy within the service they work.

Patricia Co-authored Tiana’s Tales which is inspired by the need to have conversations about racism, challenging prejudice, and discrimination. The book is to aid parents and teachers to help children find words to understand their experiences and support them to make meaning in what can sometimes be a topic that is hard to raise. This led her to deliver the Therapeutic Storytelling module on the Foundation course at Roehampton University. She is also the Co-Founder of The Black Dramatherapists Collective which was established in October 2022.

Patricia has over 20 years extensive experience of working with children, young people and marginalised adults within prison, community projects, primary and secondary schools, alternative educational settings, Local Authorities, and a range of NHS Trust departments. She has created initiatives to develop new strategies that engages and challenges the relevant client group to achieve wellbeing. She is passionate about providing a creative therapeutic space to empower clients to connect with their story.