About OSPIP

Peter Haworth
Psychodrama Psychotherapist and Senior Trainer

Peter now works freelance as a psychotherapist and trainer. Until his retirement in 2008, Peter worked as a consultant psychotherapist at the Department of Psychotherapy Oxfordshire Mental Healthcare N.H.S. Trust.

He is registered as a Senior Trainer of Psychodrama with the British Psychodrama Association.

Peter is a founder member of the British Psychodrama Association, he currently represents the BPA at the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy.

Nancy Piercy
Senior Trainer

Nancy is registered as Psychodrama Psychotherapist, Senior Trainer and Vice Chair of the BPA. Nancy is a co-founder and board member of OSPIP. She has worked with young people and Families for 20 years and enjoys using action in her work with them.

She has recently retired from the NHS as a Specialist nurse in CAMHS and is at present a freelance Trainer and Therapist.

Dr Mark Farrall
Associate Trainer

Dr Mark Farrall is a Chartered Psychologist and Forensic Psychologist registered with the Health Professions Council. He is the Director of Ignition Creative Learning, an independent agency providing specialised training and consultancy both nationally and internationally, in the fields of Motivational Interviewing, domestic abuse and experiential methods.

Dr Farrall's research PhD in drama in education and psychology focussed on para-therapeutic work with convicted violent offenders, utilising applied drama and theatre and techniques based in Psychodrama. He was the first person in the UK to be awarded the Certificate level qualification in Sociodrama, and is a qualified Psychodrama Psychotherapist.

Annei Soanes
Associate Trainer

Annei trained in Stage Management at the Central School of Speech and Drama where she developed a curiosity around how we convey ourselves to the world. With an interest in the external creation of roles, she joined the BBC and worked as a Make-Up Artist based at Television Centre, London. In 1993 she volunteered for redundancy and retrained in both Psychodrama and Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy. Her interest by now extended to the internal human experience. Annei’s enthusiasm for Psychodrama led to her accreditation with the BPA (British Psychodrama Association) as a Psychotherapist and UKCP registration.

Annei runs a weekly on-going Psychodrama group for male offenders in a secure setting and works in a private Psychiatric Hospital where she runs Psychodrama groups on both the general and addictions programme. Her Private Practice includes individual and group Supervision; Psychotherapy and Counselling to individuals and couples; training for organizations and CPD workshops for other professionals. She has a special interest in assisting people to rediscover themselves – to identify their talents and abilities in a new way and find a sense of fun and laughter in life.

Lidija Vasiljevic
Trainer

Lidija Vasiljevic is a graduate psychologist, MSc Gender and Politics, and is currently working on her PhD thesis Anti-discriminative and gender inclusive politics within mental health� in Belgrade, Serbia. She has over 10 years of international experience in working with marginalised groups and individuals using psychodrama and other action methods.

Lidija runs training psychodrama groups mostly in south-east Europe. She uses a gender inclusive approach in her work, and integrates action methods with other modalities. She is an ECP holder, a BPA trainer, and an Associate Trainer with the Oxford School of Psychodrama and Integrative Psychotherapy as well as co-founder of the Regional Agency for the Implementation of the Integrative Psychotherapy (RAIP).

Jana Damjanov
Associate Trainer

Jana Damjanov is a graduate psychologist and master's degree attendant, specializing in clinical psychology (Faculty of Philosophy, Novi Sad). She has a National Certificate for Psychotherapy as well as European Certificate for Psychotherapy. She is an associate trainer of the Oxford School of Psychodrama and Integrative Psychotherapy (OSPIP) and cofounder of the Regional Association for the Implementation of Integrative Psychotherapy and Psychodrama (RAIP). She is registered within BPA as Psychodrama Practitioner.

Jana has an advanced certificate in Playback Theatre and Art therapy. She is trained in transactional analysis, cognitive-behavioral therapy (within MA studies) and has introductory level training in EMDR. She works with individuals and groups, as well as with psychodiagnostics in private practice. Her specific areas of interest are: health psychology, working with terminally ill patients, psycho-oncology, working with marginalized groups, and gender equality. She enjoys the wide application of different action methods, especially Psychodrama and the integration of different therapeutic modalities.