■ specialist psychology for performers
You give everything to your craft. Your mental health deserves the same.
Warm, specialist psychotherapy and education for actors, musicians, dancers, and performers. London and online.
She treats the industry as if it were a patient too. That was the first time anyone had done that for me.
— West End actor · Long-run musical, 2025
How we work
Performing is unlike any other profession. So is the therapy for it.
Most people who come here are not unwell. They are working people in demanding conditions — conditions that require extraordinary reserves of self-regulation, identity stability and emotional intelligence.
The therapy here is shaped by what your particular situation calls for. That might be something acute, or something more cumulative.
Someone who understands your world
Trained clinically, and from inside performance. No need to explain what a callback is, or why the wrong kind of praise can sting.
Evidence-based approaches that work
CBT, IPT, MBT and psychoanalytic work — matched to you, not applied from a manual.
The body as data
Somatic signals arrive first. We learn to read them before they become something louder.
■ what we offer
Three ways to work together.
Online courses
A 12-week programme in emotion regulation for performers — grounded in original doctoral research.
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Workshops
Half-day, full-day, and two-day workshops for conservatoires, companies, and performing arts organisations.
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Consultancy
Embedded clinical support and welfare consultancy for institutions and organisations.
Make an enquiry
Individual therapy is currently by referral only — join the waiting list.
■ the clinician
Dr Julia Grieshofer.
Julia is a Chartered Psychologist and researcher whose doctoral work at UCL examined resilience and emotion regulation in professional actors.
She holds training in MBT, CBT, and IPT, and teaches on the MSc in Performing Arts Medicine at UCL. She is a long-standing affiliate of BAPAM.
Her practice is built on a simple observation: the performing arts create specific psychological demands that generic therapy rarely addresses. Everything here is designed for that.
Read more about Julia →In their words
What it is like to come here.
For the first time I had a therapist who didn't need me to explain what an audition feels like. She already knew.
I came in thinking it would be temporary. Three years later I still come. It has changed my relationship with performing completely.
She saw the pattern in my anxiety before I could. I was auditioning badly for years for a reason I'd never understood.
From the clinic
Reading, listening, exercises to take home.
Essays, notes, exercises and interviews — written for working performers and the people who support them.
On post-tour depression, properly defined
9 min read
Four things to stop telling drama students about nerves
6 min read
Why auditions are clinically harder than performances
11 min read
A 3-minute practice for the wings
Audio · 4 min
Before you enquire
Good questions, properly answered.
Ready to begin?
A free 15-minute call. No obligation. Just a conversation.