Our guest today is Lou Platt
https://www.artistwellbeing.co.uk/
Lou is Founder & Director of the Artist Wellbeing Company in Birmingham, England.
She began supporting the mental health of those working in creative industries in 2012. Her qualifications and experience in Dramatherapy, Clinical supervision, and Internal Family Systems along with a background as an independent theatre maker & performer synthesized to create her role as Artist Wellbeing Practitioner.
As an Artist Wellbeing Practitioner, Lou has worked with notable theatre companies such as the Globe, Royal Court, Bristol and Old Vic to name a few. In TV and film her client list includes Amazon Prime, BBC, HBO and Netflix among others. Lou also works in dance, visual arts, writing and the music industries.
Our discussion began with Lou’s journey as Dramatherapist into the creative industry working
with theatre practitioners and expanding to actors, writers, directors, crew and actually anyone involved in production.
Lou talked about the challenges of being an Artist Wellbeing Practitioner – which is different from being a therapist - though it’s still personal in nature with its
power to reflect and to potentially transform. We talked about the opportunities for change within the industry and the decisions, we as artists, need to make for a healthier working environment when facing into an industry that needs to accept its dysfunction before it can change.
