In a time of restoration and repair after a series of complex compounded traumas

(including Covid 19, Black lives matter, climate change, Truth and Reconciliation to name just a few)

and in an ever evolving landscape of reparations that are in right relationship with the harm done,

the need for more care for mental wellbeing is clear.

Trauma-informed Care is KEY

Mental Wellness & Psychological Safety within all workplaces matter including the live & recording arts entertainment industry.

Especially in “relationship intense professions and industries” like the entertainment industry, healthcare, social services etc. 

Nicolle Nattrass Intimacy Director & Mental Wellness Coach

My professional expertise is the culmination of both of my careers, working under intense pressure of the entertainment industry in theatre, film and tv and working frontline as a Mental Health & Substance Misuse Counselor for over 15 +years. I also have over 34 years lived experience in recovery from PTSD & substance misuse.

Wellness Workshops/Webinars now available:

• Mental Wellbeing & Psychological Safety on Set

• Take 5! For Actor Wellbeing

• Cue Your Mental Wellness- Tools for Theatre

• Cultivating Safer Spaces in Production

• Employee Mental Wellness & Resilience Monthly Series

• CJ for Self Care & CJ: Self Care for Helping Professionals (CACCF Approved)

FOR INDIVIDUALS:

My counseling/ coaching approach is strength based, forward focused approach and featured in the book, The Coach’s Guide to Completing Creative Work (Routledge Publishing, 2023) and is called the “Cycle of Creative Care”. This cycle is a customized action plan, a 3 phase cycle that is specially designed to move at the rhythmn, care and comfort for your personal, artistic or production goals.

This plan includes new tools, strategies to prevent stress, burn-out and current resources to support healing, productivity and longevity.

FEEDBACK FROM CLIENTS:

” Nicolle was one of my early mentors and coaches when I was a young teen and just starting my film and television journey. She taught me how to protect my artistic energy. I felt that I was so bombarded by intense rules of the business and how to look and how to break into it that I often thought of the art form as secondary, but I loved that Nicolle kept the focus on creative expression. That still guides me today and I am grateful to have encountered her compassionate approach early on in my career.” Jacki Gunn, Actor, Comedian, Writer

” I wanted to thank you for the Take 5 workshop you facilitated through UBCP. Over the last month I’ve been going through the end of my engagement with someone who employed emotionally abusive tactics that left me questioning my identity and my worth.The sessions were so incredibly helpful and supportive, and I’m so thankful to have had that community, encouragement and those tools while I was navigating a heartbreaking situation. I’m doing better now and I’ve been using a lot of what you shared to care for myself.Thank you for the work you do. It’s so vital and important”  Participant, Take 5! for Actor Wellbeing Webinar, UBCP/ACTRA & Set Protect

  Youtube Video Testimonial here