Meet The Team

Pam Paulson,
MA, LMFT/RDT, NT

Pam Paulson, MA, LMFT/RDT/NT currently trains Drama Therapists at the Drama Therapy Institute of Los Angeles and the Apollo School in Beijing, China. She has co-led several workshops nationally and internationally with Dr. Pam Dunne often focused on Narradrama practices. For 28 years Pam worked for Orange County Children & Family Services as a senior social worker/supervisor specializing in: childhood trauma, intimate partner violence, substance abuse and adoptions. Pam worked with community partnerships to create a Parent Mentor Program and a Strengthening Marriage Workshop for active duty and veteran families. As a co-writer and director, she created “The Job Interview”, a training about White Privilege, and co-founded of PAX (Personal Art eXchange) a community-based art group. She teaches Authentic Movement and holds a certificate from the Authentic Movement Institute in Berkeley, California. She is an advisory board member for the non-profit Project Satori which provides
therapeutic services to Trafficking Survivors. She also enjoys being a resident artist of Panndora Productions, a theater company base in Long Beach, as an actor, director, and producer. She is co-author along with Pam Dunne, and Kamran Afary for the Narradrama chapter for the third edition of the Current Approach in Drama Therapy.

Cynthia Kelvin, PsyD, RDT

Cynthia has taught psychology courses at the college level, as well as workshops in the community for social advocacy and personal growth and transformation. She has worked in community mental health settings as well as in private rehabilitation with people in all stages of life and recovery. Her work is based on the belief that by exploring parts of self through creative activity participants can overcome barriers, foster mindfulness, and cultivate personal strengths. She works to facilitate creative support groups with the overall goal of helping clients lead a healthy, creative, and playfully inspired life. Cynthia has expanded her focus on healing and transformation through utilizing the power of poetry and is completing her CPT (Certified Poetry Therapy) from the International Association for Bibliotherapy and/Poetry Therapy. 

Rachel Brousseau, LMFT, RDT/BCT, NT

Rachel Brousseau walks alongside clients of all ages to honor their process of healing and personal growth through the use of creative arts therapy. Rachel is particularly passionate about working with new mothers to help them feel more supported and connected with greater self-compassion. Rachel believes that therapy is a collaborative process to help in healing the whole person, connecting the mind, body, and spirit in order to help those who are struggling to live brighter, fuller lives with deeper meaning and connection. Past drama therapy experience includes working with adults and adolescents struggling with eating disorders as well as working with children, adolescents, adults, and families in underserved communities to assist in decreasing depression, anxiety, and attachment issues. Rachel is currently serving as a Narradrama Trainer.

Alexis Maron, MA, RDT-BCT, RADT

Alexis is a Registered Drama Therapist and Board Certified Trainer specializing in private practice in relationships, communication skills, family dynamics, and sexual and chemical addictions. In Orange County Alexis pioneered a drama therapy class at the Orange County School of the Arts, where she taught DT tools and techniques to the senior classes. Currently, she works with a non-profit organization, the Down Syndrome Association of Orange County, facilitating a “social skills” group for adults with Down Syndrome. She also leads  drama therapy groups at renowned treatment centers, such as the Waismann Institute, Simple Recovery, Lido Wellness, and Nexus Recovery with clients who suffer from substance abuse and sexual addictions and. works with the Center for Healthy Sex, leading experiential workshops for partners of those identifying as Sex Addicts. In addition, she is working with First Responders in a treatment center setting suffering from both addiction, and PTSD.

Ksenia IIinskaya

Ksenia Ilinskaya is a psychology professor at the University of Higher Economics in Moscow and specializes in narrative therapy and Narradrama. She is a Narradrama trainer (NT). Who utilizes drama therapy and the creative arts in both her teaching and in therapeutic work with clients.  Ksenia is pioneering Narradrama in Russia through running workshops, conferences and training for professionals and educators.  In addition, through her teaching, clinical, and translation works, she is making a significant contribution in her country during a time of extreme turmoil by persisting in offering trainings, therapy, and support groups to bring hope in a time of darkness. She also teaches for the Narradrama certification program in China sponsored by DTILA and Apollo.