Support the people at your university, academy or private school with practical workshops and guidance on mental health, leadership and collaboration – tailored to education for creative careers.
For universities, universities of applied sciences, academies and private schools: DramaCare helps you connect high-quality training, practical skills and a respectful learning culture.
Complement professional training with psychological skills and practical prevention.
Give your educators practical tools for demanding situations and diverse learning needs.
Build the skills learners need during their studies, in projects and as they enter the industry.
Adapted to your curriculum, projects and existing support services.
Discuss a programme for your institutionCreative education combines professional skills with personal growth. DramaCare addresses the challenges learners and educators encounter in their everyday training.
Students take responsibility for projects before they have learnt to navigate difficult conversations and team dynamics.
Exams, rehearsals and deadlines can affect stress, concentration and recovery.
Neurodivergent needs, sensory overload and unclear expectations can make learning harder.
Power imbalances, assessment, bullying and discrimination call for clear standards and routes to support.
Role immersion, feedback, auditions and self-promotion raise personal and professional questions.
AI, public visibility and uncertain career paths are changing creative work.
It is a vital foundation for learning, creativity and personal development. Mental health includes coping with stress and mental illness, access to support and supportive learning conditions.
DramaCare combines individual support with prevention and attention to institutional structures – complementing existing counselling and reporting services.
Understand stress responses, recognise boundaries and resources, access support.
Feel able to raise questions, concerns and mistakes without fear of humiliation.
Clear responsibilities, anti-discrimination practice and more accessible teaching.
Under stress, attention, memory and how we respond to others can change. Recognising our own patterns helps us act more deliberately and explore appropriate ways to self-regulate.
Six featured starting points. Explore more topics by area below. Content and delivery are tailored to your needs.
Illustrative situation: A student withdraws and is unsure where to turn for support.
What participants explore: Understand mental wellbeing, warning signs, stigma and routes to support.
Benefit for your institution: Sound, accessible prevention and greater mental-health literacy.
Enquire about this workshopIllustrative situation: Under exam or production pressure, listening and decision-making become harder.
What participants explore: Explore stress responses, attention, early signals and practical self-regulation.
Benefit for your institution: Useful knowledge and strategies for learning and professional life.
Enquire about this workshopIllustrative situation: A student director has to decide while crew members disagree.
What participants explore: Practise leadership, respectful communication, boundaries and difficult conversations.
Benefit for your institution: Future leaders learn to take responsibility with confidence and care.
Enquire about this workshopIllustrative situation: A demanding character stays with an actor long after rehearsal.
What participants explore: Explore role boundaries, self-awareness and de-roling approaches.
Benefit for your institution: More intentional approaches to emotionally demanding creative work.
Enquire about this workshopIllustrative situation: Sensory overload, unclear tasks or sudden changes create learning barriers.
What participants explore: Understand differences in perception, processing and accessible learning design.
Benefit for your institution: Greater confidence in inclusive teaching and collaboration.
Enquire about this workshopIllustrative situation: A degrading comment is made in class; an unequal power relationship makes speaking up difficult.
What participants explore: Recognise misconduct, response options and appropriate reporting routes.
Benefit for your institution: Clearer expectations and practical prevention.
Enquire about this workshopIllustrative situation: After a shoot, thoughts continue racing and it is difficult to recover.
What participants explore: Notice individual stress signals and try suitable regulation and recovery strategies.
Benefit for your institution: Transferable skills for demanding project phases.
Enquire about this workshopIllustrative situation: A crew falls behind schedule and looks for clear direction.
What participants explore: Practise prioritisation, noticing stress and transparent decisions.
Benefit for your institution: Greater confidence in project leadership.
Enquire about this workshopIllustrative situation: In an editing review, technical critique is experienced as a personal put-down.
What participants explore: Practise specific feedback, active listening and difficult conversations.
Benefit for your institution: More constructive learning and feedback practices.
Enquire about this workshopIllustrative situation: Self-tapes and online profiles fuel unhelpful comparison.
What participants explore: Reflect on professional identity, values, boundaries and visibility.
Benefit for your institution: Thoughtful preparation for public-facing creative careers.
Enquire about this workshopIllustrative situation: Several unsuccessful auditions gradually undermine confidence.
What participants explore: Build strategies for rejection, self-criticism and perspective-taking.
Benefit for your institution: Psychological skills for uncertain creative careers.
Enquire about this workshopIllustrative situation: A graduation film explores violence or suicide.
What participants explore: Assess psychosocial risks, safeguards and sensitive representation.
Benefit for your institution: More considered approaches to stories and people.
Enquire about this workshopIllustrative situation: Documentary footage continues to affect a student after editing.
What participants explore: Recognise strain, reflect on exposure and know how to access support.
Benefit for your institution: Psychologically informed media practice.
Enquire about this workshopIllustrative situation: Students wonder how their creative work will be valued.
What participants explore: Reflect on uncertainty, agency, comparison and team expectations.
Benefit for your institution: Space for the human impact of AI – not software training.
Enquire about this workshopIllustrative situation: Graduation approaches, but the next job is unclear.
What participants explore: Explore self-worth, work boundaries and managing uncertainty.
Benefit for your institution: Psychological preparation for real career transitions.
Enquire about this workshopIllustrative situation: A team member behaves differently and colleagues are unsure how to respond.
What participants explore: Approach concerns sensitively and understand boundaries and referrals.
Benefit for your institution: Respond with care without diagnosing others.
Enquire about this workshopIllustrative situation: A student shares serious personal difficulties during feedback.
What participants explore: Explore supportive conversations, professional limits and referrals.
Benefit for your institution: Clearer responsibilities and support for teaching staff.
Enquire about this workshopIllustrative situation: Close creative collaboration overlaps with grading and evaluation.
What participants explore: Reflect on power asymmetries, transparency and boundaries.
Benefit for your institution: Clearer expectations for educators and learners.
Enquire about this workshopIllustrative situation: A publication is followed by abusive messages and comments.
What participants explore: Understand emotional impact, boundaries and support pathways.
Benefit for your institution: Awareness of the human risks of public-facing work.
Enquire about this workshopIllustrative situation: A student crew has rules on paper but no clear contact or response path.
What participants explore: Clarify expectations, responsibilities, prevention and procedures.
Benefit for your institution: Standards that provide real guidance in everyday training.
Enquire about this workshopIllustrative situation: Ambiguous instructions and sensory overload create obstacles to learning.
What participants explore: Identify barriers and develop adjustments with those affected.
Benefit for your institution: More accessible teaching and project settings.
Enquire about this workshopIllustrative situation: A scene evokes strong emotions, making the boundary between personal experience and character more noticeable.
What participants explore: Reflect on attention, imagination, emotion and bodily awareness; explore personal responses and identification with a role.
Benefit for your institution: Psychological understanding complements artistic skills for learners and educators in acting, film and theatre.
Enquire about this workshopIllustrative situation: An inexperienced crew hesitates to speak up about an unclear process.
What participants explore: Explore psychological safety, clear agreements and constructive responses to mistakes.
Benefit for your institution: Educators and project leaders gain tools for a more open learning and team culture.
Enquire about this workshopIllustrative situation: An educator increasingly becomes the first point of contact for personal concerns.
What participants explore: Clarify responsibilities, conversational boundaries, peer reflection and appropriate referrals.
Benefit for your institution: Educators and tutors gain guidance for responsible support and manageable professional boundaries.
Enquire about this workshopNo topic in mind yet? We can identify the right starting point together.
Power imbalances, bullying, discrimination and boundary violations require more than good intentions. DramaCare supports the development, communication and practical implementation of codes of conduct and preventive measures.
For film and media education, we can also reference the Respect Code Film. Formal complaints and investigations remain with the responsible bodies.
Discuss a code of conductFrom an initial talk to ongoing project support, DramaCare is your specialist point of contact – in Germany and, subject to project arrangements, across Europe, on site or online.
01Practical learning and exercises on mental health, neuropsychology, leadership, neurodivergence and AI.
02Build skills through existing curricula – from introductory learning to professional capability.
03Preparation, risk awareness, team kick-offs, mental health coordination and follow-up for study, training and practical projects.
04Confidential individual support, reflection for educators and assistance during demanding projects.
Tell us about your idea or the current challenge at your institution.
We discuss your goals, audience and existing structures.
You receive a proposal with suitable content, scope and costs.
We deliver the agreed format with practical relevance to your everyday teaching.
Heike Dzaack-Crostewitz combines extensive experience in mental health and trauma work with expertise in education, teaching and the particular demands of the creative and entertainment industries.
As a certified Mental Health Coordinator, former director of an online academy and experienced educator, she brings together different perspectives. Her experience spans teaching concepts, distance-learning courses and making complex subjects accessible and practical.
Recognising each person as an individual is central to her work. This includes different learning needs, ways of perceiving and processing information, and personal strengths and challenges.
Her approach centres on empowerment: helping people understand themselves, recognise their options and respond to challenges with greater autonomy.
She makes insights from neuropsychology, stress research and mental health engaging and accessible, always with a clear connection to practice.
As your first point of contact at DramaCare, she helps education and training providers develop suitable programmes. Together with the DramaCare team, she combines psychological expertise, an understanding of education and industry practice to strengthen the practical skills of learners, educators and institutional leaders.
Expert in mental health and safeguarding structures in the film, television and cultural sectors | Certified Mental Health Coordinator
I support you from the first idea to a suitable programme for your institution. Your people, learning goals and the needs of your departments are at the heart of our conversation.
Explore our support for the industries your learners are preparing to enter.
Psychological support throughout production.
Support for rehearsals, ensembles and performance.
Support across roles, auditions and professional identity.
Support with pressure, sensitive content and collaboration.
Mental health between public visibility and self-employment.
Programmes for your institution, educators and learners.
The essentials before working together, answered simply.
A workshop, student support, production assistance or help with a code of conduct? Get in touch – even if your idea is still taking shape.
There is no need to share sensitive health information in your initial enquiry.
