Production Wellness & Performance Support

Structured support for performers and creative teams working with emotionally demanding material.

We partner with theatre and film productions, rehearsal processes, and creative teams to support both the people and the material when the work is emotionally intense or psychologically demanding.

Our role is to help creatives navigate complex storytelling with clarity, structure, and sustainability, without compromising artistic integrity.

Our work is supported by licensed mental health professionals, including Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFTs), who contribute to the development and facilitation of select services. This ensures a trauma-informed, ethically grounded approach while remaining fully integrated into the creative process.

We collaborate with LMFTs to bring clinically informed insight into a non-clinical, production-based environment, supporting emotionally complex material with greater care, responsibility, and intention.

Services involving LMFTs are consultative and educational in nature and are not a substitute for psychotherapy, diagnosis, or clinical treatment.

  • We provide production-integrated support that bridges mental wellness insight and creative collaboration, including:

  • Individualized cast and creative support

  • Script and character consultation (mental health-informed dramaturgy)

  • Trauma-informed scene preparation and guidance

  • Cultural and psychological sensitivity consulting

  • Emotional safety protocols and boundary frameworks

  • Crisis preparedness and on-set response support

WHAT THIS INCLUDES

  • Pre-scene grounding and preparation techniques

  • Post-scene decompression practices

  • Nervous system regulation tools

  • Separation of self and character work

  • Emotional sustainability practices for long runs or shoots

Ideal For Projects That Include:

  • Trauma-related or emotionally heavy material

  • Intense character arcs

  • Long rehearsal or filming periods

  • High emotional output scenes

  • Ensemble-based storytelling

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Support for Creative Teams

We also work with directors and production teams to:

  • Foster psychologically safe rehearsal environments

  • Improve communication around sensitive material

  • Reduce burnout and emotional carryover

  • Support cast wellbeing without interrupting workflow

Our Approach

We collaborate with producers, directors, writers, and performers to ensure that complex themes—such as trauma, grief, addiction, or identity—are handled with accuracy, care, and responsibility.

This is not therapy.
This is proactive, structured mental wellness support embedded within the creative process.

Ways We Work With You

  • On-set / in-rehearsal day rate

  • Weekly production support

  • Pre-production cast workshops

  • Director & team consultations

Sustainable Art Requires Sustainable Artists

Creative excellence does not have to come at the cost of emotional wellbeing.

This work helps artists stay present, connected, and supported—without carrying the emotional weight beyond the work itself.

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Our work is supported by licensed mental health professionals, including LMFTs, who advise on best practices, psychological safety, and trauma-informed approaches within a non-clinical, production-based setting. The services provided are for educational, consultative, and creative support purposes only. They do not constitute psychotherapy, medical advice, or a therapeutic relationship.

Service Tiers

Engagements are customized based on production scope, timeline, and level of integration required.

Full Production Partnership (Studio / High-Budget)

Best for: Studio films, major theatre productions, streaming/TV series
Engagement style: Fully integrated from development → post

Includes

Everything in Tier 2, plus:

  • Full script breakdown (mental health + psychological impact analysis)

  • Ongoing dramaturgical consultation throughout production

  • Regular on-set presence (key scenes or continuous, depending on scope)

  • Real-time performer support and grounding techniques

  • Crisis preparedness planning + live response capability

  • Collaboration with department heads (direction, intimacy, HR, etc.)

  • Post-production support (cast decompression + transition out of roles)

  • Production-wide mental wellness strategy

Outcome

  • Positions your production as industry-leading in ethical storytelling and human sustainability

  • Provides the highest level of protection, performance quality, and care

Embedded Support (Mid-Level Productions)

Best for: Regional theatre, SAG indie films, episodic/digital series
Engagement style: Pre-production + rehearsal + partial on-set presence

Includes

Everything in Tier 1, plus:

  • Expanded script and character consultation

  • 2–3 cast/creative workshops (trauma-informed performance + boundaries)

  • Rehearsal process support (select days or key scenes)

  • Scene-specific emotional preparation and decompression protocols

  • Director + producer consultation

  • On-call support during production days

  • Customized wellness plan for production

Outcome

  • Actively supports performers through emotionally demanding material

  • Improves performance sustainability and working conditions

Foundational Support (Indie / Small Productions)

Best for: Short films, indie projects, student films, early-stage productions
Engagement style: Pre-production + limited on-call support

Includes

  • Script review with mental wellness notes

  • Character and material consultation (light dramaturgy)

  • One (1) cast + creative team training session

  • Emotional safety guidelines + boundary framework document

  • Pre-production risk assessment (themes, triggers, intensity level)

  • Limited email support during production

Outcome

  • Establishes a baseline of safety and awareness

  • Helps productions avoid common harm points without adding heavy cost

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