ABOUT CORNELIUS CONNECTION
PAUL WOODWARD
My journey as a therapist emerges from the rich intersection of performance arts, psychotherapy, and holistic healing practices. As a neurodivergent practitioner, I recognize how diverse perspectives and multiple ways of knowing can illuminate our path to healing and growth.
My approach weaves together four essential elements:
Intuition – accessing embodied wisdom and somatic understanding;
Insight – recognizing deeper patterns and possibilities;
Integrity – maintaining authentic presence and ethical practice; and
Integration – bringing together diverse healing modalities in service of transformation.
Drawing from my background in theatre education and performance, I incorporate creative and somatic techniques that engage both body and mind. My therapeutic toolkit includes drama-based interventions, tapping, NLP, and traditional talk therapy, all adapted to meet each client’s unique needs. This integration of approaches allows for deeper exploration and more sustainable change.
My practice is particularly attuned to those navigating life transitions, identity exploration, and personal growth. Through playful wisdom and grounded presence, I create a space where multiple truths can coexist and where transformation emerges through authentic connection and creative exploration.
Paul Woodward is a psychotherapist, holistic therapist, storyteller, and Senior Lecturer in Theatre. A late-diagnosed autistic and ADHD practitioner living with HIV since 1999, Paul brings a deeply embodied, intersectional, queer-rooted approach to healing. His work blends somatics, narrative practice, trauma-informed psychotherapy, energy work, and decades of global arts-based facilitation across Africa, Europe, and Australia.
Paul’s practice was shaped profoundly by “Cornelius,” a tree in London’s Victoria Park who became a source of healing during his grief. His approach integrates nervous system science with myth, theatre, ritual, and the body’s own storytelling intelligence.
He believes healing is a communal forest – and that every person has a leaf, a root, a season, and a story worth tending.