153. Terry Hyde Can a career in ballet harm?

Terry Hyde is a Psychotherapist/counsellor. Terry started dancing aged 6, gaining a5 year scholarship to the RAD aged 10. He joined the Royal Ballet at age 18 andsubsequently joined London’s Festival Ballet as a soloist, playing roles such as, DrCoppelius in Coppelia, Sancho Panza in Don Quixote and The Headmistress inGraduation Ball. Terry left the ballet world to explore other artistic genres, andperformed in musicals in London’s West End, in Film and TV.On retiring from performing, Terry set up as a Business Manager for people in allareas of the performing arts. On selling the business 15 years later, and inspired bythe realization that many of the people he’d worked with also sought his advice onpersonal issues, he retrained as a psychotherapist attaining a Masters Degree inPsychotherapy validated by Middlesex University in 2012.Terry founded www.counsellingfordancers.com in 2017 and has been working tosupport the unique needs of dancers in relation to their mental health ever since. In2021 Terry created the Help4Dancers App and the Dancer’s Personal DevelopmentSeries of Ebooks and ecourses.In 2021, Terry won the One Dance UK Dance Healthcare Practitioner Award and in2022 was invited onto the advisory board of Pointe Magazine.Terry presents interactive Mental Health Self-Care Workshops for Dancers, both inperson and virtually. These proactive workshops help support dancers’ mentalwellbeing, teaching them how to be mentally fit and emotionally strong.