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The expressive girl learns to hold her own

The quiet girl finds her voice

The anxious girl becomes safe in her skin

The different girl finds she is " not alone"

Emotinal needs are not being met in an online environement.Research shows that thenumber of areas activated inyour brain when engaged with someone faceto faceis far greater than when on screen

Opposite of the online. World. Against the odds, young peope with developing brains needs a real mentor, not a virtual world learnoing to be in theprescence of other people and and in touch with their other body

Learning about ourselves rather than looking at ourselves

Grounding ourselves in our own body, body work

So much time spent interacting in a virtual world antithesis of being present in oneelf

ally Different complements traditional counselling and youth services by offering a creative, non-clinical pathway to confidence, wellbeing and belonging.

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encourage you to focus on what you can
Finding joy and your best self along the way

Creative, compassionate, and results-driven program designer with 15 years’ experience supporting women, girls, students, and diverse communities. Combines strengths-based employment and wellbeing expertise with innovative, arts-based empowerment programs. Skilled at building partnerships, delivering high-impact initiatives, and fostering inclusive, intersectional practice.

Key Capabilities

• Program design, facilitation, and public presentation across community, education, and corporate sectors

• Expertise in inclusive, intersectional practice and addressing family violence impacts

• Relationship-building and stakeholder engagement with clients, services, and funders

• B2B program promotion and partnership development

• Advocacy, training, and education delivery across public, private, and community audiences

• Professional performance skills: public speaking, NIDA graduate, actor, jazz singer, writer, songwriter

• Report writing, administrative management, and program evaluation

Selected Achievements & Experience

• Career & Wellbeing Programs: Designed and delivered strengths-based, holistic programs for women and girls, including employment, arts, and empowerment initiatives (YWCA, community and council programs)

• Equity & Inclusion in Workplaces: Developed training tools and online modules to address gender bias and promote inclusion in male-dominated trades

• Social Impact Initiatives: Coordinated education-to-employment programs and community projects with measurable outcomes in empowerment and confidence building

• Creative Practice: Leveraged performance, arts, and storytelling to enhance engagement and transformative learning outcomes

Impact Statement
Erika combines creative innovation with evidence-based approaches to deliver programs that build confidence, agency, and opportunity for women and girls, creating measurable social impact and fostering inclusion across communities.

Girls are experiencing unprecedented levels of anxiety and distress—yet many fall outside clinical care. What’s needed is not more pressure to perform, but spaces where they can reconnect to confidence, voice, and self.

Across Australia and globally, girls report significantly higher levels of anxiety and psychological distress than boys. These patterns are increasing with age—revealing a generation managing pressure externally, while carrying distress internally.

https://blogs.rch.org.au/cah/2025/04/08/almost-three-quarters-of-adolescents-experience-depression-or-anxiety/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

The Gap

Although youth group programs, allied health services, and medical professionals do exist, many are waitlisted, delivered online, designed for all genders, and often lack strengths-based, face-to-face support.

Dramatically Different offers something more intentional and personal—centred on creativity, exploration, and real-world connection.
It provides safe, non-clinical, experiential learning with minimal wait times and no fixed prescription—just a thoughtful, responsive approach that supports each girl to build a stronger, more confident relationship with herself, grounded in real-world living.

Services
Our Solution
Dramatically Different provides creative, relational programs that close this gap—building authentic self-expression, emotional strength, and capabilities that last a lifetime. We offer preventative, non-clinical interventions that

Confidence, identity, and voice development
Safe, relational, and creative environments

• Embodied and expressive approaches (not just talk-based therapy)
  Families are seeking support wherever possible—as clinical solutions can be limited, time constrained or very costlySupporting our programs is an investment in girls’ wellbeing and future potential.
  

For Girls who:

• Struggle with self-confidence

• feel overwhelmed by expectations or comparison

• are shy, quiet, or unsure how to express themselves

• feel stressed or anxious in social situations

• overthink or worry about getting things “wrong”

• Have self esteem or body image concerns

• love creativity, drama, movement, or expressive arts

• Experience disabilty or neurodivergence

• Maybe things have been said to you before that didn’t quite fit, or spaces haven’t always felt easy to be in. Maybe you’ve had to work harder than others to be understood, heard or celebrated.

  At Dramatically Different, there is no expectation that you be anything other than yourself. No pressure to keep up, no one way of doing things,
  
  You can be quiet, unsure, dramatic—and you will be welcomed exactly as you are.

  Whatever you have experienced and however you continue to experience your world, I focus on what matters to you and how
  we can make difference to your lived experience.Maybe things have been said to you before that didn’t quite fit, or spaces haven’t always felt easy to be in. Maybe you’ve had to work harder than others to be understood, heard or celebrated.

  At Dramatically Different, there is no expectation that you be anything other than yourself. No pressure to keep up, no one way of doing things,

  Services

  Our approach.

  Welcome to Dramatically Different where participation not perfection is the focus and where being you is enough!

  This is not about performing or perfection.
  It’s about becoming more comfortably, quietly, confidently yourself. There's no set curriculum or expectation, you get to take the lead in your own life. We explore what assists you to be your best self.

  
  

  Erika brings a kind of kindness that is steady and genuine. She listens carefully, notices what matters, and supports you without trying to change you. She helps you find your own voice—so your confidence feels real, and truly yours.

  And knowing you don’t have to do that alone.
  

Services Coaching

• Teen girls are now one of the highest-risk groups for internalising disorders (anxiety, depression, withdrawal).

  Our programs provide one of a kind coaching for every kind of girl aged between 10-18 years. Dramatically Different is designed for those who are looking for more than generic support — families who recognise that their daughter or client needs something thoughtful, personalised, and deeply respectful of who she is.
  
  Dramatically Different is ideal for girls who:

  • Struggle with self-confidence

  • feel overwhelmed by expectations or comparison

  • are shy, quiet, or unsure how to express themselves

  • feel stressed or anxious in social situations

  • overthink or worry about getting things “wrong”

  • Have self esteem or body image concerns

  • love creativity, drama, movement, or expressive arts

  • Experience disabilty or neurodivergence

  • Public health research consistently points to:

    • Social media exposure & comparison culture

    • Academic pressure and performance expectations

    • Body image concerns and identity formation

    • Reduced face-to-face social connection

    • Heightened uncertainty (post-COVID, climate anxiety, global instability)

    • Increased awareness and reporting (which is positive—but still reflects real distress)

  The program is designed to meet her exactly where she is — with warmth, respect, and patient encouragement.

  SERVICES

• Dramatically Different is for every girl.

  Any girl at any time in her life could be excelling or struggling, or a bit of both.

  Dramatically Different is about meeting every girl where she's at.

  Every girl is different, no one is exactly the same or should feel compelled to be the same.

  Dramatically Different provides a safe, supportive, creative space to explore all manner and modes of self-expression, without the distraction of external noise and imposed expectations.

  The confidence of 'can do' comes from finding a creative home in oneself.

  Every girl can benefit greatly from a coaching relationship dedicated to becoming attuned to her inner voice.

  Unfolding potential is about about finding growth pathways. Everyone's path through life is unique. Having someone by your side at critical stages of development in life makes all the difference.

  DEAR EVERYGIRL - SELECTION EXCESS

• Drama and performance techniques
  • Role play and guided social rehearsal
  • Movement, music, and creative expression
  • Communication and confidence coaching
  • Emotional grounding strategies
  • Strength-focused conversation attuned to building life skills, relationships or attainment
  • Activities that offset anxiety or self image concerns.
  . Finding your natural voice and presentation
  

  My hope is that you gain:

  • greater self-confidence

  • clearer self-expression

  • a calmer internal world

  • improved communication skills

  • stronger personal identity

  • trust in their own voice

  • the courage to take up space — without fear
    

  The goal is not to change you but to see you.
  To strengthen your sense of who you are, what makes you feel safe and comfortable and what it is you do best.

Coaching Fees: Pre Text

• Dramatically Different is an investment in your daughter’s foundation — supporting her transition from girlhood into womanhood.

  It's impact is designed to extend far beyond each session, shaping how she shows up at school, in friendships, within your family, and into her future.

  When a girl feels secure in who she is, everything else begins to soften and fall into place.

  Because the most powerful thing a girl can wear is her confidence.

  Free online consults are avaialbel for up to 20 minutes for more information

  
  
  
  

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My Philosophy
At the heart of my approach is creative pedagogy—the belief that girls benefit from creative,
experiential engagement, that their bodies are for living in nor just looking at.
I stand for learning that is human, relational, and grounded in real participation—where confidence is embodied
not enforced.

When girls are given safe, supportive spaces to express themselves without judgement, they
develop self respect, confidence and a strong sense of identity all of their own.

Dramatically Different aims to bring this to life—supporting girls to move beyond comparison and self doubt and into
a deeper connection with who they are and what they love doing consequently enabling them to navigate the
world with confidence and authenticity.You didn’t come this far to stop.

ABOUT SECTION

Anxiety, low self-worth, and imposter syndrome affect many girls and young women, and like an iceberg, we often miss what lies beneath.

COLLABORATIONS

Erika is available for keynote speaking, workshops, and creative collaborations with schools, organisations, and community groups.

With over 20 years of experience in dramatic, creative facilitation, she brings a unique approach to confidence-building, vocal presence, and impactful communication for women and girls. Her work integrates performance-based techniques with real-world coaching across careers, wellbeing, and self-expression.

Each engagement is thoughtfully tailored—whether delivering an inspiring keynote, facilitating an interactive workshop, or providing strategic consultation. Sessions are available both in-person and online, with flexible delivery to meet your needs.

Partner with Erika to create experiences that are engaging, transformative, and built to leave a lasting impact.

COLLABORATIONS 2

I am available for keynote speaking, workshops and professional development days in school settings, organisations and with community service providers.

Each engagement is tailored to your needs, whether it’s
an interactive workshop, strategic consultation, or a presentation. Sessions can be delivered in-person or online, to both individuals and groups.

I work with the power of play, performance and story, and seek to unlock the language of intuition. My goal is to assist people to be fully present, experience the joy in being themselves

embodied/embodied communication

embodied communication (not limited by [the] confines of intellect) original source of power, the language of intuition which is so often discounted in formal educational settings.

... empathy and understanding around our own and others experience that empowers/improves performance, communication

visceral truth (embodied) (viscera)



authenticity/authentic self | the original power of connection | to assist people to be fully present, embodied, fully present (= doing stuff as yourself), transform attitudes in a workplace | education of the whole person ( holistic, embodied) | facilitator: convene, transform, act as a conduit

PARENT CONSENT FORM:

By engaging Dramatically Different parents and carers acknowledge that:

• Counselling, therapy, diagnosis, and treatment are not provided
  
  
  

• Psychological and medical support are to be sought elsewhere.

• External professional support will be recommended if concerns
  
  exceed scope
  
  

Parents and carers need be cognisant that:

• Participation will involve a range of interactive activities
  
  
  

• Child Safe Standards and NDIS safeguarding regulations will be upheld

• Confidentiality is respected, excepting where safety or legal obligations apply

• Written or digital consent must be provided prior to commencement of services

Cancellation and Refunds: Extra note:

Please note, I work with clients on the understanding that my time and effort will be respected, and I hope and trust that