John Bergman MA,RDT,BCT is a UK born drama therapist/theatre director with over 37 years experience with prisoners and prison officers, in all types of criminal justice settings. He is the founder and Director of Geese Theatre Company USA, co-founder/teacher of Geese Company UK, and a Board member of Transcena , a social change company in Romania also using theatre and social change constructs. He has worked in the USA, Brazil, UK, Romania, New Zealand, Australia, Bulgaria and Croatia prison systems. He has presented internationally at over 500 professional conferences. He is the recipient of the 2005 Research Award from the NADTA. John was the clinical supervisor and program creator for a therapeutic neurological program for adolescents in Melbourne. He is the author of: “Challenging Experience, An Experiential Approach to the Treatment of Serious Offenders” co-edited "Current Perspectives & Applications in Neurobiology : Working with Young Persons who are Victims and Perpetrators of Sexual Abuse". and most recently was published in the Drama Therapy Review (2017).