Summary: Is there a correlation between trauma and creativity? Can creativity actually help you overcome trauma? If you’re not a ‘creative person’, can you utilize elements of creativity in recovery? These are just some of the questions we be addressed in this that features creativity as both an innate skill you absolutely do possess, plus how you can use it to help transform your healing process. My first guest, Douglas Eby, shared an inside view to how creativity can release trauma, plus some very interesting stories and quotes about how celebrities you see in the news all the time have dealt with their traumas through creative means. [Hint: think, Lady Gaga, Halle Berry, Charlize Theron and Shia Laboef.] Then, Dr. Marlo Archer and I had so much fun talking about how much fun trauma recovery can be. Sound crazy? (Well, whoever said it had to be as awful as it usually is??) You'll be surprised by how having fun feelings can change your recovery experience, and actually help you make progress. MEET MY GUESTS: Douglas Eby, M.A./Psychology, is a writer, researcher and online publisher on creativity and personal growth. He is creator of the Talent Development Resources series of sites and author of the books “Developing Multiple Talents: The personal side of creative expression” and “Being Highly Sensitive and Creative.” He has been exploring the personal side of creativity and creative people for over fifteen years, and has interviewed many dozens of actors, writers, directors, painters and other artists, as well as psychologists and psychiatrists who work with creative people. Dr. Marlo Archer, CP, PAT, is a co-founder of the Arizona Psychodrama Institute, a licensed psychologist, and a Practitioner Applicant for Trainer in psychodrama. Psychodrama students may receive up to 160 of their training hours from a PAT. Marlo Archer is an approved provider for NAADAC, NBCC, & NRCGP.
