The Creative Process & Trauma. Lisa Mitchell LMFT, ATR, LPC: from the archives

This is a republishing of an archived episode with Lisa Mitchell.<br /><br /><i>"When we stay closely and non-judgmentally with someone exploring pain we find beauty in the midst of the ruins."</i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Saki-Santorelli/e/B001KE1V0I/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"></a><br />-<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Saki-Santorelli/e/B001KE1V0I/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Saki Santorelli</a>, Heal Thyself<br /><br />Lisa Mitchell LMFT, ATR, LPC is the author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1138852732/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=wescoatrapro-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=1138852732&amp;linkId=2c17c7ac58dac4be5d260b4c0b9cd98e" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Creativity as Co-Therapist: The Practitioner’s Guide to the Art of Psychotherapy</a> (Routledge 2016). An art therapist, she has specialized in helping teens and adults use art and creative expression to overcome anxiety, depression, and trauma for 20+ years.<br /><br />Lisa’s online and in-person workshops are popular for the in-depth, hands-on creative experiences she facilitates to help therapists find unique ways of approaching the therapeutic process as a creative one. Lisa is also the organizer and host of <a href="http://www.createfesttx.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Create Fest</a>, an annual online creativity festival that provides inspiration and education for therapists to "Get out the box and into their right mind."<br /><br />Lisa partners with her own creativity through writing, knitting, and painting. Her blog features reflections on all creative endeavors (including therapy) at <a href="http://www.innercanvas.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">www.innercanvas.com</a>.<br /><br /><i></i><b></b><br /><b>In This Episode</b><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.innercanvas.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Lisa’s website</a></li><li><a href=