Lindsay Lederman's guest appearances

Lindsay Lederman

#HealMeToo: Insights, Art & Activism to Change Our Culture

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Emma Sulkowicz

Tonya Pinkins

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Kyle Reynolds

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Elise Schuster

Gallie Fisher

Yang Jiang

Ianne Fields Stewart

Joli Ienuso

Jinah Parker

Pamela Martin-Johnston

Patrice Miller

Val Koutmina

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In this episode I sit down with Lindsay Lederman to find out more about an area of creativity I have always been fascinated by, Art Therapy. Lindsay is the Clinical Director of The Art Therapy Project in New York. We talk about Lindsay's path to finding her passion as an Art Therapist, what happens inside the walls of an art therapy session, and how covid has both created challenges and opportunities for Lindsay and other therapists. Check out this episode to hear all the amazing ways that Lindsay and the team at The Art Therapy Project are using creativity to do amazing things in the lives of others all over the country. You can find Lindsay's work on instagram @thearttherapyprojector visit their website at thearttherapyproject.org

In this episode I sit down with Lindsay Lederman to find out more about an area of creativity I have always been fascinated by, Art Therapy. Lindsay is the Clinical Director of The Art Therapy Project in New York. We talk about Lindsay's path to finding her passion as an Art Therapist, what happens inside the walls of an art therapy session, and how covid has both created challenges and opportunities for Lindsay and other therapists. Check out this episode to hear all the amazing ways that Lindsay and the team at The Art Therapy Project are using creativity to do amazing things in the lives of others all over the country. You can find Lindsay's work on instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thearttherapyproject/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@thearttherapyproject</a> or visit their website at <a href="https://thearttherapyproject.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">thearttherapyproject.org</a>

The Art Therapy Project with Lindsay Lederman

Artists and audiences alike describe feeling changed by visual, narrative, musical, and performance works of art. The shift can be slight, but it can be profound, too. What's happening in our minds and bodies when we engage with the arts, to allow that transformation to occur? Are there special ways art-making can help address the neurobiological effects of trauma, in particular? And might engaging with art, individually and as a culture, help inspire the changes we wish to bring about?Hear Tony-winning performer &amp; playwright Tonya Pinkins and  Lindsay Lederman, the Clinical Director of The Art Therapy Project, discussing Tonya's project from the #HealMeToo Festival, Truth And Reconciliation of Womyn, while exploring the neuroscience of trauma and the process of healing through the arts.A few of the topics they discuss:The neuroscience of trauma and of healingWhy Tonya asserts we have the ability to “change the past”What art therapy is, how it works, and why it lets you work through past trauma at “a step away” so it may be less overwhelming--and sometimes more effective than addressing things “head on”How imagination and being creative in many aspects of life can open the locked parts of the brainHow our neurons start to fire in new ways while we experience art, like putting footsteps down in a new pathHow art can help us recover our sense of joy after traumaWhy artistic activities access feelings and memories through the body, to help us address experiences that were not captured in language at the time Why trauma of many kinds leaves survivors with a sense of shame, and how witnessing art and performance can help address that shameHow and why creating or viewing art that presents new and different ways of imagining the future may help change the way we respond to things that trigger or frighten us, even when we disagree with the artwork we’re responding toThe #HealMeToo Podcast is hosted by Hope Singsen--the artist, creativity researcher and survivor-activist who founded the #HealMeToo Festival in NYC this Spring. On the episode details page for this interview, you'll find Tonya and Lindsay's biographies and links to Art Therapy resources. You'll also find a page with videos of many performances at the Festival, and can join our email list to hear about future pop-up #HealMeToo Festival events.Soon, we'll also drop an audio and video montage of work from Tonya Pinkins' amazing project in the #HealMeToo Festival -- http://tinyurl.com/hm2trwTruth And Reconciliation of Womyn. Subscribe now. Let's talk about how we can #HealMeToo.Find the #HealMeToo Podcast on Apple Podcasts at bit.ly/hm2pod. Or visit healmetoopodcast.com to find links to other platforms. Interview recorded &amp; prepped by Delaney HafenerEdited by Hope SingsenMusic performed by Micah Burgess: If I Can by Hope Singsen &amp; Dillon KondorRockabye by Hope Singsen, Dillon Kondor &amp; Micah BurgessGorgeous Fire by Hope Singsen &amp; Dillon KondorSupport the show

Artists and audiences alike describe feeling changed by visual, narrative, musical, and performance works of art. The shift can be slight, but it can be profound, too. What's happening in our minds and bodies when we engage with the arts, to allow that transformation to occur? Are there special ways art-making can help address the neurobiological effects of trauma, in particular? And might engaging with art, individually and as a culture, help inspire the changes we wish to bring about? Hear Tony-winning performer &amp; playwright Tonya Pinkins and  Lindsay Lederman, the Clinical Director of The Art Therapy Project, discussing Tonya's project from the #HealMeToo Festival, <a href="http://tinyurl.com/hm2trw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Truth And Reconciliation of Womyn</a>, while exploring the neuroscience of trauma and the process of healing through the arts. A few of the topics they discuss:<ul><li>The neuroscience of trauma and of healing</li><li>Why Tonya asserts we have the ability to “change the past”</li><li>What art therapy is, how it works, and why it lets you work through past trauma at “a step away” so it may be less overwhelming--and sometimes more effective than addressing things “head on”</li><li>How imagination and being creative in many aspects of life can open the locked parts of the brain</li><li>How our neurons start to fire in new ways while we experience art, like putting footsteps down in a new path</li><li>How art can help us recover our sense of joy after trauma</li><li>Why artistic activities access feelings and memories through the body, to help us address experiences that were not captured in language at the time </li><li>Why trauma of many kinds leaves survivors with a sense of shame, and how witnessing art and performance can help address that shame</li><li>How and why creating or viewing art that presents new and different ways of imagining the future may help change the way we respond to things that trigger or frighten us, even when we disagree with the artwork we’re responding to</li></ul>The <a href="http://healmetoopodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#HealMeToo Podcast</a> is hosted by Hope Singsen--the artist, creativity researcher and survivor-activist who founded the <a href="http://healmetoofest.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#HealMeToo Festival</a> in NYC this Spring. On the <a href="https://skintheplay.com/tonya-lindsay" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">episode details page</a> for this interview, you'll find Tonya and Lindsay's biographies and links to Art Therapy resources. You'll also find a page with <a href="http://skintheplay.com/video" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">videos</a> of many performances at the Festival, and can join our email list to hear about future pop-up <a href="http://healmetoofest.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#HealMeToo Festival</a> events. Soon, we'll also drop an audio and video montage of work from Tonya Pinkins' amazing project in the #HealMeToo Festival -- <a href="http://tinyurl.com/hm2trw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/hm2trw</a>Truth And Reconciliation of Womyn. Subscribe now. Let's talk about how we can #HealMeToo. Find the #HealMeToo Podcast on Apple Podcasts at <a href="http://bit.ly/hm2pod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/hm2pod</a>. Or visit <a href="http://healmetoopodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">healmetoopodcast.com</a> to find links to other platforms. Interview recorded &amp; prepped by Delaney Hafener Edited by Hope Singsen Music performed by Micah Burgess: If I Can by Hope Singsen &amp; Dillon Kondor Rockabye by Hope Singsen, Dillon Kondor &amp; Micah Burgess Gorgeous Fire by Hope Singsen &amp; Dillon Kondor<a href="https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/healmetoo-festival" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>

S1 E06: Tony-winner Tonya Pinkins & Art Therapist Lindsay Lederman on Neuroscience & Healing Through Art