“Creating art has always been a way to channel emotional intensity…” Psychologist Cheryl Arutt

Dr. Arutt thinks that actors and other artists who are willing, in their creative work, to delve into the really “messy” feelings of being human (shame, devastations, disappointments, betrayals, traumas and more), probably have a relationship with those feelings.

But, as she notes on her site, “You don’t have to be in pain to do great work as an artist.”

Dr. Arutt is a licensed clinical and forensic psychologist in private practice specializing in trauma recovery and creative artist issues.

See Creative Mind Newsletter post with video of a broadcast TV program with some of her perspectives on mental health, plus link to much longer audio interview:

Creating to channel emotional intensity - an interview with psychologist Cheryl Arutt

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