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Creative Couch Carol Lewis is a clinically trained psychotherapist who specializes in working with clients on creat

Carol Lewis is a clinically trained psychotherapist who specializes in working with clients on creative issues. Formerly, a successful casting director and producer in the entertainment industry, Carol brings a unique insight into the many stressors of a creative life. Some of the specific issues she works on in her private practice are, fear of failure/rejection, performance anxiety, procrastination, doubt, writer’s block, ageism, career transition, improving relationships, depression, anxiety and addiction. For the past eight years, Carol has utilized a psychodynamic theoretical approach to help clients reach their full potential and lead richer, more satisfying lives, personally and creatively. She explores and challenges the client’s expectations, their fantasies and their fears. Carol works to illuminate and integrate difficult aspects of the client’s self-experience, believing that until we understand who we are, and accept this compassionately, we will not be able to grow as people or thrive creatively. Being a creative person takes courage and not being afraid to fail. But, to be able to learn from our failures and move forward, we need insight into the teachable moments hidden within them. Carol processes with clients what lessons can be learned from failing and helps to identify specific issues that need to be worked on to improve future success and creative fulfillment.

09/13/2018

Research continues to prove that, despite anyone's doubts, exercise directly impacts the brain.

08/05/2017

Whether you're Van Gogh or a stick-figure sketcher, a new Drexel University study found that making art can significantly reduce stress-related hormones in ...

It's time to slow down. Your creativity will go up.
07/19/2017

It's time to slow down. Your creativity will go up.

Here's why you should try to fit less—not more—into each day.

07/19/2017

Interesting read.

Science shines new light on root cause of memory problems.

08/19/2015

Bouts of depression range from the mild and infrequent to the severe and chronic. For serious depression, you should seek qualified help.

07/26/2015

A walk in the park may soothe the mind and, in the process, change the workings of our brains in ways that improve our mental health.

It may be when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work, and that when we no longer know which way to...
07/23/2015

It may be when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work, and that when we no longer know which way to go, we have begun.
~ Wendell Berry

Being creative takes courage. And a willingness to fail and learn from it.
06/10/2015

Being creative takes courage. And a willingness to fail and learn from it.

Psychology Today has a great issue this month on finding your AHA moment, sparking the insight that changes everything.
03/12/2015

Psychology Today has a great issue this month on finding your AHA moment, sparking the insight that changes everything.

I wanted to share this interesting TED talk about creativity that's also on my website.
02/04/2015

I wanted to share this interesting TED talk about creativity that's also on my website.

Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses -- and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person "being" a genius, all of us "have" a genius. It's a funny, personal and surprisingly moving talk.

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