Can Creative Expression Help Our Rising Mental Health Crisis?
Lane Gardner |
TEDxBoston
• November 2021
"Award winning arts educator and singer/songwriter Lane Gardner, weaves her own deeply difficult journey through trauma into this compelling exploration: Can the power of creative expression turn our trauma into something beautiful? Can it be an innovative and collaborative solution to our rising mental health crisis?
A longtime trailblazer in the field of therapeutic arts, Lane’s work is an emerging voice in a world where innovative solutions to our rising mental health crisis are desperately needed. For nearly 3 decades, Lane has devoted her life’s work to helping herself and others learn how to transform their personal experiences of trauma into powerful works of art. Her passion for the human journey and for cultivating connection through our shared experiences led her to develop a therapeutic and collaborative songwriting program that merges creativity, self-expression, healing and community.
She is the President and Founder of THREAD, a 501(c)(3) therapeutic arts non-profit organization that serves the needs of survivors of abuse, those struggling with addiction and mental health, cancer survivors, incarcerated men and women, veterans and those impacted by inequality and discrimination surrounding gender, race, sexuality and religion. It also implements programs to address the urgent needs of communities affected by gun violence, natural disasters and other crisis scenarios."
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