VFTS 2024-2 | Dr. Ericha Scott | Addressing Trauma & Dissociation through Poetry

FEATURED GUESTS: Ericha Scott, PhD, ATR-BC, REAT, LPCC917

Dr. Scott is a healer who walks the fine line between mysticism and evidenced-based psychotherapy. She is a licensed psychotherapist (LPCC917) with additional certifications as a registered and board-certified art therapist (ATR-BC), registered expressive arts therapist (REAT), internationally certified advanced alcohol and drug counselor (ICAADC), and as a certified interfaith spiritual director. In addition, she is an Amazon number one best selling author in six countries, artist, photographer, and poet. 

For 40 years, she has worked with those who struggle with substance and behavioral use disorders, survivors of trauma, complex trauma, torture, dissociation, victims of sex trafficking, and ritual crime. She is an Honorary Fellow of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation, the oldest trauma organization in the world, and she was given the Alumni Recognition Award by Sierra Tucson for her work as a trauma and addiction therapist. For ISSTD she was nominated for her research on the topic of profound self-mutilation by those with dissociative identity disorders, and her advocacy for disempowered populations. This research, which included life-sized silhouette drawings and poetry, was published in a peer review journal by UCLA in 1999. Her commitment to health, wellness, and "art as medicine" includes art-based experiential teaching for the medical doctors in Andrew Weil’s University of Arizona Center for Complementary Medicine (8 years), professional clinicians, the public, and her own personal health journey.

Her investment in social change via the arts across the world includes travel, presentations, collaboration, and cultural exchange in 4 continents. Her worldwide creative and spiritual workshops bring hope and healing to diverse populations. Several of her peer-reviewed academic publications and lectures have been translated into Prussian, Arabic, Spanish, and Czechoslovakian. Last year, Dr. Scott was the keynote speaker in Cairo for the first international scientific art therapy conference in Egypt. 

"I give the credit for my success to the power of art to heal and transform even the most challenging problems.”

LISTEN & LEARN: 

• Various ways disassociation manifests in an individual. 
• Use of Creative interventions to reveal and challenge cognitive distortions. 
• Use of Body Maps in work with clients experiencing trauma and dissociation. 
• Use of poetry and stream-of-consciousness writing in parts-work. 

RESOURCES MENTIONED ON THE SHOW:

• https://artspeaksoutloud.org/ or 310-880-9761 for information on her intensive offerings
• Connect with Dr. Scott at https://artspeaksoutloud.org/ 
• Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/ehitchcockscott 
• Facebook:www.facebook.com/ErichaScottPhD or www.facebook.com/erichascott 
• Twitter: www.twitter.com/ErichaScott 
• YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/ErichaScottPhD
• To Attend Dr. Scott's FREE ONLINE workshop on Historical & Clinical Perspectives of Art by Patients who Report Extreme, Ritualized, and Organized Trauma on September 27th, 12:00 -1:30PM PDT {Content Advisory: Be aware that this presentation and associated materials contain explicit content regarding ritual abuse, including images and descriptions that may be disturbing. Please engage with care and take breaks or seek support as needed.}

SESSIONS AT THE SUMMIT:

• November 7th, 2024 from 2:00-5:00 pm EST Haiku Poetry and Stream of Consciousness Writing for Release and Relief from Trauma and Dissociation at the Expressive Therapies VIRTUAL Summit 2024. https://www.expressivetherapiessummit.com
  
  
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