Creativity & Improvisation in Psychotherapy with Michael Alcée & Mark O'Connell

Have you ever wondered what really makes up a great session in psychotherapy? Do you want to learn how to tap more fully into your sense of flow and healing presence? Then sit back and tune into thios conversation about creativity, improvisation and healing attunment in psychotherapy.<br /><br />Michael Alcée is a clinical psychologist and a mental health educator at the Manhattan School of Music. He is also the author of the new book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Therapeutic-Improvisation-Stop-Winging-Therapist/dp/132401959X" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Therapeutic Improvisation: How to Stop Winging and Own IT as a Therapist</a>, available from Norton Press. <br /><br />Mark O’Connell is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and an actor. Mark is the author of<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Brides-Grooms-Nontraditional-Twenty-First-Century-ebook/dp/B01I8S3ZK2/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1HBM4V8TDT8FB&amp;keywords=Modern+Brides+and+Modern+Grooms&amp;qid=1677421784&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=modern+brides+and+modern+grooms%2Cstripbooks%2C104&amp;sr=1-1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> Modern Brides and Modern Grooms</a>. He is also the author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Performing-Art-Therapy-Techniques-Clinicians/dp/1138737623/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1G9DZPTCZLY1M&amp;keywords=The+Performing+Art+of+Therapy&amp;qid=1677421821&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=the+performing+art+of+therapy%2Cstripbooks%2C100&amp;sr=1-1&amp;ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.e3dc0fa2-4ee8-4881-a97d-5992ecbdb227" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Performing Art of Therapy</a>, available from Routledge Press. <br /><br />On this episode of the Psychology Talk Podcast, Michael and Mark discuss those ideas and their upcoming workshop at the 2023 Psychotherapy Networker Symposium, “<a href="https://www.psychnetworker.org/2023/speaker-info/109-improv-and-creativity-in-the-therapy-room/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Improv and Creativity in the Therapy Room: How to Show Up for Your Clients and Make Therapy Sing</a>.”<br />