Featured Speaker: Dr. Amy Backos

About Dr. Amy Backos

Founder and CEO of The Modern Creative Woman
Amy Backos, founder, and CEO of The Modern Creative Woman, brings nearly three decades of experience as a creativity expert, registered and board-certified Art Therapist, and licensed psychologist. She is a featured presenter at the local and national level, author of three art therapy and creativity books (translated into multiple languages), and she is hostess of The Modern Creative Woman Podcast. Her research on trauma, creativity, neuroaesthetics, and social justice can be found in peer reviewed journals. Her tenure includes, past chair of a graduate art therapy psychology department, two Veteran’s Administration Hospitals, clinical director at a rape crisis center, and she is a mom. Her passion is helping women become their favorite, most authentic and creative version of themselves. To fulfil this dream, she founded The Modern Creative Woman, where women
achieve their practical and passionate goals using the art and science of creativity.
                                                              📝 Speaker Takeaways:
  • Amy discusses the power of art therapy to access different ways of knowing beyond words. She highlights its efficacy in processing traumatic experiences, where traditional verbal communication may fall short, thus offering an outlet for emotional expression.
  • The conversation delves into how art contributes to resilience by enabling individuals to express and manage emotions creatively. Amy points out the role of art in community building and social justice, enhancing the collective and individual capacity to face life's challenges.
  • Amy suggests simple starting points for those new to art therapy, such as engaging in small, daily creative acts. She stresses the value of working with trained art therapists to harness art's therapeutic potential fully.
   

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About Dr. Amy Backos

Amy Backos, founder, and CEO of The Modern Creative Woman, brings nearly three decades of experience as a creativity expert, registered and board-certified Art Therapist, and licensed psychologist. She is a featured presenter at the local and national level, author of three art therapy and creativity books (translated into multiple languages), and she is hostess of The Modern Creative Woman Podcast. Her research on trauma, creativity, neuroaesthetics, and social justice can be found in peer reviewed journals. Her tenure includes, past chair of a graduate art therapy psychology department, two Veteran’s Administration Hospitals, clinical director at a rape crisis center, and she is a mom. Her passion is helping women become their favorite, most authentic and creative version of themselves. To fulfil this dream, she founded The Modern Creative Woman, where women
achieve their practical and passionate goals using the art and science of creativity.
                                                              📝 Speaker Takeaways:
  • Amy discusses the power of art therapy to access different ways of knowing beyond words. She highlights its efficacy in processing traumatic experiences, where traditional verbal communication may fall short, thus offering an outlet for emotional expression.
  • The conversation delves into how art contributes to resilience by enabling individuals to express and manage emotions creatively. Amy points out the role of art in community building and social justice, enhancing the collective and individual capacity to face life's challenges.
  • Amy suggests simple starting points for those new to art therapy, such as engaging in small, daily creative acts. She stresses the value of working with trained art therapists to harness art's therapeutic potential fully.
   

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