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Share Healing Story Alliance is a not-for-profit, educational, arts organization which provides online resources and concert, workshop, and community programming in support of storytelling as a healing art.
Description
Join us for the fourth event in a new Healing Story Alliance series where authors are interviewed about their creative writing processes and the healing power of storytelling. Storytelling, unique among all narrative arts, engages listeners in a profound way, deepening our understanding of what healing means and how it functions.
In this session, noted storyteller and therapist Lani Peterson will interview Dr. Annie Brewster about her book The Healing Power of Storytelling.
Audience participation is encouraged, with opportunities to ask questions and share observations inspired by Annie's work and the interview. This event benefits The Healing Storytelling Alliance, dedicated to promoting healing through the art of storytelling.
While it will not be necessary to read Annie's book in advance, copies may be obtained on Amazon at:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=the+healing+power+of+storytelling+by+annie+brewster&crid=2J160IIVBRNCZ&sprefix=The+Healing+Power+of+Storytelling%2Caps%2C80&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_2_33
To learn more about Annie Brewster visit https://www.healthstorycollaborative.org/our-team
AUTHOR
Dr. Annie Brewster is an Assistant Professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, a practicing physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, and a writer and storyteller. She is also a patient, diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2001.
In response to the disconnection she experienced in healthcare, both as a patient and a provider - motivated by her belief in the power of stories - she started recording patient narratives in 2010. Integrating her personal experiences with the research supporting the health benefits of narrative, she founded Health Story Collaborative (HSC) in 2013.
HSC is dedicated to helping individuals navigating health challenges find meaning and ultimately heal, through storytelling. She is excited by interdisciplinary, cross-institutional collaborations that break through resistance to change.
She is widely published in the press and is author of The Healing Power of Storytelling: Using Personal Narrative to Navigate Illness, Trauma, and Loss (2022).
Interviewer
Lani Peterson, PsyD, is a psychologist, storyteller, and story coach who has been teaching about the power of story at universities, organizations, hospitals, homeless shelters, and prisons for over 25 years. She is known for telling and encouraging personal stories, has a specialty in story exploration as a healing art and change agent. She holds a doctorate in psychology from William James College, a master's in counseling psychology from Lesley University and an undergraduate degree in literature from Smith College. She has taught Effective Organizational Communications Skills for Non-Profit Leaders in the master's program at Wheelock College as well as Healing through our Stories in the Expressive Therapies master's track at Lesley University. From CEO's to scientists, doctors, mental health providers, ministers and the homeless, Lani has worked with individuals, groups and organizations to help people find their stories, share their stories, and come together with a deeper level of connection and understanding. Her ongoing mission is to bring to light and share the stories that will open doors within and between storytellers and listeners alike.
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Date & Time
Thu, Feb 20, 2025 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM