Psychologist, Parent Coach, & CE Podcast Host
Clay Drinko, PhD explores how improv can be used to improve mental health. Dr. Soles and Dr. Drinko present the tenets of improv, how they relate to therapy, and how they can be useful for specific mental health concerns. The presenters review the latest research on improv’s effect on anxiety, aging, creativity and more. Find out how an experiment in saying “yes and…” to his daughter led, Dr. Drinko to a shift in his own parenting and how simple, everyday games can help with everything from connecting with others to embracing your mistakes.
Clay Drinko, PhD explores how improv can be used to improve mental health. Dr. Soles and Dr. Drinko present the tenets of improv, how they relate to therapy, and how they can be useful for specific mental health concerns. The presenters review the latest research on improv’s effect on anxiety, aging, creativity and more.
Dr. Clay Drinko is an educator, expert contributor at Psychology Today, and the author of Theatrical Improvisation, Consciousness, and Cognition and the forthcoming Simon and Schuster book Play your Way Sane: 120 Everyday Games to Help you Calm Down, Cheer Up, Stop Spiraling, and Embrace Uncertainty. He earned his Ph.D. in drama and theatre studies from Tufts University and has master’s degrees in education and performance studies. Clay started improvising over two decades ago and experienced firsthand the powerful effects of finding flow onstage. Thus started a lifelong journey to understand how improv affects the brain and how to harness this understanding to improve our everyday lives.
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There is no commercial support for this course. Dr. Clay Drinko has a book Play your Way Sane: 120 Everyday Games to Help you Calm Down, Cheer Up, Stop Spiraling, and Embrace Uncertainty.
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