Lenna Salbashian: Advancing Access to the Health Benefits of Creative Expression
Lenna: Thanks for having me, Spiffy! Creative Health is advancing well-being and access to preventative and sustainable health. We do this by forging a more equitable, empowered, and resilient world through therapeutic uses of the arts. We are culturally changing well-being and health by bringing together evidence-based science, arts therapies, and technology to help individuals and communities live better around the globe. Growing bodies of research show that engaging in the arts influences both adult and child brain development, and improves social skills, emotional regulation, capacity for self-expression, and ability to pay attention and learn—all assets associated with health and well-being over a lifetime. Our work is to share these methods with the world.