Art can heal PTSD's invisible wounds

Name: Art can heal PTSD's invisible wounds
Uploaded: 2016-10-12T15:09:02Z
Duration: 9 min 38 s
Description: Trauma silences its victims, says creative arts therapist Melissa Walker, but art can help those suffering from the psychological wounds of war begin to open up and heal. In this inspiring talk, Walker describes how mask-making, in particular, allows afflicted servicemen and women reveal what haunts them -- and, finally, start to let it go.

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Melissa Walker |

TEDMED 2015

• November 2015

Trauma silences its victims, says creative arts therapist Melissa Walker, but art can help those suffering from the psychological wounds of war begin to open up and heal. In this inspiring talk, Walker describes how mask-making, in particular, allows afflicted servicemen and women reveal what haunts them -- and, finally, start to let it go.