英文播客 This is another deeply important episode of our EAT Masters series. In today's episode, we are joined by a pioneering leader in expressive arts therapy, Dr. Vivien Marcow Speiser, Professor Emerita at Lesley University in the United States, with five decades of international clinical practice, scholarship, and teaching experience. She joins us to explore a universal struggle we all carry: Why is it so hard to truly change? Vivien shares how the moments when life no longer makes sense may actually be the beginning of growth. She speaks about the cliffs we encounter in life, not as failures, but as deeply human turning points. In this conversation, she also guides us through a simple body and movement exploration, helping us sense how relationship, safety, conflict, and grounding already live inside the body, and how we might slowly learn to find our center and stand our ground. Join us as we follow the thread of art to bind chaos into meaning. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ In today's episode, I'm truly honored to be joined by a deeply respected leader in the field of expressive arts therapy, Dr. Vivien Marcow Speiser. Vivien is Professor Emerita and co-director of the Institute for Arts and Health at Lesley University, and a distinguished research associate at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. She is a licensed mental health counselor, a dance movement therapist, and an expressive arts therapist and educator. Across a lifetime of practice, teaching, and international collaboration, her work has taken her across the United States, Israel, and many parts of the world, developing and leading arts-based programs and working with individuals and communities navigating trauma, crisis, and cross-cultural conflict. Her contributions extend not only through practice and teaching, but also through scholarship. She has served on the executive committee of ICAET, the International Association of Creative Arts in Education and Therapy, and is a co-editor of the CAET journal, contributing to the ongoing development of the field. She had received multiple Fulbright Senior Scholar Awards, and her work has been recognized internationally, including lifetime achievement honors in expressive arts and arts and health. Beyond her roles and recognitions, what feels especially meaningful in her work is a deep and ongoing commitment to using the arts as a way of communicating across borders, and of creating the conditions for both personal and social transformation. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 「Expressive Arts Therapy — Conversations with Masters」 As a graduate of the first cohort of the China–U.S. Expressive Arts Therapy training program, I feel deeply honored to invite six leading figures in the field—senior practitioners, professors, and educators actively engaged in both clinical work and teaching—to join this series and share their insights. They all graduated from Lesley University and bring decades of experience. They are not only experts, but also pioneers—people who have witnessed and shaped the field from its early beginnings to where it is today. To make listening easier, this series will be released in two versions: a Chinese voiceover version and the original English audio. You can choose whichever feels right for you. 🔗China–U.S. Expressive Arts Therapy training program __________ 主播：@笛笛：有着7年的心理咨询执业经历，个人执业心理咨询师 ｜ EGS瑞士欧洲研究生院表达性艺术博士在读 | 北京大学临床心理学硕士 ｜ 中国心理学会注册系统注册心理师 ｜北京知名高校心理咨询师 ｜ 在成为心理咨询师之前，拥有15年的影视娱乐及传播行业工作经验，曾任职于全球500强企业和国内一线电影公司管理岗位，参与策划、制作、营销多部国内外知名影片。 如有心理咨询需求，请关注“心理这点事儿”公众号，输入“心理咨询”获得咨询师笛笛详细的专业相关介绍及具体的预约流程。 在小宇宙查看该单集文稿
