Musician's Therapy with Heather O'Donnell

About this episode

Heather O'Donnell discusses various aspects of musician's psychology, including trauma, identity crisis, and the benefits of music.

Heather O’Donnell is a psychologist and artistic-systemic therapist from the US now working with classical musicians (amongst others) here in Germany. I sat down with her to pick her brain on all things musician’s psychology including trauma, identity crisis, neurodiversity, burnout and abuse, as well as more positive things like flow and the benefits of music for the brain. Grma x Inline G Merch ⭐️ www.Inlineg.myshopify.com Inline G Patreon ⭐️ www.patreon.com/TheInlineGFlutePodcast Inline G will ALWAYS be free of charge, but signing up to the Patreon helps let this podcast reach new heights, if you can afford it. You'll also get to ask questions to upcoming guests as well as get early access to some episodes. Or if you'd rather not spend money, subscribing to my YouTube channel and following me on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok is a HUGE way to support the podcast. It'll cost you nothing, and it really makes a difference to the algorithm gods. So please interact however you can; like, comment, or subscribe, and help keep this podcast lit x Intro music: Rhythm=Power by Spodo Komodo. Used with permission. All rights reserved by the creator. Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 04:08…

People in this episode

Host: Gareth Houston

Guest: Heather O'Donnell

Topics covered

• musician's psychology
• trauma
• identity crisis
• neurodiversity
• burnout
• flow
• benefits of music

Keywords

• musician's therapy
• psychology
• classical musicians
• burnout
• neurodiversity
• flow
• trauma

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Organizations: Inline G, Patreon, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok

Books & works: Rhythm=Power

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