Shelley H Carson Ph.D.

About

Shelley H. Carson, Ph.D., is Lecturer at Harvard University, the Department of Psychology. She received her doctorate from Harvard in 2001, and has been conducting research and teaching on the topics of creativity, psychopathology, and resilience since then. Her work has been published in national and international scientific journals as well as scholarly volumes. Her research on the interface between psychopathology and creativity has been presented at national symposia and highlighted in national media, including the Discovery Channel, CNN, and NPR, and Radio Free Europe. She has also served as a consultant on a major Department of Defense web project providing mental health interventions for Service Members returning from deployment in Iraq and Afghanistan. She is author of the brodadly acclaimed 2010 book Your Creative Brain: Seven Steps to Maximize Imagination, Productivity, and Innovation in Your Life (Jossey-Bass). She is also co-author of Almost Depressed: Is My (or My Loved One's) Unhappiness a Problem (Hazelden), which will be released in October 2013.

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Recent Posts

More On Creating Your Living Message

In the chaos of today's uncertain world, finding and sharing positive wisdom in creative ways is more important than ever.

Creative Activity and COVID-19 Captivity

Great lives, including yours, have a message. If you could share with others one message, one piece of wisdom, what would it be?

COVID-19 Captivity and Creative Reframing

We are all explorers in this quest to engage and defeat a microscopic enemy.

Creative Activity and COVID 19 Captivity

Are you stuck at home wondering what to do with your extra time? Transform "COVID 19 Captivity" into creative growth time for you and your family.

Creativity and Mothers

Motherhood may delay some Big C creative accomplishments for creative females, but the the overall creativity that mothers provide is powerfully beneficial to society.

Motherhood may delay some Big C creative accomplishments for creative females, but the the overall creativity that mothers provide is powerfully beneficial to society.

Creativity and the Art of Annoyance

Where do “creative people” get their original ideas? Keep an "Annoyance List." The goal is to then convert things that stress and annoy you into creative opportunities.

Where do “creative people” get their original ideas? Keep an "Annoyance List." The goal is to then convert things that stress and annoy you into creative opportunities.

From Tragedy to Art Part II

More than 150 studies have demonstrated the physical and mental health benefits of expressive and narrative writing. Writing is an art form that can help you make meaning out of negative life events and open up the dark areas of the mind to reveal the rich tapestry that is your life.

More than 150 studies have demonstrated the physical and mental health benefits of expressive and narrative writing. Writing is an art form that can help you make meaning out of negative life events and open up the dark areas of the mind to reveal the rich tapestry that is your life.

The New Year, Time Travel, and the Essence of Creativity

For many years I have practiced a New Year's tradition. Very late on New Year's Eve, after the festivities of the night are over and the rest of the merry-makers have retired to their champagne-inspired dreams, I settle in to watch one of my favorite movies dating back to childhood. I do this to usher in the New Year with a creativity-stimulating exercise.

For many years I have practiced a New Year's tradition. Very late on New Year's Eve, after the festivities of the night are over and the rest of the merry-makers have retired to their champagne-inspired dreams, I settle in to watch one of my favorite movies dating back to childhood. I do this to usher in the New Year with a creativity-stimulating exercise.

Plagiarism and Its Effect on Creative Work

Even though the fall semester is still relatively young, my teaching staff and I have already discovered several instances of student plagiarism. This may, of course, be due to the fact that instructors are better able to detect plagiarism now (with search engines and computer programs that compare writing samples to other available work)...

Even though the fall semester is still relatively young, my teaching staff and I have already discovered several instances of student plagiarism. This may, of course, be due to the fact that instructors are better able to detect plagiarism now (with search engines and computer programs that compare writing samples to other available work)...

The Dark Side of Creativity: Uses of Animals in Warfare

 Descriptions of monkey terrorists trained by the Taliban to shoot U.S. Military Members by identifying their uniforms are all over the internet this week. Fortunately the claims of monkey mercenaries appear to be only web-based monkeyshines! But if these claims were true, could we count this monkey business as an example of the dark side of the creativity?

 Descriptions of monkey terrorists trained by the Taliban to shoot U.S. Military Members by identifying their uniforms are all over the internet this week. Fortunately the claims of monkey mercenaries appear to be only web-based monkeyshines! But if these claims were true, could we count this monkey business as an example of the dark side of the creativity?