September 07, 2022

Laughing Off Script: The Healing Power of Improv with Hope England

35 minutes

Who can resist the amazing feeling of a deep belly laugh? Or maybe a giggle that relieves the tension of a difficult moment?

Join Dr. Jennifer Reid as she speaks with Hope England, the founder, CEO, and Chief Laugh Ambassador at Humor for Hope, a Chicago-based non-profit using improvisational comedy to empower populations coping with the ongoing challenges of trauma, displacement, and illness.

Hope England is an activist, comedian, rebel, trauma psychotherapist, and non-profit entrepreneur. She’s also a pioneer of using improvisational comedy and humor as a tool to promote healing, build resilience and help navigate trauma and loss.

Hope holds her Bachelor’s in Writing and Producing for Television and Sitcoms and her Master’s in Clinical Counseling Psychology. She is a Comedy Studies graduate and former employee of The Second City. She has made it her mission to leave this world better than how she found it.

Humor For Hope is on Instagram: @HumorForHope
Jennifer Reid, MD on Instagram: @TheReflectiveDoc

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