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

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Intro music: Rhythm=Power by Spodo Komodo. Used with permission. All rights reserved by the creator.

Chapters:

00:00 - Introduction

04:08 - Pianist to Therapist

17:03 - Trauma and Precarity

27:20 - Neurodiversity and Parenting

44:20 - Practice and Flow

53:10 - Defining Burnout