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She superbly outlines her healing process through the creative and connecting power of myth and of her own painting, poetry and sculpture. Readers will look more deeply into themselves." |
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— Marion Woodman, Jungian analyst, author, The Pregnant Virgin; Dancing in the Flames; Bone; Dying into Life |
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Ann Elizabeth Carson is a psychotherapist, writer, poet, painter, sculptor, and feminist. Ann's practice in psychotherapy and family counselling focuses on life stage transitions, brain plasticity and various forms of expressive therapy.
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NEWS:
Upcoming:
Ann's fourth book, and her second book of poetry, The Risks of Remembrance will be published in June 2010 and launched on Manitoulin Island in the Summer and in Toronto in the Fall. Places, dates and times to be announced.
July 10, 2010: Ann will read from her new book The Risks of Remembrance on at the Gore Bay Museum on Manitoulin Island.
September 24, 2010: "Art Speaks with Music and Words", 8.00 p.m. Heliconian Hall.
One of the poems in The Risks of Remembrance, "Morning is Always Young" is in Celebrating Poets Over 70, an anthology published jointly by the Tower Poetry Society, and the McMaster Centre for Gerontological Studies, Hamilton, Ontario - to be published Spring or early Summer of 2010
Ann's third book, "We All Become Stories: Transforming Old Age" 12 profiles of older people talking about their changing experiences of memory. Watch here for information about publication date and book launch.
Poetry workshop: "What's the Difference: exploring poetic prose and poetry", was well received in November 2009. Ann is available to lead this workshop on request.
Ann has reopened her private practice in psychotherapy and couple counselling. Contact Ann for an appointment.
WORKSHOPS:
Ann has developed a new workshop involving poetry, movement and art work. Contact Ann to inquire about availability.
Solutions in Your Hands, Ann's workshops exploring how the arts can create a new perspective on how we see ourselves. Place and time TBA.
Ann Carson is available for group workshops please contact her for more information.
BOOKS:
My Grandmother's Hair, published October 2006, delves into personal and social stories about power — beautifully rendered in prose, poetry, drawing, painting, sculpture, and interviews with other people.
A Recent Review: My Grandmother's Hair - "the power of it is unmistakable, and, unavoidable." » Read more
Shadows Light, published in spring of 2005, is a collection of Carson's early and new poems illustrated with colour photographs of her sculptures.
We All Become Stories: Transforming Old Age, is 12 profiles of older people talking about their changing experiences of memory.