Shelley Carson, Ph.D. is a research psychologist and lecturer at Harvard University, where she focuses on the areas of psychopathology, resilience and creativity. Her work has been published widely in national and international scientific journals and featured on the Discovery Channel, CNN and NPR. She has won multiple teaching awards for her popular course, Creativity: Madmen, Geniuses and Harvard Students. She is the author of Your Creative Brain: Seven Steps to Maximize Imagination, Productivity, and Innovation in Your Life (Jossey-Bass, 2010), and co-author of Almost Depressed: Is My (or My Loved One’s) Unhappiness a Problem (Hazelden, 2013).
