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About Tobi Zausner, PhD, LMSW
Tobi Zausner, who has an interdisciplinary
doctorate in Art and Psychology and a
Licensed Master of Social Work, is also an
award-winning visual artist with works in
major museums and in private collections
around the world. Dr. Zausner writes and
lectures widely on the psychology of art
and human potential at academic
conferences and charitable events, while
teaching psychology at Saybrook
University. She is an officer on the Board
of A.C.T.S (Arts, Crafts, and Theatre
Safety), a non-profit organization
investigating health hazards in the arts
and is also on the Board of All Sentient
Beings, an animal rescue organization. Her
book, When Walls Become Doorways:
Creativity and the Transforming Illness
(Harmony/Random House, 2007), is about
the influence of physical illness on the
creative process of visual artists. It shows
that instead of stopping artists, physical
difficulties transform them, enhancing
both their life and their work. Dr. Zausner
speaks from experience. In 1989, she was
diagnosed with an aggressive type of
ovarian cancer and her doctor did not
think she would last a year. But she
recovered and her life transformed for the
better. A native New Yorker and an avid
reader, walker, and hiker, Dr. Zausner
wishes there were more trees, grass, and
hills in New York City.
doctorate in Art and Psychology and a
Licensed Master of Social Work, is also an
award-winning visual artist with works in
major museums and in private collections
around the world. Dr. Zausner writes and
lectures widely on the psychology of art
and human potential at academic
conferences and charitable events, while
teaching psychology at Saybrook
University. She is an officer on the Board
of A.C.T.S (Arts, Crafts, and Theatre
Safety), a non-profit organization
investigating health hazards in the arts
and is also on the Board of All Sentient
Beings, an animal rescue organization. Her
book, When Walls Become Doorways:
Creativity and the Transforming Illness
(Harmony/Random House, 2007), is about
the influence of physical illness on the
creative process of visual artists. It shows
that instead of stopping artists, physical
difficulties transform them, enhancing
both their life and their work. Dr. Zausner
speaks from experience. In 1989, she was
diagnosed with an aggressive type of
ovarian cancer and her doctor did not
think she would last a year. But she
recovered and her life transformed for the
better. A native New Yorker and an avid
reader, walker, and hiker, Dr. Zausner
wishes there were more trees, grass, and
hills in New York City.
