# Art can heal PTSD's invisible wounds

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDMED 2015
- Speaker: Melissa Walker
- Year: 2015
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/melissa_walker_art_can_heal_ptsd_s_invisible_wounds)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Trauma silences its victims, says creative arts therapist Melissa Walker, but art can help those suffering from the psychological wounds of war begin to open up and heal. In this inspiring talk, Walker describes how mask-making, in particular, allows afflicted servicemen and women reveal what haunts them -- and, finally, start to let it go.

## Lectures

1. [Art can heal PTSD's invisible wounds](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/melissa_walker_art_can_heal_ptsd_s_invisible_wounds/85b5f9aeb160), 10 min (TED's player)