Amy Oestreicher
Empowering \"Detourists\" to transform trauma to creative growthArtist,Author,SpeakerASSERT Project Coordinator (RYASAP)
- Role
- Speaker at RAINN
- Location
- Westport, CT, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Amy Oestreicher
As a performer, artist and writer, my mission is to use my craft to share my story and inspire others through my own personal journey. I am passionate about making a difference in the world and helping others to heal from their own personal battles.\"Amy Oestreicher is a PTSD peer-to-peer specialist, artist, author, speaker for RAINN, writer for The Huffington Post, award-winning health advocate, actress and playwright, eagerly sharing the lessons learned from trauma through her writing, performance, art and speaking. As the writer, director and star of the Gutless & Grateful, her one-woman autobiographical musical, she\'s toured theatres across the country, earning rave reviews and accolades since it’s BroadwayWorld Award-nominated NYC debut. As a visual artist, her works have been featured in esteemed galleries and solo exhibitions, and her mixed media workshops emphasize creativity as an essential mindset.Amy’s “beautiful detour” inspired her to create the #LoveMyDetour movement, a campaign inspiring people to flourish in the face of adversity. As the Eastern Regional Recipient of the Great Comebacks Award, Amy has spoken to hundreds of WOCN nurses on behalf of ostomates nationwide. She is a regular lifestyle, wellness, and arts contributor for several notable online and print publications, and has written for over 50 online magazines and blogs. on Her story has appeared on the TODAY Show, CBS, Cosmopolitan, Seventeen Magazine, among others. Amy\'s passion for the arts as a means of healing and expression led her to devise storytelling workshops for the Transformative Language Arts Network National Conference, the Eating Recovery Center Foundation, and The League for the Advancement of New England Storytelling. Determined to bridge the gap of communication between wellness resources on college campuses and students, Amy is currently touring college campuses with a program combining mental health advocacy, sexual assault awareness and Broadway Theatre.
Experience
Speaker
Jan 2016 — Present
Anti-sexual assault organization working with local rape crisis centers across the U.S.
Education
Sacred Heart University
Psychology
Goddard College
Master of Fine Arts - MFA, Creative Writing
2019 — 2021
National Musical Theatre Institute at the Eugene O Neill Theatre Center
Theatre/Theater
2016 — 2016
Skills
- Teaching
- Time Management
- Inspiring Leadership
- Great Cook
- French
- Motivational Speaking
- Performing Arts
- Modern Dance
- Bikram Yoga
- Cabaret
- Trauma Survivors
- Tap
- Modern Art
- Singing
- Sight Reading
- Baking
- Survivorship
- Spirituality
- Jazz
- Improvisational Comedy
- Music
- Composition
- Blogging
- Classical Ballet
- Collage
- Research
- Student Counseling
- Art Education
- Creative Entrepreneurship
- Self-Healing
- Tutoring
- Mixed Media
- Creative Writing
- Hebrew
- Directing
- Interviews
- Visual Arts
- Playwriting
- Creative Problem Solving
- Inspiration
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