Margot Escott's guest appearances

Margot Escott

Change Your Mindset

Improv Interviews

Jay Sukow

Peter Margaritis

Allison Clarke

Jonathan Pitts

Brian Walter

Gleb Tsipursky

Will Hines

Craig Cackowski

Ashley Matthews

Jane Morris

Ed Asner

Ryan Parker

Scott Palmer

Peter Frampton

Jeff Jackson

OwlTail

Would you believe that improv is used in the medical world? Margot Escott is a clinical social worker, licensed therapist, and professional speaker who has presented workshops and seminars on the therapeutic value of humor and play for over 30 years. She has studied and performed improv and was trained by some very well-known improvisers such as Gary Schwartz and friend-of-the-show Jay Sukow. In her practice, she uses improvisational theater exercises combined with cognitive behavior education to assist people suffering from anxiety disorders, Parkinson’s, and those recovering from addictions. Margot explains how this works, shares the story of how improv was never developed as a form of comedy, and much more.To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: petermargaritis.comResources: Learn more: margotescott.com  Listen: margotescott.com/podcast  Facebook: facebook.com/MEscottLCSW  Twitter: twitter.com/escott_margot  LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/margot-escott-lcsw-40a733b1  Read: "Improv for Scientists, Accountants, Lawyers, Doctors and You"  Read: "No Joke: The Serious Role of Improv in Medicine"  Change Your Mindset is a production of Crate Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Would you believe that improv is used in the medical world? Margot Escott is a clinical social worker, licensed therapist, and professional speaker who has presented workshops and seminars on the therapeutic value of humor and play for over 30 years. She has studied and performed improv and was trained by some very well-known improvisers such as Gary Schwartz and friend-of-the-show Jay Sukow. In her practice, she uses improvisational theater exercises combined with cognitive behavior education to assist people suffering from anxiety disorders, Parkinson’s, and those recovering from addictions. Margot explains how this works, shares the story of how improv was never developed as a form of comedy, and much more. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: <a href="http://petermargaritis.com/category/cym-podcasts/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">petermargaritis.com</a> Resources:<ul> <li>Learn more: <a href="https://margotescott.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">margotescott.com</a> </li> <li>Listen: <a href="https://margotescott.com/podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">margotescott.com/podcast</a> </li> <li>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MEscottLCSW/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/MEscottLCSW</a> </li> <li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/escott_margot" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/escott_margot</a> </li> <li>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/margot-escott-lcsw-40a733b1/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">linkedin.com/in/margot-escott-lcsw-40a733b1</a> </li> <li>Read: <a href="https://ideas.ted.com/improv-for-scientists-accountants-lawyers-doctors-and-you/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Improv for Scientists, Accountants, Lawyers, Doctors and You"</a> </li> <li>Read: <a href="https://www.aamc.org/news-insights/no-joke-serious-role-improv-medicine" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"No Joke: The Serious Role of Improv in Medicine"</a> </li> </ul> Change Your Mindset is a production of <a href="http://crate.media" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crate Media</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

S3E10. The Therapeutic Value of Improv with Margot Escott

Over the course of his seventy plus year career, Ed Asner has simultaneously established himself as one of the most legendary actors alive while championing social and charitable causes. Ed was born in Kansas City, Missouri, attended the University of Chicago, and served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps, appearing in plays put on for the troops as they toured around Europe. After the war, Asner joined the Playwrights Theatre Company in Chicago, but left for New York City before members of that company regrouped as the Compass Players in the mid-1950s, a company that included Mike Nichols, Elaine May and Del Close and eventually developed into The Second City. Asner came back to guest star frequently on Second City’s stage, but also developed his acting career by appearing in plays and later unforgettable characters in influential television shows that include The Untouchables, playing Lou Grant in both the long running Mary Tyler Moore show and Lou Grant, as slave-ship captain Thomas Davies in Roots, Santa Clause in Elf, Carl Fredrickson in the animated film Up and most recently he can be seen in Netflix new series Dead to Me. Among Asner’s numerous awards and nominations were five Golden Globe Awards, Seven Emmys and a SAG Life Achievement Award. His legacy of service includes two terms as president of the Screen Actors Guild, and The Ed Asner Family Center whose mission is to promote self-confidence in differently abled individuals and bring balance and wellness to those individuals and their families.

Ed Asner - Improv Interviews with Margot Escott

Margot Escott speaks with improv master Craig Price who is using his 30+ years of experience (including training with the great Del Close)in wellness classes that use improv to improve the lives of those who are differently abled. Craig shares with us the wisdom he learned from both Second City and IO with Del Close - To always play at the top of your intelligence, to encourage each other, to play intelligently and to lift each other up.

Craig Price on Improv Interviews with Margot Escott, LCSW