Beauty and Mental Health with Dr. Eloise Ballou

Dr. Eloise Ballou is a psychiatrist specializing in psychotherapy for adolescents and hospital-based emergency psychiatry. She received her medical degree from the University of Ottawa in the French stream and completed her Psychiatry residency at the University of Toronto. She enjoys supervising Psychiatry residents in psychodynamic psychotherapy at the University of Toronto, and also works as a locum psychiatrist in Northern Ontario in acute care and emergency room settings. She studied Art History and Psychology at the University of Toronto prior to starting her medical training and has a particular interest in applying insights from the humanities to her medical practice. In our interview, we explore:What drew Eloise to medicine/psychiatry in the first placeWhere she encounters beauty in her work as a psychotherapistThe obstacles to encountering beauty in her work and in the medical profession generallyHow beauty might be relevant to mental healthWhat it might look like for scientists, physicians, and the healthcare field more generally to take beauty more seriously or to cultivate the conditions for professionals to encounter beauty in their workTo learn more about her work, visithttps://www.drballou.com/Support us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/BeautyatWorkPodcastSupport the show