Carrie Barron, M.D., is a board-certified psychiatrist, a Columbia-trained psychoanalyst and a certified Well-being Coach. She is an Associate Professor of Medical Education at Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin. After majoring in English at Princeton University, Carrie received her medical and psychiatric training at Tulane University School of Medicine where she was honored by being selected as chief resident. Carrie served on the faculty of the Columbia Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research for twenty years while conducting a private practice in Manhattan. For six years, she was the Director of Creativity for Resilience at Dell Medical School, a role that involved integrating arts, humanities and culture into psychological and physical health. Carrie is currently the President-elect of Austin Psychoanalytic, Secretary of the Board of Directors of Psychopathy Is and a co-creator of the Mobilizing Character Course for the Kern National Network for Flourishing in Medicine. 

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In addition to her book The Creativity Cure, Carrie has published in peer-reviewed journals and books and won academic awards for scholarship, research, writing and clinical work. She has created workshops, keynotes and classes on psychological and emotional well-being for faculty, trainees and communities across the country and in Canada. Podcasts, radio shows, magazines and television programs have featured her work. Carrie's blog on Psychology Today has had almost five million readers.