Rock to Recovery Book Receives 2022 Communicator Award

NEW YORK - May 10, 2022 - PRLog -- The winners of the 28th Annual Communicator Awards have been announced by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts. With over 5,000 entries received from across the US and around the world, the Communicator Awards is the largest and most competitive awards program honoring creative excellence for communications professionals.

The book Rock to Recovery: Music as a Catalyst for Human Transformation received a Distinction Award in the Writing category. The book chronicles 18 stories of transformation and recovery from addiction, trauma, and mental health issues by individuals who have used playing music and singing to improve their lives. In a time when people are suffering from generalized stress, rising inflation, political divisiveness, and two-plus-years of pandemic-related restrictions, the book's message is salient and important.

"I am thrilled that the book has received this recognition," says author Constance Scharff, PhD. "There are a host of accessible, affordable therapies to improve our mental health. Playing music and singing is something that anyone can do, with or without training, and feel immediate positive results."

Scharff has spent nearly two decades researching best practices in mental health treatment. "Having suffered from severe childhood trauma and alcoholism myself, I know firsthand how vital complementary and nontraditional mental healthcare practices are to healing."

The Communicator Awards is the leading international awards program honoring
creative excellence for marketing and communications professionals. Founded by
passionate communications professionals over two decades ago, The Communicator
Awards is an annual competition honoring the best digital, video, podcasts, marketing,
mobile, and print work the industry has to offer. The Communicator Awards is widely
recognized as one of the largest and most coveted awards of its kind in the world.
The Communicator Awards are judged and curated by the Academy of Interactive and
Visual Arts (AIVA). The AIVA is an assembly of leading professionals from various
disciplines of the visual arts dedicated to embracing progress and the evolving nature of
traditional and interactive media. Current AIVA membership represents a "Who's Who" of
acclaimed media, advertising, and marketing firms including: GE Digital, Spotify, Condè
Nast, Disney, Republica, Majestyk, Fast Company, Upstatement, and many others.

"I hope this recognition allows the book Rock to Recovery to reach more people. The death rate from fentanyl alone is shocking," says Scharff. "I wrote this book with Rock to Recovery founder Wes Geer, so that people would know that there is hope for recovery. Whether you are suffering from addiction or trauma, or just regular life stresses, music can help you live a better life."