Kara Gerstein and Angela Reis believe in – and get to experience every day at work – the healing power of the arts
As music and art therapists, respectively, in Stony Brook Medicine’s Functional Therapeutic Activities department, these two new colleagues have the gratifying opportunity to put their talents, passion and compassion to work at Stony Brook University Hospital’s psychiatric ward. There they see, firsthand, the difference music and art, in therapeutic settings, can have on patients’ health, happiness and overall wellbeing. And both stress the importance of tailoring therapy to patients’ individual needs and goals, knowing it’s ‘all about them’.
Says Angela, “When they come into the room, they might see things that inspire them, that open the door for them to try new things. And then we build off of that …“
Read more about Kara and Angela — and what they love about what they do — on the Be Connected website.
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— Ellen Cooke
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