Program Development Outcomes

"Anxiety is the greatest barrier to therapy. It’s hard when in a 30 min session 15-20 min is spent building a therapeutic relationship enough to get them to participate in the session and actually be able to receive the education your providing." -Anonymous

"Depression that limits engagement in sessions anxiety: sometimes people who have high anxiety have difficulty managing their pain...Anxiety also limits progression of activity..people are afraid to move and trust a stranger (new therapist...nurse...) to try something new when they have perceived decreased control of body and situation." -Anonymous

"Providers have limited time to address "non acute" issues, [there is a] strong focus on medical model across disciplines." -Anonymous

"The educational trainings were tailored to acute care OT (and PT and SLP!) in the sense that they were quick assessments, appropriate for our acute population to utilize, did not require large set up, and provided deliverables for easy integration into our documentation. Sarah addressed common acute care barriers and listened to our concerns of how to bring our observations and metrics to providers and admin and why they should care (quality of care, comprehensive care, reducing cost of readmissions or delay in care, etc.). Sarah also provided in her trainings and deliverables easy and simple relaxation techniques and interview/conversation techniques to incorporate into our sessions that were appropriate for an acute care (acute injuries, procedures, trauma both physically and emotionally, etc.) population. It was excellent." -Anonymous 

"The handouts and name badge cards are very helpful! unfortunately time with always be a barrier in the hospital setting however these resources are very short ,time effective strategies" -Anonymous

"I really appreciate the time and effort to advance our understanding and practice of addressing mental health in the acute care hospital setting." -Anonymous