Recreation Therapy services are provided in the Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs (CDAP), the inpatient unit (4N), and the intensive outpatient program. Staff are certified therapeutic recreation specialists (CTRS). The services provided include the following: - Fitness
- Leisure education
- Leisure skills
- Group problem solving
- Relaxation training
- Creative expression
- Stress management
- Therapeutic gardening
The resources available for providing these programs include the multipurpose Activity Room, the Fitness Room, and the Institute of Psychiatry Park. Clinical internships are offered throughout the year to qualified internship applicants.
Staff: Bob Raynor, MS, CTRS - Coordinator of Recreation Therapy; recreation therapist in Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs: inpatient unit (4 North), and intensive outpatient program.
- MS Recreation Administration, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; BA English, UNC
- 25 years of recreation therapy practice
- Certified in NCTRC and Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Stress management, leisure education, group problem solving/team building, fitness, therapeutic gardening, relaxation training
- Board of directors, Southeast Therapeutic Recreation Symposium, 1987 to present. Board of directors, National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Symposium, 1999 – 2002.
Institute of Psychiatry Park  This outdoor space was designed to be multipurpose and usable by several groups at the same time. Located between the Institute of Psychiatry and Erhardt Street, the park is accessed from the hallway adjacent to the Activity Room and Fitness Room. A concrete walkway ties all the areas of the park together, and offers both casual and fitness walking. One end of the park contains active components: basketball court, playground apparatus on a sand surface, and a grass court for active play. A large grill is also located here for cookouts. The other end of the park includes the Institute of Psychiatry's therapy gardens. In the spring of 1997, the Institute of Psychiatry began a therapeutic gardening program. Several garden spaces were laid out, and planting and the therapeutic process proceeded. Since that time, significant growth has occurred in both the gardens and the therapeutic programs. The original garden space has expanded to a number of other small garden spaces and raised planters, and a quiet garden. A fountain provides a continuous flow of running water and soothing sound to augment the peaceful setting of hostas, ferns, and specimen trees underneath mature elm and hackberry trees. It is also symbolic of the wonderful gift of sponsorship of the therapy gardens by The Garden Club of Charleston. The Club's ongoing support has included purchase of seeds, young plants, small trees and shrubs, an ornamental trellis, and part of the fountain. |
