The Psychological Therapies Service at St John’s approached us last year asking if there was anything we could do to brighten up the waiting area and public corridors of their department. The waiting area and corridors have no natural light and are quite gloomy.
After meeting with staff, we all agreed that it made a lot of sense to have works created by staff and outpatients brighten the walls of the department.We invited artist Vanessa Lawrence to develop a 5 week making workshop, with one workshop in the morning and one in the afternoon, to ensure that as many people as possible involved with the service could get involved.
The department staff team have been brilliant and taken the work on board with gusto! We love it when we are met with this level of enthusiasm, as it usually leads to a pretty successful outcome. All participants have been brilliant. We are really impressed and excited by the level of creativity and skill they have brought to the workshops.
“What a fantastic opportunity for patients and staff. The sessions that I have been involved with have felt very therapeutic and the artwork produced has been incredible. It has been really lovely to interact with patients in a different way and see the joy that taking part in such a course has created for them. I can’t wait to see the pieces framed and up in the waiting area!”
Sinead Murray, Clinical Associate in Applied Psychology
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