Therapy THROUGH ART Stephenae’ Lawrence, Art and Music PSYCHOLOGY INTERN
O ur art and music therapy makes a difference with intern Steph and Ms. Kathy LCSW-S for art and music therapist at Harvest of Hope. Stephenae’ Lawrence is a student at Stevenson University, majoring in psychology and minoring in small business and entrepreneurship. She plans on being a therapist or a nurse practitioner. “I’m supposed to graduate in three years, but I’m going to try to make it two!” she says enthusiastically. On top of that, she is a psych intern under the tutelage of Ms. Kathy LCSW-S for art and music therapist at Harvest of Hope. Stephenae’ shares, “Harvest of Hope is very family-oriented.” She means this in two ways. First, that Harvest of Hope treats its participants like a loving family, and second, she literally is family! She is the daughter
She started working at Harvest of Hope when it opened three years ago but only began interning three months ago. When asked what she did when HOH first opened, she laughs and says, “At first, my job was doing the stuff that no one else wanted to do! Mostly paperwork.” She is very impressed with what HOH offers. “They help with substance abuse recovery, COVID testing; they even offer acupuncture—it’s my favorite, I’ve tried it. The meditation and breathing exercises are so relaxing; I fell asleep!” HOH recently relocated to a new three-story office building, where counseling and therapy take place. Stephenae’ loves therapy through art and music. “For art therapy, we may draw a picture of a sunset and trees. We recently did a session called ‘Ways to relax,’ where they would draw a place they would want to go to relax, or a place they’ve been before. We talk about colors and what they mean.” When asked if she’s seen talented artists come through the program, she answers, “Yes! There are a couple of participants here who do a really good job—probably better
of founder P a s t o r St ephen Lawrence and CEO Robin Lawrence.
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