Calming The Nerves: Meadows Therapy Treats Nurses Using Art
Published February 14th, 2021 - 08:13 GMT
The sessions combine various art forms, from painting to creating performance pieces to breathing techniques developed by opera performers. (Courtesy of Meadows)
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“On Aug. 4 we said we have to help and art therapy is the only way we directly knew how to help,” Meadows co-founded Lena Kelekian.
It’s been a hard year for the city’s medical staff. With the pandemic, economic and financial crisis, colleagues’ emigrating, then the port explosion, nurses’ nerves are stretched thin.
The Meadows Art Therapy NGO has spent the last few months trying to treat the trauma nurses experienced when thousands of wounded flooded Beirut hospitals after the blast.