HEALING STROKES
Art Therapy Program for Stroke Survivors and Caregivers
WHO WE ARE
Our Mission
Healing Strokes facilitates relaxation-based art therapy for stroke patients and their caregivers with the goal of alleviating post-stroke depression often experienced during recovery. Post-stroke depression and related anxiety affect about a third of all stroke survivors, yet many hospitals often lack the proper mental wellness resources needed to address this issue. By facilitating creative art-based therapy workshops, volunteers strive to cultivate empathy-based communities, mitigate depressive symptoms among stroke survivors, and increase relief amongst caregivers. We hope to create a community that is challenged to engage in discussions of ethical practices both in therapy and with patients as a whole.
Healing Strokes is a Stanford student-led organization working in collaboration with Stanford Health Care and Stanford Haas Center for Public Service
“Art can permeate the very deepest part of us, where no words exist.”
Eileen Miller
CONTACT
HEALING STROKES
Stanford Neuroscience Health Center, 213 Quarry Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94304