Recreational Therapy
Now Introducing Our Fall Lineup!
*All participants in multi-week Recreation Therapy groups will need a one-time intake appointment. This $125 session is valid for two years and includes a Recreation Therapy assessment ("Leisure Battery") to identify interests, activity barriers, and therapy goals.
To schedule, email sarahs@olympiatherapy.com
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What is Recreational Therapy?
Recreational Therapy is a systematic process that utilizes recreation and other activity-based interventions to address the assessed needs of individuals with illnesses and/or disabling conditions, as a means to psychological and physical health, recovery and well-being.
The purpose of the RT process is to improve or maintain physical, cognitive, social, emotional and spiritual functioning in order to facilitate full participation in life. Services are provided or directly supervised by a “Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist” (CTRS).
Olympia Therapy PLLC would like to know which areas you believe have the most need. This survey is meant mostly for parents, but we would also like to hear from school counselors and pediatric care providers.
Please note that we are looking to start with groups for children between ages 4-17. As the Recreation Therapy program grows, we are interested in also serving adults.
Thank you for being willing to help us collect meaningful data in order to best serve the community!
What will this look like at Olympia Therapy?
We are excited to introduce Sarah Stochel, our Recreational Therapist, located at our Bellevue office. Sarah obtained her Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS) in 2018 after graduating from the Therapeutic Recreation program at Western Washington University in 2017. Sarah works with individual clients, as well as leads weekly recreation therapy groups at our Bellevue office. Sarah’s favorite recreation therapy modality is the “Flourishing Through Leisure" (Anderson & Heyne, 2012), which is a strength-based approach to well-being that aims to create inclusive leisure experiences and help participants develop resources and skills.
