{"id":91223,"date":"2018-10-11T13:32:11","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T17:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223//?p=91223"},"modified":"2022-03-24T16:15:17","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T20:15:17","slug":"stressed-anxious-gardening-might-just-doctor-ordered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223//stressed-anxious-gardening-might-just-doctor-ordered/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223//","title":{"rendered":"Stressed? Anxious? Gardening Might be Just What the Doctor Ordered"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of 性视界传媒 Counseling and Psychology Services/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223/u2019 newest strategies in helping students alleviate anxiety and depression can be found on a 4/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223/u00bd-by-5/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223/u00bd-inch slip of paper./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223/n

Recently, CAPS mental health clinicians began carrying a /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223/u201cprescription/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223/u201d pad for gardening at the on-campus Arboretum. The department took a beat from Student Health Services/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223/u2019 /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223/u201cFARMacy/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223/u201d program, which launched last fall./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223/u201cWe want students thinking about their own wellness, health and self-care.”/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223/n

Associate director Teresa Michaelson, who helped foster the partnership, says it is part of a larger initiative to identify spaces on campus where students can engage in a peaceful environment through activities such as mindfulness, mediation, quality social interaction with a friend or outdoor hobbies, just like gardening./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223/u201cWe want students thinking about their own wellness, health and self-care, and that/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223/u2019s why we/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223/u2019re calling this /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223/u2018Thrive with CAPS,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223/u2019 /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223/u201d she says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223/u201cInstead of focusing on, /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223/u2018I/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223/u2019m depressed and sad all the time,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223/u2019 let/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223/u2019s shift it to, /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223/u2018I/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223/u2019m struggling right now, so I need to take extra steps to care for myself. What are some things I can do to help me feel better?/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223/u2019 /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223/n

After rolling out the idea at a meeting in September, one of the CAPS staff members used a script that day with a student./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223/u201cOur clinician shared that the student was incredibly excited. The student had never thought about it as an opportunity to go out and be involved,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223/u201d Michaelson says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223/u201cWhen she got the slip, it felt all official. Like she could go to the Arboretum and say, /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223/u2018I/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223/u2019m here!/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223/u2019 It helped legitimize the concept./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91223/n