Word: therapist
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...carefully kept him at arm's length), he got a crew cut, and he acquired a girl friend and took her home to show Mama. When, after two years of interviews and treatment, he was discharged, he landed a good job (making more money than his Ryther therapist), continued going with his girl. He is reported to be in excellent mental health, has applied for a branch of the armed forces...
Conceived by Dance Therapist Marian Chace, Cry of Humanity was quickly taken over by the patients. They picked the life of Dorothea Dix for its theme; it was they who insisted .on showing scenes from her early years-because they wanted to show the root causes of their heroine's own neurosis. The curtain went up on Dorothea as a nine-year-old drudge doing chores for her invalid mother (who was 20 years older than her minister-husband). Before a shabby house in Hampden. Me., neighbor children chant tauntingly: "Dorothea can't play." Not until...
Aside from the volunteers, who now come to the ward every weekday afternoon, these particular patients have little to break their monotony. Infrequently they do have access to the limited "occupational therapy" facilities, but generally they just sit--waiting for volunteers, bedtime, and meals. Meals, according to an occupational therapist at the hospital, are "quite a sight." "The food is mainly bread and macaroni," she bitterly explained, adding, "The patients are herded to the cafeteria, or rather to the mess hall--and I mean mess...
...former Cincinnati Reds scout has watched therapist baseball team practice on the grass less diamond that is Briggs Cage this past month. The former scout is now a college baseball coach and after a few indoor sessions Norman W. Shepard is impressed with the strength of his first Crimson team...
...Therapist Brook learned his technique the hard way-working on humans. With his delicate touch, he says, he has treated insomnia, twitches, failing eyesight, ulcers, bad tempers and alcoholism. He has even helped golf addicts to lower their scores. When he discovered that his laying on of hands worked in absolute silence, he was ready to take on dumb animals...