Animal assisted therapy has been shown to reduce anxiety, reduce loneliness, increase self esteem, improve attention skills, and increase resident’s interactions with each other.
Pet Therapy/Gibson Museum
Pet Therapy
On alternating weeks, a therapy dog and his handler visit the Retreat to interact with our residents. Animal assisted therapy has been shown to reduce anxiety, reduce loneliness, increase self esteem, improve attention skills, and increase resident’s interactions with each other. For more information on animal assisted therapy, click on the link: www.deltasociety.org.
Gibson Museum
Named in honor of Sheppard Pratt president emeritus Dr. Robert Gibson and his wife, Diane, The Gibson Museum houses the artifacts associated with the founders of Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital and tells the story of the evolution of the Sheppard Asylum, which opened in 1891. The formal museum space consists of three rooms: the Moses Sheppard exhibit, the Enoch Pratt and the Early Years exhibit and the Hospital Activities exhibit. In addition, pieces of the museum collection are also displayed throughout the Sheppard, Pratt and Central buildings of the hospital.
The mission of the Robert W. and Diane E. Gibson Museum and related exhibition is to educate the public, the individuals served by Sheppard Pratt and the families of those we serve, Sheppard Pratt employees and volunteers, and medical professionals about the history of mental health care at this institution and, further, to contribute to the destigmatization of mental illness.
Meet Your Pet Therapy and Gibson Museum Leaders
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