THE BUZZ
Non-Scents Flowers Announces New Options for “Floral” Gifts for Patients in ICU
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ost hospitals in the United States and Europe ban fresh flowers from their Intensive Care Unit. Live plants, flowers, and fruit baskets are also not allowed on floors where patients receive treatments that compromise their immune system, such as Transplant and Oncology. Live plants and floral arrangements have the potential of harboring bacteria that could cause an infection or an allergic reaction. The Intensive Care Unit is a sterile environment, and flowers have pollens. Live vegetation can also harbor insects that could spread. Flowers often arrive in glass vases, creating an additional risk due to breakage and possible injury. They require maintenance, and are often a burden to carry when the patient is moved or discharged. However, studies have proven that flowers could help improve a patient’s health and recovery.
One solution is Non-Scents flowers. Non-Scents are whimsical, colorful origami flower arrangements, often made from recycled papers. Within each of six flower blossoms, a meaningful, inspirational message is rolled up and secured. Non-Scents arrangements contain quotes, which can be likened to those found in a fortune cookie. They can also be customized and printed on plantable paper-seed paper made from recycled fibers and embedded with a variety of wildflower seeds. They may then be planted in a garden, watered, and will grow into live flowers. Non-Scents are made in America and are created with the assistance of intellectually disabled individuals through The ARC of Farming- ton Valley in Canton, CT. Additional information can be obtained at their website,
www.nonscentsflowers.com. See ad on page 19.
Logotherapy Now Available Locally T
he first logotherapy practice in the area has recently opened. Robin Gilmartin, Associate in Logotherapy, Viktor Frankl Institute of Logo- therapy, and licensed clinical social worker, opened an office at 805 Farmington Ave. in West Hartford. Logotherapy is rooted in the groundbreaking work of Viktor Frankl, psychiatrist, holocaust survivor and author of “Man’s Search for
Meaning.” Logotherapy is literally “healing through meaning.” Gilmartin explains, “Frankl taught that it is our need to find meaning in life that is the essence of our humanity. In the absence of meaning - a direction or purpose - we suffer a void that can lead to depression and anxiety. Logotherapists are trained as guides, using techniques to elicit the client’s own wisdom, often just hidden.” It was while working with traumatized combat veterans that Gilmartin first became interested in logotherapy. She explains, “While war
and trauma bring fundamental existential questions into focus, so can facing divorce, illness, losses and even retirement.” Gilmartin con- tinues, “Many people seek meaning-focused therapy during a life transition; others simply feel a nagging sense that ‘something’s missing.’ That’s where logotherapy comes in.” Robin Gilmartin, LCSW provides logotherapy to individuals and in groups. Former Adjunct Professor at Smith College School for Social
Work, she’s published and presented on logotherapy, PTSD and treatment of military veterans. She served as Clinical Director of the PTSD Residential Treatment program at VA Connecticut for 9 years and has extensive experience treating anxiety disorders. For more information, please call (860) 818-6443.
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