About Occupational Therapy

We help with:

Motor Function and Coordination

Fine Motor Skills: OT can help improve hand dexterity and coordination for tasks like writing, typing, or handling objects.

Gross Motor Skills: Interventions may focus on improving balance, strength, and coordination to aid in walking, transferring, and other large-scale movements.

Cognitive Rehabilitation

Memory and Attention: Techniques to enhance memory and attention This can include strategies like using memory aids, organization tools, and cognitive exercises.

Problem-Solving: Helping individuals develop strategies for effective problem-solving and decision-making.

Executive Function: personalized strategies to enhance skills like organization, time management, and problem-solving.

Daily Living Skills

Self-Care: Assistance with developing or adapting routines for personal hygiene, dressing, grooming, and other self-care activities.

Household Management: Strategies for managing household tasks, such as cooking, cleaning, and budgeting, tailored to the individual’s abilities.

Sensory Integration and Processing

Sensory Modulation: Techniques to help manage sensory sensitivities or over-responsiveness, such as creating a sensory-friendly environment or using sensory tools.

Sensory Processing: Helping individuals integrate and respond to sensory information more effectively.

Adaptive Techniques and Equipment

Assistive Devices: Recommending and training in the use of adaptive equipment like grab bars, specialized utensils, or mobility aids.

Environmental Modifications: Making changes to the home or work environment to enhance accessibility and safety.

Functional Mobility

Mobility Training: Assisting with techniques to improve walking, using mobility aids, or transitioning between positions safely and effectively.

Balance and Coordination: Exercises and strategies to improve stability and prevent falls.

Communication and Social Interaction

Communication Skills: Helping individuals develop or improve communication strategies, which might include using communication aids or strategies to enhance verbal and non-verbal communication.

Social Skills Training: Techniques to improve social interactions and relationships, which can be particularly important for those with neurological differences that affect social functioning.

Emotional and Behavioral Support

Emotional Regulation: Strategies to manage emotional responses and cope with stress, frustration, or anxiety.

Behavioural Strategies: Implementing techniques to address challenging behaviors or to support behavioral changes.

Education and Advocacy

Client and Family Education: Educating individuals and their families about the condition, how it affects daily life, and ways to manage challenges.

Advocacy: Assisting individuals in navigating services, accommodations, and supports in various settings, such as home, school, or work.

Evidence-Based Tactics We Use

We use a variety of occupational therapy and psychotherapy techniques to help adults and children with ADHD, Brain Injuries, PTSD, General Anxiety and other Mental Health issues

CBT

CBT is a tool to identify and change negative thought patterns to improve emotional well-being and behavior.

DBT

DBT is a tool that combines cognitive-behavioral techniques with mindfulness practices to help manage emotions and improve interpersonal relationships.

Executive Function Coaching

Developing strategies to enhance and support executive functions such as organization, time management, and self-regulation.

Self Esteem Building

Emotional support for self reflection and exploration of thoughts and feelings, to develop coping strategies, and set achievable goals that promote a positive self-image.

Emotional Regulation

Support to identify triggers, develop coping strategies, and engage in meaningful activities that promote emotional awareness and resilience.

Habit Formation

OTs can support habit formation by using personalized strategies and routines to promote consistency and reinforce positive behaviors in daily activities.

Parent Skills Training

Education and support for the development of strategies to help support their child with neuro divergence.

Routine Building

Routine is an important aspect to support with wellbeing. OT support can be provided to create and stick to a routine.

Exposure Therapy

Prolonged and in vivo exposure therapy to support with anxiety and post traumatic stress disorder.

Mindfulness

Mindfulness enhances self-awareness and emotional regulation, helping individuals stay grounded and better manage stress and anxiety.

Environmental Modifications

Assessment and adaptation of the environment to reduce barriers and increase independence.

Sensory Integration

Support for individuals improve their ability to interpret and respond to sensory information, enhancing daily functioning and emotional regulation.