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Professional Supervision for Occupational Therapists
Clinical supervision is a requirement for all AHPRA registered Occupational Therapists. Quality supervision is more than simply "talking about cases" with someone who has more experience than you. Quality supervision should be provided by someone who has supervision-specific training, has relevant clinical experience and is able to work in a safe and reflective manner which meets your learning needs. .
I offer professional supervision and mentoring by Zoom to individuals and small groups (workplace teams 2-5 people).
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My Story
I am an Occupational Therapist with almost thirty years of clinical Occupational Therapy experience. My family is neurodivergent and I get it. I have been on the other side of the service fence navigating therapy and paediatrician appointments, school "cant", mental ill health, juggling the needs of multiple family members, burnout and systems which make it so....exhausting.
My children are young adults and teens now and I have the benefit of being able to "look back" and think about what things were actually important and helpful and what things just did not matter. Along the way there were lighthouses of supports and our family is grateful for those professionals and connections that were able to guide us and encourage us.
However, there were countless times where I questioned how we would cope had it not been for my own background in Occupational Therapy and my husband's links to the medical community as a General Practitioner. It often felt like we were the ones coming up with all the ideas and strategies and we could not afford to hand this over to the "system". This also made me question the support that other parents might need and not be getting as they languish on therapy wait lists or attend face to face sessions between therapists and their child without time to discuss, understand and develop strategies for real life.
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My hope is that by building capacity in the parents and therapists who support our children, I can be part of the solution and provide "the team around the child" with the confidence to work and live in a way that suits the needs of their neurodivergent loved ones.
