| Occupational therapy is an allied health profession. This | | | | with other people, learn to adapt to situations, meet |
| term is used to refer to the wide range of professional | | | | basic human needs, convey who you are and strive |
| groups that work in mainstream health care. Other | | | | towards goals (COT, 2006). |
| examples of allied health professionals include | | | | It is understood that if your routines are disrupted or |
| physiotherapists, radiographers, speech and language | | | | you are deprived of occupation because of illness, |
| therapists, and podiatrists. Occupational therapists are | | | | stress or other problems your health and well-being will |
| required to train at degree level and register with the | | | | suffer. Occupational therapists help people whose |
| Health Profession Council, which was set up by the | | | | usual and important routines are disrupted because of |
| government to ensure the safety of the public and | | | | illness, stress or social problems. Their aim is to enable |
| continuing professional development of its members. | | | | people to achieve as much as they can for |
| Occupational therapists are concerned with human | | | | themselves, so they get the most out of life. |
| occupation in its widest sense. They believe that | | | | Occupational therapists work on any occupational |
| people have an intrinsic drive to be active and express | | | | difficulties and in this way are experienced life |
| themselves via occupations and activities. Occupational | | | | coaches. When people cannot do things which are |
| therapists understand that occupations contribute to a | | | | important to them - such as getting dressed, giving a |
| person's sense of identity and place in society. Take a | | | | presentation at work, having a shower, working, |
| moment to have a think about all the roles and | | | | socializing, feeling confident to go out into the |
| occupations that make up your life, you may be a | | | | community or undertaking a favorite hobby - an |
| parent, or partner, you may be studying at college or | | | | occupational therapist can help them in many ways, |
| working your way up the career ladder, you may be | | | | based on each individual person's needs and lifestyle. |
| into exercising and keeping fit or you may be leading a | | | | Occupational therapy can help you to maintain a |
| hippy lifestyle! | | | | personally satisfying routine of activities. Occupational |
| Whatever, your life choices, it is likely that these roles | | | | therapy, life coaching is available privately in Aldbury in |
| and occupations give your life direction. For example, | | | | Hertfordshire. I am an NHS experienced occupational |
| think about the range of activities that you do in any | | | | therapist and have worked with people with |
| week, you will find that most of what you do, is related | | | | mental-health difficulties of all types, using a range of |
| to your life roles and choice of occupations. This is | | | | mental health therapy techniques. Occupational |
| because we do what is meaningful to us and what is | | | | therapists are skilled at empowering individuals with |
| necessary (ironing is likely to fall into the latter | | | | depression, anxiety and stress to become re-engaged |
| category!). | | | | with life and to feel confident again. Life-coaching in |
| The body and the mind require activity in order to | | | | Hertfordshire will involve a combination of occupational |
| maintain functioning. Through the activities that you do, | | | | therapy, NLP, hypnotherapy, and CBT techniques. |
| you develop skills, use them and test them out, interact | | | | |