Planting seeds, it’s all that you can do at times, but eventually those seeds will grow into beautiful, long lasting plants, trees or flowers. By Michelle Bonang, OTR/L Having my own business in Vermont means seeing my own private clients and also contracting out to the school systems. In the schools, I am up against…
OT Fieldwork with a Focus on Holistic/Integrative Health Care Resource Page
Hello Occupational Therapists! We are creating an OT Fieldwork Resource Page for students interested in finding placements with a focus on Holistic/Integrative Health Care in OT practice. Please let us know if you would like to be on the list as a Fieldwork Instructor. We are all passionate about occupational therapy and especially integrating…
Integrating Functional Medicine Health Coaching into OT Practice
Join us for the Holistic OT Conversation: “Integrating Functional Medicine Health Coaching into OT Practice” with Guest Speaker Patty Sherman Campbell MS, OTR/L, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. Central Time, May 10, 2016. Join the Conversation and Learn: * Explaining the Functional Medicine (FM) paradigm – synergy with OT * Using the FM paradigm – why…
Holistic/Integrative Medicine in OT Can Improve “Occupations”
What are occupations? They are key areas that Occupational Therapists address and what gives the profession its distinct value. Occupations are all of the activities of daily living a person engages in. It include a person’s work or career and all areas of a person’s life that ‘occupy’ their time, such as playing, engaging in meaningful…
OTs Present at Holistic Healing & Medicine Panel for Integrating Cultures through Occupational Therapy
Holistic Occupational Therapists, Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L and Mandy Lubas, OTR/L will be speaking at the Integrating Cultures through Occupational Therapy’s (ICOT) Holistic Healing & Medicine Panel at California State University Dominguez Hills on Thursday, April 21, 2016. They were invited by Megan Rose Dominguez, ICOT Co-President and OT students who believe that holistic practitioners represent…
Learn about Reflexology Health Benefits on 4/9/16
Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L will be interviewed on the health benefits of Reflexology by the very cool and spunky “Aging But Dangerous” community on Saturday, 4/9/16 at 9:30 a.m. CT on KLBB 1220 AM – you can stream it online anywhere for free! If you will not be able to listen to the live broadcast you can…
Members Share What they Love about Holistic OT
Thank you, Holistic OTs, for sharing what you love and are grateful for about the Holistic OT Community! “For many years I felt quite alone in my pursuit of how to integrate holistic approaches, what are commonly referred to as Complementary/Alternative Medicine, into OT practice, because I could not find advocacy from my state or…
New Holistic OT Logo!
Holistic OT has a new Logo! We are celebrating OT Month with our new Holistic OT logo! We are proud to reveal our new logo just in time for OT Month! Throughout the month of February and March, we had some great submission for our logo contest. Our new logo represents Mind-Body-Spirit wholism, health &…
Bowenwork Module 1 Workshop
Bowenwork Module 1 Instructor: Kelly Clancy, OTR/L, CHT, LMP Date/Time: April 23-24, 2016 9am-6pm Description: You are invited to a series of workshops to learn the innovative system of muscle and connective tissue therapy developed by the late Tom Bowen, in Australia. Through a series of gentle and non-invasive soft tissue moves, Bowenwork® facilitates healing…
Incorporating Mind-Body Concepts into Clinical OT Practice Webinar Series
Incorporating Mind-Body Concepts into Clinical OT Practice A Three-Part Webinar Series This 3 part live webinar series will consist of practical skills and training related to cutting edge, evidenced-based practices in the field of mind/body medicine. Each 1 1/2 hour on line webinar will be offered as a participatory class where students can learn new…