How is your OT practice? Some OTs are fortunate. They find a setting or population of people they enjoy working with right away. For a majority of OTs, even though we may have an idea of areas of interest when coming out of school, it can take a few employment positions before having clarity on…
What’s More Important than Technique?
Techniques are important and many have good research supporting beneficial outcomes. However, not all techniques work 100% of the time. A person’s belief about a technique’s effectiveness can impact its strength of effectiveness. The practitioner’s belief about a technique may also impact its effectiveness. How a practitioner delivers a technique can be modulated by the…
Intuitive Development Book Signing Dec. 5
Please join Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L for a book signing on December 5 at 1:00 Central Time via Zoom for her book, Intuitive Development: How to Trust Your Inner Knowing for Guidance with Relationships, Health, and Spirituality. To join the book signing Register in advance here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information…
Yoga to Heal the Healer Podcast
In the Healing Connections Podcast episode 7 Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L interviews Betsy Shandalov, OTR/L, C-IAYT about “Yoga to Heal the Healer.” Betsy has been an occupational therapist for 25 years and a yoga therapist for 10 years, with her certification through the International Association of Yoga Therapists. Betsy teaches a six-hour nationwide continuing education course…
The Clinical Success Formula
By Dan Eisner, OTR/L, Certified Coach I can’t believe it, but I’ve now been working as an OT for TWENTY YEARS. Yikes! In complete honesty, even though I did a better than average job in my first several years as a therapist, I was an emotional wreck on the inside. I was never satisfied, no…