Occupational Therapy and Mental Health
Therapy is Appropriate if:
- You are hindered by a mental health or physical health diagnosis.
- You have unresolved significant past trauma.
- You try to focus on the future, but past issues continue to interfere.
- You feel you have low mood and low energy.
- You can benefit from stress reduction and relaxation techniques.
- Need help with chronic pain management.
- You require physical assessment to help you reach your goals.
- If you're injured from work and need assistance with return to work. Anna is an approved provider with the Calgary Police Service and Workers Compensation Board of Alberta.
- If you are unsure if Anna can help you, feel free to reach out and discuss with her your needs.
Occupational Therapy and Mental Health Regulation
The Occupational Therapists Profession Regulation notes that OTs are able:
- (g) to perform a psychosocial intervention with an expectation of treating a substantial disorder of thought, mood, perception, orientation or memory that grossly impairs
- (i) judgment,
- (ii) behaviour,
- (iii) capacity to recognize reality, or
- (iv) ability to meet the ordinary demands of life.
- The full regulation can be found here: https://www.acot.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Alberta_Regulation_217.pdf