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Started to make banners for the celebration day I’m planning for the service where I work, the week before they close us. They are blown up quotes of service feedback, they are comforting, what we did matters

OT week hits differently when you represent a service that in all likelihood, as you enter consultation, won’t be here next year.
We’ve saved lives outside of admission & facilitated person centred, recovery focussed interventions. I for one am going down with the ship,with pride for what we’ve done

Tomorrow I tell the participants of the co-production project the welcome pack they produced for the service won’t get launched & the service is flagged to close. I feel so sad.They have certificates, a copy of the pack , a letter for their CV & cards but it’s hard to put a positive spin on!

I just ran my last ‘creative self’ group as we cut the programme,heading into service consultation over closure. Poignant to end on ‘becoming’…what are you leaving behind,what are you taking forward.
Attendees have brought tears to my eyes with what they’ve shared in group. A privilege & sadness.

Today’s “Creative self” group:
“What would a safe place look like to me’
I present mine, a picture of my sensory tent!

It opened a conversation with an attendee which enabled emergency support plans to be put in place.

Going to the hard places can serve a therapeutic purpose

My segment of our collective piece in yesterday’s group. Representing connection.We worked together on a roll of paper.
To see those who struggle with interaction & relationship work together & at the end report enjoying having done so, it reminds me why I do what I do. All the warm & fuzzies.

Painting for my fellow OT’s, hopefully you can spot a few models represented. I wanted to reflect on occupation as the art of living, the lyrics to the music of our biology…this is what I got

is my corner of the office getting a little out of hand? maybe…does it concern me…no

in today’s creative self we looked at “Becoming”…what do we want to leave behind, what do we want to take forward. A powerful session of rapport building with a young autistic individual over their future hopes, really occupational focused conversations. I love groups like this!
These are mine…

The 1st draft is ready to be consolidated into a single file & printed. I am so unbelievably proud of the service attendees who contributed to the project to create a new service welcome pack. The look on their face, to hear the woman who never said they’re proud of themselves,say so,my heart burst

I my visual autoethnographic reflection based on my poster submission and my experience attending BIGSPD 25 conference.

It contains exerts of my poster & a 2nd opinion psych ax preceding my placement in a “specialist” personality disorder unit years ago.

Title:’Different not disordered’

“Creative self” session at work today,we looked at “The words we would say”, to ourselves,or to the world. This was mine.
Inspired by a participant who made a message to themselves reminding them to be patient with the process & how the struggle will make them stronger. A message for me too I think!

Thank you Bex, what a person to have standing beside me 🙂 🩷

The interstitium I listened to a fascinating podcast episode on ‘Mind & Life’ where the host Wendy, talked with pathologist, scientist and Zen buddist, Neil Theise. He spoke about a structure within human anato…

Reflecting on what it means to be and interstitial practitioner, the value of combined lived and clinical experience and the power of the in-between

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Often what the individual really needs isn’t out there due to cuts, service capacity (resulting in rejected referrals)service model changes or narrow service criteria . What happens when you need support but it’s outside services “interventions offered”, where are the community relational supports?

It’s taken me a very long time but I’m finally starting to embrace & own my differences over masking & compensating for them.
I’ve got a new supervisor, so I made a communication passport to aid the relationship & get the most from supervision.
We advocate for others when we advocate for ourselves

Love a bit of patch Adams
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I was making vision boards today with a friend of mine who has anorexia.
Art can be such a powerful tool for exploring our values, our desires and dreams, and to aid in the sense making process, that is so critical to healing

Thinking about how the lens we choose determines what we see. How different my past behaviour looks, through the lens of neurodiversity, rather than the lens of pathological disorder.

Confirmation bias is diagnoses Achilles heel!

Amazing time this morning getting photographs for inclusion in our co-produced welcome pack information for the service, photos all taken by an ex attendee.
Hearing them reflect on being really well now & contemplating entering into working for services themselves, just MADE my week!

#Createweek day 1, neurotrophic art.
Never one to just do as I’m told, following a coffee with a friend, I also did a second picture detailing some words about how I was feeling

Did you have a go at today’s activity? Please share if you did!

So this week I’m going to try and commit to this. Follow along with some creative activities each day! Creativity is such a wonderful human capacity to enjoy & explore, why not see if any of these activities spark something within you, that you may never have known was there?

What a beautiful reminder on a personal level but also a professional one.

Something tells me that this ‘wouldn’t quite be the ticket’ for work but helping a friend run through challenging thoughts and thought diffusion online today & I gotta say, next level therapeutic session attire.
Taking life too seriously? Panda glasses are a good remedy!

Getting back from an assessment to stickers on your keyboard. I am going to miss my line manager so much when she leaves for her secondment

So many species of courage, I love this!
What will it look like for you to be courageous today?
For some it’s simply “I got out of bed”.
Whatever form it takes, your courage is valid and admirable. Celebrate every win, no matter how small, because life is hard enough

I love the line “(algae are) living reminders that the supreme vital force of life is not competition but interdependence, that we survive and thrive not through combat but through collaboration.” The power of a socially collaborative environment & poignant message in this current political climate

This resonates as an OT .We are not isolated brains moving through the world. From our environment & bodies, to the influence of our collective consciousness, we are so much more than our thoughts (something I say so often to individuals who say they can’t get on with ‘thought challenging!)

Thank you so much Dan! Will give it a watch!