by Louisa Di Fiore | May 21, 2024 | Mental Health OT, Occupational Therapy, Psychology
What Is a Mental Health Occupational Therapist & Why Might I See One? Firstly, we need to ask ourselves what is Occupational Therapy? Occupational Therapy (https://www.otaus.com.au/about/about-ot) is concerned with ‘occupation’, meaning it is all the activities,...
by Louisa Di Fiore | May 26, 2023 | Occupational Therapy, Psychology
Difficulties with attention or distractibility, impulsive behaviour and managing our emotions can affect our participation in meaningful occupations within the home, family life and the community including employment and social situations. This can cause significant...
by Brett Williams | Jul 27, 2018 | Allied Health, Family Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Psychology, Sensory
Anger is such an interesting emotion. It is so misunderstood and seen as something Bad. There is no question that anger can be scary. But it is not in itself bad. The “badness” so to speak is when: it causes fear in those around us where fear is not useful...
by Brett Williams | Mar 29, 2017 | MBS, Medicare, Occupational Therapy, Psychology, Rebates
Focussed Psychological Services 2700, 2701, 2715 or 2717, 291, 104 through 109, 293 through 370, 110 through 133 Medical Practitioner, psychiatrist or paediatrician can refer patients with an assessed mental disorder for up to 10 individual Occupational Therapy...
by Gael Sutherland | Feb 7, 2017 | Allied Health, Family Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Psychology, Sensory, Social Work
What is self-regulation? Self-Regulation is a person’s ability to recognise, control and adjust energy levels, emotions, behaviour and attention levels to accommodate appropriately to their current environment and demands. This can sometimes happen automatically or...
by Brett Williams | Nov 28, 2015 | Allied Health, MBS, Medicare, Occupational Therapy, Psychology, Rebates, Social Work
At Adelaide Night and Day Family Therapy, with Williams deKort Consulting, we are reviewing the new document “Australian Government Response to Contributing Lives, Thriving Communities – Review of #Mental Health Programmes and Services.”...