Registered with AOTI, CORU, Revenue.  

Reclaim expenses through your health insurance or tax return.

 

Would you like to

• Understand why a difficult activity is hard?
• Learn practical ways to make activities easier?
• Be able to develop life skills?
• Explore the things that are a priority to you?

Also available for clinicians and schools:

• Professional supervision,
• Caseload management workshop,
• OT input to enhance transdisciplinary working,
• Workshop to gain understanding of topics of OT expertise.

Occupational Therapy is a health profession that focuses on activities that are hard for a person to do.  

Occupational therapy with Sarah Butler can build skills in

• Tying laces, doing buttons, zips or belts
• Writing neatly or fast enough
• Using scissors, ruler, glue
• Using a knife and fork, opening food packets and lunch boxes
• Cycling a bike without stabilisers
• Learning a new activity (sport, swimming, dance, PE activities)
• Completing private self care activities (wiping after toileting, showering and drying self, shampooing hair)
• Brushing, tying up and plaiting hair
• Brushing teeth
• Organising your belongings at home, school or work, packing school bag, using a school locker
• Building routines that work for you
• Matching your energy level to the activity and environment you are in
• Managing your emotional reactions
• Supporting your body’s sensory needs 
• Recognising, understanding and supporting your responses to stress
• Understanding the sensory, physical, cognitive and emotional factors underlying your abilities.  Unique to each one of us, this can help our self esteem and confidence.

A diagnosis is not a required for therapy.   If there are activities in your life causing stress, difficulty, frustration or additional time and effort, Occupational therapy sessions may help.