Mental Health Occupational Therapy

What is mental health Occupational Therapy?

Our mental health service supports adolescents and adults through psychologically-informed practice and guided treatments. Our service was created with the intention to empower people with the knowledge and skills to increase their capacity for emotional, physical and energetic health and wellbeing. 

At Rebound Health, our Occupational Therapists recognise that well-being looks different for everyone.
That's why we customise therapy to assist our clients in living the way they want, according to their preferred lifestyle.

All services are client-centred and recovery-focused working in collaboration with the individual, family and important communities towards identified goals, hopes and desires. We believe in creating a positive culture of wellbeing and doing our best to support and empower those we work with to find the path back to living meaningful and fulfilling lives.


How mental health occupational therapy can help?

At Rebound Health our therapists use components of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), motivational interviewing and mindfulness. Our therapists use a wide variety of evidence-based interventions and psychosocial support. This may include:

  • Emotion regulation

  • Sleep hygiene

  • Establishing routines for daily activities

  • Life skills development

  • Social skills training

  • Psychoeducation 

  • Communication skills (including setting boundaries and assertive communication) 

  • Finding meaning and value 

  • Risk/crisis planning

 

Some common diagnoses that mental health occupational therapist can help with include but are not limited to;

  • Depression

  • Anxiety (generalised anxiety disorder, panic attacks)

  • Bipolar disorder

  • Schizoaffective disorder

  • Schizophrenia

  • Substance abuse disorders

  • ADHD and Autism

  • If you are accessing mental health occupational therapy under a mental health care plan we will need to see a copy of that plan during your first appointment.

  • Any relevant information to help your therapist get a good understanding of your situation. This might include your NDIS plan, any reports/letters from other health professionals, your mental health care plan.

  • Your therapist will chat with you about your condition and the impact it has on your everyday life. They might ask about services/treatment you have engaged in in the past and what has/hasn’t worked.
    You will then collaborate to identify your goals moving forward.