Berdy Ocupational therapy services

Life Skills Development: Our OT works with girls during teen years to build essential life skills such as time management, organisation, and self-care.

Occupational Balance: Strategies focus on establishing a balanced daily routine that includes academics, extracurricular activities, and self-care.

Menstruation Transitions: OTs provide client-centred education and life skills to empower girls with knowledge about their bodies, menstruation, self-care, and cycle tracking for wellbeing and improved confidence.

 Independence Building: OT interventions promote independence in activities of daily living, basic financial management, and vocational skills.

Stress Management: Coping strategies are taught to manage the stressors of transitioning from school to work or higher education.

 Adulthood Transitions: OTs strategies tailored to empower young women to smoothly adapt to changing lifestyles and life demands during gap years, university, or work, to manage changing relationships and increased responsibilities. 

Maternal Self-care & Emotional Wellbeing: Our OT provides emotional support and coping strategies to improve self-care, address anxiety, stress management, changing relationships and increased responsibilities.

Motherhood Role Skills Development: OTs offer space, guidance, and support for mothers to debrief, develop confidence, parenting strategies, and improve sleep and day/night routines.

 Sexual and Intimate Occupations: We offer a safe space to discuss issues related to affection, sex, body image, and intimacy during and after pregnancy.  

 Goal Setting: Clients collaborate with OTs to set goals and develop plans for better occupational balance, capacity building, and quality of life. 

Routines and Lifestyle Redesign: OTs support clients to explore daily routines to identify areas for improved occupational balance.

Time Management: Strategies help individuals make meaningful choices to manage their time effectively to achieve occupational balance. 

Mindfulness and Relaxation Techniques: OTs teach mindfulness, relaxation, and stress reduction techniques tailored to each life stage.

Coping Skills: Occupational therapists help clients build coping skills to manage stressors effectively.

Continence: OTs provide techniques to improve pelvic health & manage issues such as incontinence. 

Strengthening Parenting Capacity: Exploring mother-child co-occupations to empower women in parenting roles by enhancing life skills, confidence, and resilience for effective caregiving. 

Skills Development: Occupational therapists work on skill development, including problem-solving, communication, and self-advocacy.

Home Assessments and Set-up: OTs assess how clients live in their homes and explore options to optimise functionality, accessibility, comfort, safety, and independence. 

Functional Capacity Assessments: Our OT can assess an individual's abilities in their daily routines, & design personalised recommendations to improve daily functioning and quality of life.

Education and Awareness: OTs tailor client-centered education to empower girls and women to learn more about their occupational choices, values, needs, capacities, issues, and strengths.

We embrace diversity and are committed to providing culturally sensitive and accessible services to women and girls of all abilities, backgrounds, bodies, cultures, families, religions, and sexualities.  

At Berdy Occupational Therapy, we are passionate about supporting women and girls on their unique journeys. Our experienced OT is here to guide and empower you to thrive in all aspects of life, whether you're an adolescent, a young adult, adult, mother, or older woman.

Contact us today to schedule a consultation and take the first step toward enhancing your health, well-being, and life skills development at any stage of your life from age 11 years onwards.