Joanne is an Advanced Practice Occupational Therapist with experience spanning nearly 30 years. She works with numerous agencies including the NHS, private/public sectors including BUPA and charities. Her experience is diverse and extensive enabling Joanne to be a true holistic practitioner. She treats the whole person whether the illness, disability or trauma is of physical or psychological origin. Joanne has extensive experience working and her specialities include fatigue, specifically ME/CFS and long covid: Pain management; equipment and adaptations; dementia and Alzheimer’s ; seating assessment: stress management. She combines analysing activity patterns, encouraging a healthy balance of activities and developing graded return-to-work or education plans. Joanne has a diploma in Mindfulness and uses relaxation and mindfulness as a treatment option. Joanne conducts assessments and intervention with an individual at home and can provides treatment via zoom and telephone. She will provide detailed Initial Needs Assessments and will action all recommendations. Joanne works with experienced trade’s people to ensure that all recommendations are completed and finished to a high standard within a timely manner. In addition to her clinical expertise Joanne has a business background following eight years as a Managing Director for an award winning care home and four years as Clinical Director in the North West Fatigue Clinic. Her patients appreciate her empathetic, compassionate, structured and empowering approach which helps build strong therapeutic relationships. In 2015 Joanne won the Lancashire Care NHS Trust Care with Compassion award out of 7,000 people for her work in Palliative Care. In 2021 she was awarded Rehabilitation Case of the Year by Think Therapy 1st. Outside of work she enjoys walking, travelling and the theatre.
BSc.OT
Phone: 07783019191
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Web: https://otsolutions111.co.uk
