Episode Summary
Occupations and views change and transition over time. In this episode, Grant Mitchell MOT, OTR/L shares his journey through his current occupational transitions: from new grad to full time practitioner, from working in mental health to working in inpatient rehabilitation, from living in Minnesota to living in Florida, and from being single to married with a child and how these changes have impacted his occupations and his view of occupational therapy. Grant reflects on how his lens of occupational therapy has shifted over the years and the influence that it has had on his personal and professional story.
Show Notes
Sarah and Grant discuss:
- Occupational transitions
- Difficulties finding a job as a new graduate
- Why he became an OT and how it has impacted his life since
- How he got his start in inpatient rehab and mental health
- MH4OT on FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MH4OT/
- AOTA’s Mental Health Special Interest Section: https://www.aota.org/Practice/Manage/SIS/Mental-Health.aspx
- Getting connected with Mental Health in Minnesota
- His changing mindset with the mental health crisis in the United States
- Transitioning into the history of occupational therapy
- His background in programming for student housing
- Using videos to capture OT history: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z82KPntY3GA
- The paradox of distraction and diversion therapy
- Occupational therapy practice framework: https://www.aota.org/Publications-News/AmericanJournalOfOccupationalTherapy/access-framework-domain-otpf-download.aspx
- Occupational transitions and disruptions
- Instilling self-awareness in our clients to facilitate the therapeutic process
- Hygge: https://www.amazon.com/Little-Book-Hygge-Danish-Secrets/dp/0062658808
- Meik Wiking Ted Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbtzY-8IFTQ
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