Season 3 Episode 6: From Burnout to Boundaries Michelle's OT Evolution

Podcast: OT Coaching Confidential · The OT Coach Australia

Opublikowano: 2025-09-07

In this episode, we meet Michelle, a regional paediatric OT who transitioned from burnout in a large organisation to building her own therapy service. We explore the early years of business setup without clear mentorship, and the challenges of managing a long-term stagnant caseload while juggling a full-time mobile therapy load and motherhood. Together, we unpack strategies for sustainable practice: Shifting to term-based therapy planning Using contracting conversations with families to define what therapy is and isn’t Introducing goal-specific caseload mapping (top-down, bottom-up, holding space) Building in protected non-face-to-face time and defining when and why we...