Therapy

Diversum Health Group supports clients with evidence-based occupational therapy services & mental health interventions and strategies.

Mental Health Occupational Therapy

13 years to 80+ years

Initial session to establish your mental health, and well-being goals for therapy.
An initial session is requested with a parent/caregiver prior to the child or adolescent's engagement with the occupational therapist to establish goals for therapy.
Psychological frameworks used in therapy sessions include- cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), acceptance behavioural therapy (ACT), dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT), schema therapy, attachment theory, with a low demand approach in a collaborative therapeutic relationship.
Subsequent mental health OT sessions can support you/your child with focused psychological interventions including but not limited to:

Emotional Support & Psycho education - mental health.

Neurodivergent identity- autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), pathological demand avoidance presentation (PDA), dyslexia, developmental language disorder (DLD) and mental health challenges.

Burnout

Family, social, & relationship support.

Anger management

Nervous system regulation- internal & external identification and processing of the world around us.

School/university/workplace strategies & advocacy.

Sensory support.

Executive functioning strategies for motivation, time management, organisation, memory.

Exploring meaningful activities and connections- interests, relaxation, mindfulness.

All sessions are provided with respect for privacy and confidentiality.

Diversum Health Group DOES NOT provide an acute/ crisis mental health service.

Acute mental health presentations may require more specialised interventions to address concerns such as increased substance use, escalation of self-harming coping strategies, suicidal ideation or planning, verbal or physical aggression, or unlawful behaviours including theft, drug distribution, or harm to others.

Acute mental health challenges often necessitate a period of stabilisation with appropriate support services. In such circumstances, therapy services at Diversum may need to be temporarily paused and can be resumed once a period of stabilisation has been achieved.

Supports that can support acute or crisis mental health care include

Your GP
Present to emergency at your nearest public hospital
Community Occupational Therapy- with a focus on home safety, public health, interventions in the home/community environment if needing more scaffolded levels of support (can be accessed through Government funded or not-for-profit organisations.
Mental Health Emergency Response Line (MHERL) 1300 555 788
Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636
Lifeline 13 11 14

Length Of Time For a Therapy/Coaching Session:

Direct service in session with the Occupational Therapist is 45 minutes
Indirect service- documentation of session is 15minutes
Total length of service= 60 minutes

Occupational Therapy

8 years to 80 years+

Occupational therapy sessions at Diversum Health Group support people to thrive in their activities, roles and relationships. Interventions & strategies can include, but are not limited to;

Supporting identity, self-esteem, and self-confidence.
Social & communication interactions.
Nervous System Regulation- strategies to support feelings of stress and overwhelm.
Parent and caregiver support.
Fine and gross motor skills required for activities of daily living.
Workplace/School/Home/Community accommodations and strategies.
Energy accounting- assessing energy requirements for a person's roles, activities, interactions, and environments. Fatigue support.
Sensory assessments, reports, and interventions.
Functional Capacity assessments and reports for NDIS.
Executive functioning skill development (organisation, time management, working memory, sequencing of tasks, etc) within their activities of daily living.
In clinic/school visits/telehealth.

Using evidenced-based practice, a neurodivergent approach, and play to build therapeutic rapport and support development.

Capacity Building Coaching- 18yrs+

Initial session: Executive functioning assessment, background information gathering about your roles (eg, employee, student, parent/caregiver, partner, friend, etc), your environments (eg, home, work, uni, gym, shop, etc), and activities (eg, bathing, grooming, meal preparation, admin, cleaning, studying), and establishing goals.
Capacity building coaching sessions can be conducted in-person or via telehealth.
Subsequent coaching sessions can support you with strategies, including but not limited to;
Workplace/Home: sensory support, organisation, time management, work/life balance.
Neurotype identification: how your brain works, so that you can work with it, instead of against it.
Executive functioning: strategies to support your activities of daily living.
Exploration of energy accounting: what tasks, activities, and social interactions support and reduce your energy and capacity.

Capacity Building Coaching is a supportive service that Diversum Health Group offers to support clients 18 years+, either as a standalone service or a service that can offer practical strategies that you can implement immediately to reduce feelings of stress and overwhelm, whilst you are on the waiting list for therapy support.

Therapy

Mental Health Occupational Therapy

Length Of Time For a Therapy/Coaching Session:

Occupational Therapy

Capacity Building Coaching- 18yrs+

Acknowledgement to Country

Acknowledgement to Diversity