I have been an occupational therapist since 1987.  I have lived in Canada and Australia, working in hospitals as well as people's homes and their workplaces. I am passionate about enabling people who have survived traumatic experiences to regain their lives. My particular strength is working with individuals who experience this trauma due to chronic ill health or injury.

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​“I’m an occupational therapist, an obscure profession if there ever was one. We are few and far between, maybe because we have chosen to serve people with  disabilities. All disabilities. Not a glamorous endeavour, nor a lucrative one. And I say serve because we deem that in helping we see weakness, while in serving we see wholeness. We’ve opted for wholeness nearly a century ago and have been at odds with the system ever since. We don’t fix people, you see.  We simply try to find a way to meaning, balance, and justice. I chose occupational therapy because it blends science and humanism, intellectual rigour and compassion.”

― Rachel Thibeault