Sample Soap Note
S: Pt was willing to participate in therapy today and brought her notebook. Pt reports using coping strategy (worry time) 100% of trials. Sleep programming worksheet revealed an overall sleep efficiency rating of 85% for the past week. Pt was able to exercise before work for 30 min. on 5/5 trials without complaint. O and A: Pt tolerated therapy well. Worked with pt on updating sleep programming worksheet, adding 1 additional behavioral strategy (using mindfulness after writin
Pediatric mental health treatment ideas
Pediatric treatment ideas  Emotions Jenga: write an emotion on each Jenga piece and have child give an example of a time when they or...
My 5 most commonly used mental health assessments in the outpatient setting
The Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) Detects clinically significant change in occupational performance over time...
Improving Productivity: Home Management
Clients may struggle with time management, organizational, and other executive functioning skills due to depression, anxiety, fatigue,...
Cognitive Behavioral Management of Unhelpful Cognitions Related to Poor Sleep
One of the reasons why poor sleep quality can be so unsettling for our clients is because of the unhelpful thinking patterns that...
Goal examples
When making goals for pediatric and adult patients, collaboration is key! Important goal areas and language can be gained from...
Explaining to your clients what an occupational therapy does in the mental health setting.
Watch this YouTube for an example of how I explain to a patient/client what I do! https://youtu.be/z9wUkKtg8uM




