About Jordan

Jordan Pace, Senior Occupational Therapist and Lecturer

I have worked within the mental health sector within acute admissions, treatment, and intensive-care wards. Here, I was able to develop a patient group around Substance Use as an Occupation, which has been recognised and replicated across the Dorset healthcare trust; as well as a music group which has also been funded and expanded across the trust.

Currently, I am working in the Assertive Outreach Team as the sole OT and a lecturer at Bournemouth University. I run a special interest group around the Dark Side of Occupation and have also had the opportunity to collaborate on Rebecca Twinley’s ‘Illuminating the Dark Side of Occupation’ textbook in a chapter around homelessness and occupational engagement.

Session title

An Assertive Outreach Approach to Occupational Therapy

Session details

The Assertive Outreach Team takes on individuals with complex mental health illnesses, frequently duel diagnosed with substance misuse. Our cliental, by nature, are hard to engage and can be unpredictable-so our approach as therapists must be outside the box and wholly adaptive.

Drawing on evidence from the dark side of occupation and the complex link between health and wellbeing, I will break down how I established the OT service in this area. The importance of emotional intelligence and positive risk taking is paramount in this area, as well as an introspective understanding of your own sensibilities.

About Toni

I am a Consultant Occupational Therapist working in Mental Health Services, Solent NHS Trust in Portsmouth, UK and Doctoral Student at University of Brighton, UK.
I am just over half-way through my part-time PhD titled ‘Studying Power in Conversations after Self-harm: A Critical Realist Understanding of Embodied Power in Community Mental Health’.
Managing the personal transition between my day job as a Consultant and my research days where my sense of self fluctuates and ranges between advanced beginner to occasional expert, has been rich with learning and challenge.

Session title

Exploring the Occupation of Coproduction

Session details
This seminar offers an exploration of how the occupation of coproduction – an approach I use in both environments – has enabled my progression at an individual and professional level.

This seminar has been developed in conjunction with two Lived Experience Research Advisors who are employed as part of my PhD – Clare Ockwell & Daniel Elton.

Any 2023 session resources will be posted here.

Main resources are found at our YouTube channel and the Occupied podcast channel.

Jaime Leite Junior

• Access the recording HERE on our YouTube channel! With CC (Closed captioning is the written version of an audio track ).

About Jaime

Jaime Leite Junior (He/Him)
PhD Candidate at Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar/Brazil)
Visiting Research Student at Western University (UWO/Canada)

Jaime Leite Junir is an Occupational Therapist with an undergraduate degree from Federal University of São Carlos (2016). Has specialization in Mental Health (2018) from the School of Medical Sciences of the University of Campinas (FCM-UNICAMP). Currently working on PhD in the Postgraduate Program in Occupational Therapy at the Federal University of São Carlos (PPGTO / UFSCar) and as Visiting Research Student at University Western Ontario (2022-2023). He is Cofounder of the Quefazer Group: Studies and discussions in Social Occupational Therapy; Dona Ivone Lara Group: Occupational Therapy and Black People; and SexGen-OTOS: International Network on Sexualities and Genders within Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science. Jaime is also member of the Metuia Network – Social Occupational Therapy and works mainly in the following themes: Dissidence of Genders and Sexualities, Social Occupational Therapy, Undergraduate Education, Professional Practice, Mental Health, Public Health, Ethnic and Racial Issues and Culture.

Session Title

Dissident Genders and Sexualities and Life Possibilities

Session Details

This seminar aims to create a dialogue about the possibilities of life faced by the population who experience dissidence of genders and sexualities. Taking the Brazilian reality as a central example, the proposal is that we can understand how the vulnerability and subalternization processes of these people create and maintain situations of social injustice, demanding actions from every society engaged in social transformation.

Sakshi Tickoo

• Access the recording HERE on our YouTube channel! With CC (Closed captioning is the written version of an audio track ).

SEX, LOVE, AND OT

• SexCare Book: About the Book: “SexCare is a self-paced, reflective workbook that helps in challenging the conventional ideas about sex, identify barriers (internal, external and relational) that limit one from experiencing their true pleasure potential and encourages to set an action plan through guided activities and sensory practices that can be incorporated in a daily routine; prioritizing sexual pleasure and wellness in ways that are practical and convenient. Through this book one shall focus on exploring and experiencing pleasure holistically in various parts of their lives by enhancing sensuality, connection and intimacy with oneself and/or their partner(s). The workbook addresses people in a gender-neutral language without assuming their orientations, abilities, limitations and/or relationship styles because no matter what your identities are, pleasure is a human right and everyone deserves it!”

• Access the OCCUPIED Podcast of this session – All About Occupation

About Sakshi

Sakshi Tickoo (BOTh, Sexuality Counselor)

I’m queer, brown, Mumbai-based Occupational Therapist and Sexuality Counselor who is the founder of Sex, Love, And OT and the author of SexCare. My primary area of work and research are sexuality and mental health across the lifespan. I have worked in school-based, home health, and hospitals and currently provide my services through telehealth. I also help students and practitioners by serving as a speaker, mentor, and co-host of the Horn OT Please podcast. Apart from my clinical work, I create content on social media, avidly consume TV shows and memes, and nap as much as possible.

Session Title

Sexuality as an Occupation

Session Details

Human sexuality is an ongoing occupation that develops at each stage of an individual’s life. This session will focus on understanding the basics of sexuality and the various ways it translates into human occupations. It will also explore how therapists can practically integrate sexuality within their occupational therapy education, practice, and clinical settings.