Delivering the best care

 

Kate Walker

Specialist Occupational Therapist - Veteran Mental Health Service
Kate Walker
The Challenge
A veteran with complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder was finding all aspects of his life challenging due to his symptoms and a chaotic lifestyle. He was isolating himself, de-motivated to engage in self care and had no drive to recover.
The Change
Exploring his daily activity and what had helped him in the past enabled him to realise that being out of routine and not engaging in meaningful activity was making things worse for him. We worked together to build his routine and confidence again.
The Impact
Taking very small steps to build his routine had a very positive impact. It gave him a new-found purpose and assisted him in managing his time in order to complete the activities he needed to do whilst setting time aside for activity he wanted to do.
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