Author: Catherine Fink

Do you find yourself still awake at night with thoughts of work looping through your mind? Is work endlessly the topic of your conversation and consciousness long after you’ve left the office? Do you feel so drained by work that you don’t have any energy at the weekend for family, socialising or self-care? If the…

Strengths based Supervision Recently I attended a workshop about strengths based supervision facilitated by psychologist Michael Durrant. The skills I learned have hugely influenced how I approach supervision – for the better. Here’s how… Rather than asking “what issues are you bringing to supervision?”, I now tend to ask “How do you want things to…

Last Thursday (April 9) I delivered a short webinar to approximately 70 Kiwi Occupational Therapists about how we can work with General Practitioners (and Practice Nurses) to support wellbeing in the community. OTNZ -WNA sponsored this event and made it happen. I shared some stories of Louise’s and my own practice over the last few…

For us all going into isolation our lives are hugely disrupted. We will need to find new ways of living, doing and being in order to THRIVE. Here are a few tried and true strategies that Occupational Therapists can be known to share…   Have a normal routine, with normal bedtimes and wake-times. A weekly…

Are you interested in exploring how you can plan for maximum quality of life (QoL) in your older age? The 3 main factors influencing QoL in community dwelling seniors are: living area, health and finances…in the next course at the Workers Educational Association of Canterbury we will be unpicking these topics and relating them to…