Oct 21: Counselling and Psychotherapy in Occupational Therapy Practice

Question 1

Difference between Psychotherapy and Counselling

Answer 1

Psychotherapy is:
*A deeper, more fundamental process of change
*Power imbalanced

Counselling is:
*More present focused
*Less formal with less emotional intensity
*Less risky

Question 2

How does psychotherapy in OT differ from psychotherapy in other professions?

Answer 2

• OTs focus on enhancing or maintaining
  performance and/or engagement in
  meaningful activities
• Psychotherapy as an ‘occupation as ends’
  approach

Question 3

Unique take of OTs on psychotherapy?

Answer 3

• Functional perspective: How changes in thinking/feeling can translate into improvements in performance and engagement in necessary and desired daily activities

Question 4

When does Psychotherapy became a controlled act?

Answer 4

only when it applies to becomes a controlled act only when it applies to individuals who have a:

“serious disorder of thought, cognition, mood, emotional regulation, perception or memory that may seriously impair the individual’s judgement, insight, behaviour, communication or social functioning”