Resilience and Occupational Therapy

Question 1

Constructs associated with Resilience

Answer 1

Constructs associated with Resilience

●“Affective and cognitive processes hold the potential for transforming traumas into varying degrees of triumph. These are overlooked in medicine” (Fine, 1991, p. 494)

●People can transform situations rather than be transformed by them.

●Successful coping leads to better self-efficacy which then leads to a perception that a stressful event can be overcome.. How we interpret a situation impacts how resilient people can be.

Question 2

Aspects of Resilience that Occupational Therapy can Impact

Answer 2

Aspects of Resilience that Occupational Therapy can Impact
●Hope and will to overcome
●Affiliation and recruitment of social support
●Finding meaning and purpose
●Capacity to step back
●There is more to oneself than current circumstances suggest
●Novel applications of problem solving strategies
●Transforming yuck into gold

Question 3

Caution for Resiliency

Answer 3

Caution for Resiliency

●Need to be careful of people who appear to be too resilient as there may be underlying depression or anxiety

Question 4

Occupational Therapy Role

Answer 4

Occupational Therapy Role
●Provide empathetic attention
●Provide skillful assistance
●Provide possibilities
●Obtain an idea of the patient’s illness experience, get their narrative
●Be an advocate for your patients by addressing these issues in spite of the limitations the current health care system places on us