Occupational Therapists
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Neeru Aggarwal
B.Sc. OT
Neeru completed her B.Sc. in OT in 2005. Since graduation, she has worked with a varied clientele in both community and residential care settings. Her clinical work experience includes extensive home and adaptive equipment prescription and implementation including lifts, ramps and elevators. She has also completed specialized assessments in seating and swallowing. From a treatment perspective, she has provided rehabilitation management to assist her clients in accessing community resources, completed cognitive and home safety assessments and has developed and implemented community integration programs. In terms of health populations, Neeru has worked extensively with geriatric, developmentally delayed (adults) and neurologically impaired (stroke) clients. Neeru provides service in Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster and Surrey and is fluent in Hindi and Punjabi.
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B.Sc. OT
After graduating in 1997 from the Texas Woman’s University, Ellee gained experience in a number of settings including inpatient, acute care and homecare while working for a range of health care facilities. She gained experience with health populations including cardiac care, stroke, orthopedics, TBI, geriatrics and ICU. She has extensive experience completing home safety assessments, supervising rehabilitation assistant programs and has also worked as a manager in an interdisciplinary rehabilitation setting. Ellee joined Community Therapists in 2012 and provides Home Health and Community Living Skills (brain injury rehabilitation) programs to clients living in Surrey, Langley and Delta.
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B.Sc. OT
Charlotte completed her occupational therapy training in 1998. She has worked in a variety of settings including residential care, acute care and community practice. She has extensive experience in home safety assessments, adaptive equipment prescription including wheelchair seating systems and community integration. She has worked with clients recovering from orthopedic trauma including recovery from hip and knee surgeries as well as individuals with a variety of progressive neurological conditions. Charlotte has extensive experience in geriatrics and dementia care. Charlotte joined the practice in the summer of 2009 and sees clients in the areas of Delta, Surrey, White Rock, Langley, and Abbotsford. Charlotte provides community based rehabilitation in Community Living Skills, Supported Integration and Home Health.
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B.Sc. OT
Lauren completed her Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy at the University of British Columbia in 2001. Previously, she completed a Bachelor of Psychology and had worked in a number of complimentary settings and organizations including Community Mental Health, PLAN Lifetime Advocacy Network and in Community Integration for clients with developmental disability. Lauren's over 8 years of occupational therapy experience include in-patient neuro-rehabilitation, community-based neuro-rehabilitation in a heavily regulated setting (USA) and work for the FHA through Burnaby Home Health. She has extensive experience in home/adaptive equipment prescription including wheelchair/seating systems, home safety/functional treatment programs and community integration. In April 2012, Lauren was nominated and won the Community for Everyone Award that is presented by the Fraser Valley Brain Injury Services to someone that has made an exceptional contribution towards supporting people with an acquired brain injury in the community.
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M.Sc. OT, B.A. Kin.
Victoria began her career as an Occupational Therapist after 12 years experience in the acute, in patient and out patient rehabilitation settings. She completed her Bachelor's degree in 1998 from the University of California, Berkeley, where she pursued a specialty in Human Biodynamics (Kinesiology). She continued her work in rehabilitation in 2001 with a focus on complementary and alternative medical therapies (CAM). Victoria completed her Master of Science degree from the University of Alberta in 2006 and began her professional work in psychiatry at Vancouver General Inpatient Psychiatry, and orthopedics and neurology through UBC Hospital. Since joining Community Therapists, she has gained extensive experience in community-based rehabilitation. She has sat on the Executive Board for the Lower Mainland Brain Injury Association (LMBIA) from 2007-2009 and teaches Adaptive Yoga for neurological conditions and community mental health in the Vancouver area. Her skills focus on rehabilitation case management and assessment and interventions in Traumatic Brain Injury, Home Health, Return to Work and Pediatrics. Victoria currently provides Home Health services to clients living in Vancouver, North Shore, Burnaby and New Westminster.
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dip COT
Denise graduated from the West London School of Occupational Therapy, England in 1989. She has practiced occupational therapy for over 20 years and has a wealth of experience including neurological, psyhological and sensory processing disorders as well as developmental delay. Since joining Community Therapists in 1994, she has provided services to people of all ages with neurological, musculo-skeletal, and psychological conditions. She has specialized in community brain injury services including assessment and provision of community integration/living skills programs, return-to-work or school, driver rehabilitation and equipment prescription and has gained expertise in working with young people with complex disabilities. Denise is currently providing community based assessment and therapy for children and adults with brain injury, psychiatric disorders and developmental delay.
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B.Sc. OT
Fiona completed her Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy in 2004. Her clinical experience includes in-patient work at Eagle Ridge, Royal Columbian and Burnaby General Hospitals. In public practice, she was involved in discharge planning and acute rehab for clients who had experienced strokes, brain injuries, general trauma and other medical problems. In private practice, Fiona has worked extensively with clients with chronic pain, orthopedic and soft tissue injuries and brain injury in an outpatient Return to Work clinic setting. In this capacity she has developed skills in activity analysis, vocational programming and ergonomics. Since joining CTI, Fiona has gained skills in Driver Rehabilitation (FDE), Cognitive Assessments and Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE). Fiona provides Functional Capacity Evaluations, as well as Functional Driving Evaluations in Vancouver and Surrey. She also provides service in the Home Health, Brain Injury, Community Living Skills and Vocational Rehabilitation practice groups in Surrey, Delta, and Langley.
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B.Sc. OT
Ana moved to the Greater Vancouver area from Ontario where she gained over 15 years of clinical experience as an occupational therapist working in a range of clinical settings including community, in-patient and outpatient services. She has worked extensively with clients who have suffered catastrophic disability including brain injury, spinal cord injury and complex orthopedic trauma. As a treating therapist, she has assisted her clients in the development of supported living environments, returning to paid work and community integration. With deep domain experience in rehabilitation case management, community assessment & intervention she brings a well informed and credible perspective to her role as a Cost of Future Care evaluator. Notably, Ana has completed over 30 such evaluations including critique assignments in the past 3 years. Ana has also shared her experience as a mentor within the University of Toronto Occupational Therapy program (Neuro-rehabilitation Course) and as a preceptor for occupational therapy fieldwork placements. Her professional development activities have included presentations for the Pacific Coast Brain Injury Conference and publications including co-authorship of Behaviour & Interpersonal Relationships, a chapter in Introduction to Disability by McColl et al (1998).Ana Flores was recently registered as a Continuing Professional Development Provider for the Law Society of BC. With this recognition, Ana's Cost of Future Care seminar now qualifies for CPD credits which lawyers are required to complete in order to maintain membership with this regulatory body. Ana can assess clients in English and Spanish in the lower mainland, Sea to Sky region and Garibaldi Highlands
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MOT, B.Sc. Psychology
Naomi completed her Master's degree in Occupational Therapy at UBC in 2008 at which time she received the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapy (CAOT) student award. Since graduating, Naomi has worked in the public health care system, providing services to clients with orthopaedic/soft tissue and spinal cord injuries (GF Strong, Health Units). Through her various roles, Naomi has gained experience in hospital discharge planning, home assessment, physical activation and return to work planning. She has also worked as an instructor for the CAOT, as a teaching assistant and tutor at UBC and she is currently a volunteer at Interfit Adaptive Hiking Program. She is a standing member with the World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT) and the CAOT. Naomi provides Home Health and Return to Work services in the Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster and North Surrey areas and is fluent in French and German.
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B.Sc. OT
Chelsea completed her Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy in 2005. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology which she completed in 2003. Having worked in both public and private practice settings, Chelsea’s clinical experience includes Functional Driving Evaluations with Alberta Health Service and Return to Work Services for clients funded by auto and worker’s compensation insurers. In her Driver Rehabilitation practice, Chelsea gained experience working with clients affected by TBI, stroke and other impairments that impact driving. Chelsea joined Community Therapist in 2012 and provides Functional Driving Evaluations in Surrey and Community Living Skills (brain injury rehabilitation) and Home Health programs to clients in Vancouver, Richmond and Delta. Chelsea is also fluent in French.
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B.Sc. OT
Kristen completed her Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy in 1998. Since qualifying as an OT, she has focused her work in private practice in the areas of community living skills development, home health and return to work planning and implementation. She has extensive experience working with adults and children affected by neurological, physical and affective disorders including brain injury, orthopedic trauma and depression. As a senior consultant with community therapists she has been actively involved in mentoring new staff and further developing the occupational therapy mentorship program. At present, Kristen provides Home Health and Brain Injury assessment and rehabilitation services in the Vancouver West region.
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M.OT, B.Sc. Micro.
Lindsay completed her Master of Occupational Therapy degree at UBC in 2007. Prior to her training in OT, she worked as a behaviour interventionist for children with Autism. Additionally, she focused her occupational therapy internships on working with children with developmental and sensory processing disabilities. After graduation, Lindsay gained extensive work experience assisting adults with chronic pain and musculoskeletal injuries in in returning to work. Since joining Community Therapists in 2008, she has focused her practice in paediatric therapy gaining experience working with children with autism , developmental concerns and brain injury. She also continues to provide Home Health and Return to Work services as able.
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BSR OT
Linda founded CTI in 1989 after over 13 years of experience in the public health sector in long term care and mental health services. Her areas of clinical expertise are life-care planning/cost of future care evaluations, community living skills development, and home health for clients with orthopedic and catastrophic disabilities. Along with director Sue Reil, Linda developed CTIs Driver Assessment & Rehabilitation program in 1993. Linda has over 20 years of experience in the development of clinical systems & policies, program development & evaluation and the implementation of evidenced based practices for public and private sector institutions served by CTI. As the Director of Quality Assurance, she provides mentorship to CTIs medico-legal experts, directors and managers. Her management portfolio includes Physiotherapy, Fraser Health Acquired Brain Injury Rehabilitation and Clinical Documentation. Linda has previously been accepted as an expert in the Supreme Court of British Columbia and in 2008, she was honored by the British Columbia Society of OTs with the Leadership Award for contributions to the occupational therapy profession in BC.
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MBA, B.Sc. OT, CWCE
Salim completed his B.Sc. in occupational therapy in 1998. In 2002, he earned the designation of Certified Work Capacity Evaluator through RMA. He also holds an MBA from the UBC Sauder School of Business (2006). Salim’s clinical expertise includes Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE), Return to Work Rehabilitation (RTW), Home Health and Ergonomics. He has been accepted as an expert in FCE in the Supreme Court of British Columbia and his Ergonomic Assessment and FCE reports have been accepted as expert evidence in Worker’s Compensation Appeals tribunals. His contributions to the profession include service as a board member for the British Columbia Society of Occupational Therapists from 2008-2011 and vocational rehabilitation training and mentorship of several practicing therapists. He also serves as the lead instructor for Vocational Rehabilitation with the UBC Department of Occupational Therapy & Occupational Science. This course provides foundation training in FCE, RTW and Job Demands Analysis for students of the Master of OT program. As a member of the department’s advisory committee, he also provides stakeholder representation from the private practice community on curriculum needs and emerging issues in occupational therapy. As the Managing Director for Community Therapists, he is responsible for strategic planning, operations, practice development and FCE quality assurance. His current clinical focus is functional capacity evaluation & worksite evaluations.
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B.Sc. OT
Kathy completed her Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy at UBC in 1993. Her years of clinical practice have allowed her to develope expertise in neuro-rehabilitation, geriatrics, mental health, medical/surgical conditions and orthopedic rehabilitation. Kathy provides Home Health and Health Facility rehabilitation services and is fluent in conversational Cantonese.
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B.Sc. OT
Laila graduated from UBC with a Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy in 1989 and earned a Diploma in Healthcare Management from BCIT in 1994. Prior to joining the practice in 2001, she worked extensively with geriatric populations and in the neurosciences service at VGH hospital. Laila has worked in community-based rehabilitation in the areas of home health, brain injury and return to work since joining CTI. She is skilled in the prescription of adaptive equipment, seating and mobility solutions, home modifications, cognitive assessments and cognitive remediation, as well as return to work rehabilitation. In addition to her rehabilitation practice, Laila regularly completes medico-legal evaluations to determine rehabilitation needs and Independent Living Skills assessments to determine appropriate residential placement and care levels for clients.
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B.Sc. OT, BA Crim.
Ashlene obtained her Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy in 2003 at UBC. Since then she has worked in community-based home care and long-term care facilities. Her expertise include home safety assessments, adaptive equipment including power mobility and seating assessments. She has extensive experience in individualized brain injury rehabilitation and home care programs. Since 2008, Ashlene has provided Functional Driver Evaluations for Class 5 and Vehicle Modifications in our Vancouver and Surrey offices.
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M.Sc. OT
Jeff graduated from McMaster University in 2005 with a Master of Science degree in Occupational Therapy. Jeff has worked extensively with clients recovering from orthopedic, soft tissue and mild traumatic brain injuries following MVA in Ontario. In this capacity, he has completed numerous Home Care, Home Safety and Return to Work Assessments. He has also provided Independent Occupational Therapy Assessments to determine equipment, support and attendant care needs. Since relocating to Chilliwack in 2009, Jeff has worked with the Fraser Health Authority home care program providing community based occupational therapy to a variety of clientele including individuals with TBI, joint replacement, amputation, severe fractures, depression and anxiety. Jeff joined Community Therapists in 2011 and provides Home Health, Return to Work and Ergonomic Assessment services for clients with orthopedic injuries, mild traumatic brain injury and general medical concerns. His service areas include Chilliwack, Abbotsford and Langley.
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Yenna Jung Mansfield
BSR (OT/PT)
Yenna completed her BSR (OT/PT combined) in 1979. Having practiced for over 25 years as an OT, she brings a breadth of both leadership and clinical experience to our team. From 1988 to 2009, Yenna held a number of progressively challenging roles in the Fraser Health Authority’s Burnaby Hospital and held the post of Chief Occupational Therapist for several years. She has worked extensively with adult health populations providing cognitive, home safety, seating, orthoses and other assessments. With respect to intervention, she has provided ADL training, rehabilitation management, splinting, orthotics, wheelchair and equipment prescription and cognitive rehabilitation to clients with systemic neurological disorders, stroke, brain injury, complex orthopedic and other injuries. Yenna provides Home Health and Community Living Skills (brain injury/stroke) rehabilitation services in the Tri-Cities region, Maple Ridge, Surrey and Langley. She is fluent in conversational Cantonese.
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Dip. OT
Elizabeth graduated from the St. Loves School of Occupational Therapy in Devon England in 1975. She has over 25 years of experience working in a variety of fields including orthopaedics, burns, and neurology. Over the past 15 years, she has specialized in community brain injury services. She works with all ages and enjoys working with clients with complex disabilities that require a combination of case management and program planning to facilitate the rehabilitation process. Elizabeth is also currently the senior occupational therapist at the German Canadian Care Home where Community Therapists provides interdisciplinary rehabilitation services.
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B.Sc. OT
Laurie completed her Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy in 1982. She has over 25 years of experience and has worked in the community setting for the last 16 years, with clinical expertise in brain injury, home health and vocational rehabilitation. Since joining Community Therapists in 1993 Laurie has worked full time developing clinical resources, evaluating and providing rehabilitation programs for clients with a variety of medical conditions including musculoskeletal, orthopedic, neurological and psychological disorders. She was recognized as an expert in occupational therapy by the Supreme Court of BC in 1998. Laurie provides Home Health, Community Living Skills and Vocational Rehabilitation services.
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B.Sc. OT
Cecile graduated from the University of Alberta School of Rehabilitation Medicine in 1985. Since then she has developed a depth and breadth of expertise providing occupational therapy programs in acute care, rehabilitation settings, long term care facilities, community settings and in the workplace. Her experience spans a variety of health populations including acquired brain injury, spinal cord injury, acute neurological conditions, orthopaedic injury, and geriatrics. In addition, she has specialized skills in visual-perceptual assessment, and cognitive assessment and remediation. Cecile provides Cost of Future Care Assessments and litigation support throughout BC and has been accepted as an expert witness in the Supreme Court of British Columbia (2004). She also provides Functional Driving Evaluations and Driver Rehabilitation, Work Capacity Screens, Work Site Evaluations, Brain Injury Assessment and Rehabilitation, Home Health Assessments, and Disability Management Consultation.
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B.Sc. OT
Lorraine graduated from the University of Alberta in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy. Since graduating, she has gained work experience in occupational rehabilitation in a clinic setting, job demands evaluation, ergonomic assessments and hospital discharge planning for clients with a variety of physical and neurological impairments. Working in a hospital setting, Lorraine evaluated and prescribed ADL and mobility equipment, provided transfer training and fabricated upper extremity splints for clients with neurological disabilities. Since joining the practice in 2007, Lorraine has provided Home Health and Return to Work services. In 2009, she added acquired brain injury rehabilitation to her skill set through additional coursework and mentorship. Lorraine also speaks conversational Vietnamese.
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B.Sc. OT
Erin graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy and has over 18 years of experience working in in-patient and community based settings. Her expertise includes functional, perceptual and cognitive assessments, discharge planning, home safety assessments and individualized brain injury rehabilitation programs. Since joining Community Therapists in 2004 Erin has specialized in community brain injury and home health services.
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MOT
Adalia completed her Master of Occupational Therapy degree program in 2006. Since graduation, she has been employed in a 3rd party rehabilitation setting with a large occupational rehabilitation provider. Her clinical work experience includes outpatient occupational rehabilitation, graduated return to work programs, community based life skills / pre-vocational skills development programs, community integration services, client education, job demands analyses, and functional ergonomics. In terms of health populations, Adalia has worked extensively with clients with orthopedic/soft tissue injuries, systemic neurological disorders, chronic pain and mild head injuries. Adalia’s clinical rotations also included work in general medical wards, geriatrics and outpatient neurology within the public health system. Adalia speaks French fluently and she provides Home Health & Return to Work services.
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B.Sc. OT
Sue has practiced for over 20 years and prior to joining CTI, she worked in both in-patient and out patient settings in neurosurgery, psychiatry and orthopaedic services within the public sector. Since joining the practice in 1993, Sue has focussed her clinical work in the areas of brain injury and driver rehabilitation. She was a co-developer of the Functional Driving Evaluation protocol with Linda Hirsekorn and more recently, co-developed the Cognitive Capacity Evaluation protocol with Monita Khaira Sandhu. Sue has served as an Expert Witness in the Supreme Court of Canada on driving-related human rights cases and since 2003, has been retained by ICBC to provide consultation to the ICBC Driver Training & Certification program and Regulated Driver Programs with respect to certification of disabled driving instructors. She has co-published 2 research articles on the use of VR technology in driving evaluation and regularly speaks on Driver Rehabilitation at conferences, fee payer education seminars and the Master of Occupational Therapy program at UBC. In addition to her clinical practice, Sue serves as the Director of Clinical Services for CTI. Her management portfolio includes community based rehabilitation (OT & RA) with respect to staff orientation, quality assurance, clinical protocols & service standards for most CTI programs.
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B.Sc. OT
Kristen graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from La Trobe University of Australia in 2006. Since graduation, she has worked in community based private practice with a diverse caseload of clientele funded by government and insurance payers. She has worked primarily with clients with traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury but her caseload has included clients with orthopedic trauma, mental health conditions and stroke. Through her extensive community experience, she is proficient in the prescription and implementation of a variety of ADL and mobility items including power chairs and scooters, lifts, ramps, pressure mattresses, splints, bed rails and bathroom equipment. Her expertise in equipment prescription was also gained through her work as an occupational therapy equipment consultant for a large home medical equipment vendor. In this capacity she assisted other occupational therapists in indentifying appropriate equipment solutions, making equipment adaptations and problem solving equipment issues for complex cases. Kristen has completed numerous assessments to determine attendant care, homemaking and equipment needs and has assisted her clients through numerous community integration and return to work programs and volunteer placements. In April 2012, Kristen was nominated for the Community for Everyone award in the Rehab Category, which means she demonstrated excellence / creativity in the area of rehabilitation and has had a positive impact on the individual(s) she has worked with. Kristen will provide services in the Home Health, Community Living Skills and Return to Work practices for clients residing in Greater Vancouver, Surrey and Langley.
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B.Sc. OT
Jacquie completed her Bachelor of Science in Rehabilitation in 1990. Having practiced for over 20 years as an OT, she brings a breadth of both leadership and clinical experience to our team. Jacquie has worked extensively with a variety of health populations including adults with neurological injury (stroke, TBI), psychiatric, cardiovascular and general medical issues. Through her administrative work with the Ministry of Health’s Services for Community Living (HSCL), she developed rehabilitation policies, procedures and clinical practice guidelines and standards for this service. Clinically, through HSCL, she has completed numerous home visits to assess and prescribe equipment including wheelchairs, lifts and other home aides. Jacquie is also skilled in swallowing assessments for clients with dysphagia following neurological injury. Jacquie is currently working toward my Master in Rehabilitation Science at UBC and she's also a member of the Standards Committee with the College of Occupational Therapists of BC. Jacquie provides community based rehabilitation in our Community Living Skills and Home Health practices for clients living between Delta and Aldergrove.
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B.Sc. OT
Gillian received her Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy in 2006 from the University of Newcastle in Australia. Since graduating, Gillian has worked as a community-based OT providing functional home assessments and return-to-work services including job site visits, ergonomic assessments and graduated return to work programs for clients presenting with various physical, cognitive and psychological limitations. With Community Therapists, Gillian will be offering Home Health and Return to Work services to clients living in Vancouver, Richmond and Delta. Gillian also speaks French.
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B.Sc. OT, CWCE
Monita completed her training in occupational therapy in 2003. Her clinical expertise is in brain injury and vocational rehabilitation, including cognitive capacity evaluation, driver rehabilitation, functional capacity evaluation and ergonomic analyses. She has evaluated and provided rehabilitation programs for clients with a variety of medical conditions including musculoskeletal, orthopedic, neurological and psychological disorders. In 2008, Monita earned the designation of Certified Work Capacity Evaluator, through Roy Matheson and Associates. She has previously been accepted as an expert in Worker’s Compensation Appeal Tribunals and was a featured speaker at the Vocational Outcomes in Brain Injury Conference in 2009. As a Clinical Practice Manager, Monita provides leadership to the vocational and driver rehab practice groups in the areas of practice development, mentorship, quality assurance and consultant training. Monita is fluent in Punjabi and conversational Hindi.
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B.Sc. OT, B.Sc. Kin
Helene completed a Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy in 2002. Early in her career she gained experience completing Work Capacity Evaluations and Job Site Visits including Ergonomic Assessments while working for the Worker’s Health, Safety and Compensation Commission in St. John. Helene’s community based rehabilitation experience includes work in Vancouver Coastal’s Complex Rehabilitation Team and spans a variety of traumatically injured and geriatric clientele including clients with TBI, stroke, complex orthopedic injury and other medical conditions. Since joining Community Therapists in 2008, Helene has also developed expertise in Driver Rehabilitation. Helene provides Cost of Future Care Evaluations and Functional Driving Evaluations throughout the lower mainland. She is also verbally fluent in French.
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B.Sc. OT
Helen graduated from the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa in 1983. She has over 25 years of experience and has worked in a community setting for the last 19 years in the areas of home health and brain injury. She provides Brain Injury rehabilitation services as well as Cost of Future Care Assessments in Vancouver and the North Shore. As a Clinical Practice Manager, Helen provides clinical mentorship to new consultants by monitoring clinical and regulatory standards of rehabilitation practice. She also participates in developing clinical resources for the practice and clinical protocols and best practices for Brain Injury Services. Helen served for 7 years as Chair of the Standards Committee for the College of Occupational Therapists of BC (COTBC). From 2008 until 2010, Helen was contracted by COTBC to be part of the working group on the Development of Guidelines for Incapability Assessments for the Office of the Public Guardianship and Trustee. In 2007, she was recognized as an expert in occupational therapy by the Supreme Court of BC. Helen participates in the leadership group for the BC Society of Occupational Therapists, and maintains memberships in CAOT, WFOT and CSOS and is also a member of the COTBC Board, Inquiry and Standards committee.
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M.Sc. OT
Haru received her Master of Science in Occupational Therapy from the University of Alberta in 2007. Previously she had graduated from Simon Fraser University with a BA in Psychology. Her passion for occupational therapy led her to work as both a research assistant and teaching assistant in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine with the University of Alberta. As a practicing OT, Haru has extensive experience in Return to Work Rehabilitation including Functional Assessments and Job Site Visits with health populations including soft tissue/orthopedic injury, chronic pain, repetitive strain injury and mental health issues such as depression. She gained this experience working with funders including WorkSafe BC and long term disability insurers. Through her internships, she gained experience in home care with a variety of post surgical clientele including individuals recovering from severe orthopedic trauma. Haru provides Home Health and Return to Work services to clients living in Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster and North Surrey.
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M. OT
Tatjana joined Community Therapists after completing her Master of Occupational Therapy degree at the University of British Columbia in 2006. Since graduating she has developed expertise working with mental health, neurological and orthopedic health populations. She has gained experience in vocational rehabilitation, including work capacity evaluation, job demands analysis and return to work planning. She has also gained experience in equipment prescription, community integration and pain and anxiety management strategies. She provides Home Health, Brain Injury and Vocational rehabilitation services. She is fluent in Croatian and basic Indonesian languages.
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