Supporting other neurodivergent health professionals (with and without chronic illnesses) to live well, whatever that looks like for you.
*Supervision/mentoring sessions available from February 2026*
Currently taking enquiries for training - contact
To support my own wellbeing and fluctuating capacity, I will be shifting my focus to training, supervising and mentoring other health professionals in 2026 and will not be offering 1:1 Occupational Therapy.
If you would like to keep up to date with what I’m doing you could subscribe to my email list (at the bottom of the page) or follow me on Facebook: The Chronically Resilient OT.
What do I offer?
From 2026 I will be focusing on supporting other health professionals through supervision, mentoring, consultation and training. I will no longer be offering ongoing 1:1 Occupational Therapy sessions. The way I work and my underlying core values will remain largely the same, and I am excited to be supporting health professionals, with a focus on wellbeing, environmental supports, self-understanding, self-management and meaningful activity.
Individual sessions, groups and workshops provide support around things like: meaningful activity and interests, roles and routines, getting clear on values and taking values-aligned action, executive functioning and emotion regulation, problem solving and troubleshooting existing strategies, learning new tools for supporting wellbeing and self-management, identity exploration and understanding your needs, developing and using sensory strategies, self-advocacy, mindfulness, self-compassion, sleep, movement - or anything else you’d like to focus on!
I will continue to create resources and worksheets, write blogs, and create and deliver trainings on topics like neurodiversity affirming practice, sensory processing and values. For more about these you could look at the trainings and presentations page, my blog, or the resources in my shop.
Who am I?
Kia ora, ko Rebecca taku ingoa. I'm a multiply neurodivergent Occupational Therapist/Kaiwhakaora Ngangahau with lived experience of chronic illnesses. I was born in Whakatū/Nelson and have lived in many places in Aotearoa/New Zealand. I have also lived in Australia and Thailand.
Who are you?
A neurodivergent health professional (with or without chronic illness) who is needing support for yourself and/or with clients and wants to work in a collaborative way with someone who understands the complexity of managing multiple conditions while working as a health professional.
A neurotypical health professional seeking support for improving your understanding of neurodivergence to better support your clients or colleagues.
Where are services available?
Golden Bay, New Zealand - for in person sessions and workshops.
All over New Zealand and Australia - for online supervision sessions.
All over the world - for online groups, workshops, and mentoring.
I do sometimes travel and offer in person training in other places. Upcoming trainings will be listed on the event page and updates will go out each month in my newsletter.
Why work with me?
I bring a unique perspective to this work, being both a qualified health professional and a person with lived experience of chronic illness and neurodivergence.
I am non-judgemental, compassionate and supportive, and understand the complexity of living with and managing multiple conditions while also trying to engage in the things you enjoy and earn a living!
I am truly passionate about supporting other people to improve their wellbeing and live meaningful lives, while also holding space for the tough stuff that comes up.
“I’m here to help you work through the hard stuff as well as find the moments of joy and celebrate the big and little wins. Let’s find ways to build your resilience and strength, while balancing it with self-compassion and rest.”
Approaches and areas of interest:
Strengths-based, person-centred, recovery oriented, neurodivergence-affirming and trauma-informed practice with a focus on:
Lived-experience informed supervision and mentoring
Identity exploration and neurodivergence, building self-understanding and self-advocacy
Exploring values, goals, interests, habits, roles and routines
Supporting sensory modulation, emotion regulation and executive functioning
Nature connection, different kinds of rest, mindfulness and self-compassion
Building a life worth living through engagement in meaningful occupations (occupation being any way you spend your time)
Chronic illness self-management and building self-efficacy, including the complex intersectionality of neurodivergence and chronic illness.
