OT Coaching Confidential
OT Coaching Confidential
Podcast Description
OT Coaching Confidential offers a unique and intimate look into the world of occupational therapy through one-on-one mentoring sessions. Each episode, we focus on a different occupational therapist, providing them with a safe, anonymous space to explore their professional challenges and growth opportunities. This anonymity allows our guests to be completely open and honest, fostering conversations that are as real as they are insightful.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast explores a variety of themes relevant to occupational therapists, including career transitions, leadership development, and work-life balance. Specific episode examples include a discussion on transitioning from student to practitioner with Claire, navigating maternity leave with Chelsea, and managing diverse caseloads in regional settings with Jennifer, ensuring a comprehensive look at both personal and professional growth.
OT Coaching Confidential is a podcast for occupational therapists who want real conversations, practical insight, and a reminder that they’re not alone in this work.
Hosted by experienced paediatric OT and business mentor Alyce Svensk, each episode features an anonymous one-on-one mentoring session with an occupational therapist navigating a challenge in their professional life. From clinical confidence to business decisions, career growth to caseload overwhelm. No topic is off-limits.
This isn’t about quick-fix solutions or cookie-cutter advice. It’s about holding space for the messy and meaningful parts of our work and sharing tools and perspectives that help you feel more confident, more capable, and more connected in your career.
You’ll find:
Honest mentoring conversations
Thought-provoking questions and gentle reframes
Real strategies for real situations
Lightbulb moments you can take straight into your week
Whether you’re early in your career, leading a service, or somewhere in between, OT Coaching Confidential offers grounded support, professional reflection, and a place to feel seen.
In this episode, we meet Michelle, a regional paediatric OT who transitioned from burnout in a large organisation to building her own therapy service. We explore the early years of business setup without clear mentorship, and the challenges of managing a long-term stagnant caseload while juggling a full-time mobile therapy load and motherhood.
Together, we unpack strategies for sustainable practice:
- Shifting to term-based therapy planning
- Using contracting conversations with families to define what therapy is and isn’t Introducing goal-specific caseload mapping (top-down, bottom-up, holding space)
- Building in protected non-face-to-face time and defining when and why we do the extra Identifying whether admin should be outsourced or simply restructured
- Michelle reflects on her goals for the next chapter and what she’d do differently if she were starting again.
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Brought to you by Alyce Svensk at The OT Coach Australia.
Alyce Svensk is an experienced paediatric occupational therapist, business mentor and founder of The OT Coach Australia. She supports therapists at all stages of their career whether you’re just starting out, building a business or redefining your next chapter.
Need support with your next step in practice or business? Explore your options at www.theotcoach.au
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