Clare is an experienced Occupational Therapist who has worked across both the NHS and independent settings. She has experience working with children with a wide range of disabilities and needs before moving her focus to work with children who have experienced trauma and neglect. She works alongside colleagues in our Oving team and predominantly offers specialist occupational therapy services for children who are adopted or cared for by a Special Guardian.
Clare is passionate about understanding the impact trauma and neglect have on the child’s development, the child’s ability to participate in everyday activities at home and school and the impact of the struggles on family life. She uses her assessment skills to fully understand the child’s sensory and motor needs; and her clear report writing to share and start to help families understand the impact of these on everyday life including attachment, emotional wellbeing and regulation.
Clare prioritises helping families to understand further and discover how they can start to regulate their sensory systems and emotions, create positive play to support relationships and help develop and remediate motor skill difficulties.
Clare strives to empower the children, young people and families she works with to be able to embed what they encounter in therapy sessions into their lives at home, school and in the community.
Clare is registered with HCPC – OT31710