Heldi McCaskill

Occupational therapist

As an occupational therapist, I have experience with children, young people and adults mainly in the context of trauma, psychotic disorders, personality difficulties and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). My special interest is sensory integration and processing assessment and therapy. In addition to occupational therapy methods, I use narrative therapy practices.

I work with children aged 7+ and adults.

Work experience

I completed BSc (Hons) occupational therapy degree (First Class) at the University of East Anglia in 2012. From 2013-2021 I worked as an occupational therapist in London in a psychiatric admissions ward, a community mental health clinic and a forensic hospital. In addition to the clinical work, I was the lead of occupational therapy department and a member of the hospital management. In 2021-2022 I worked as the lead of renouncing violence support service in Victim Support. In 2022 I returned to clinical work as an occupational therapist at Confido Medical Center, where in addition to adults, I started working with children and adolescents. In 2024 I completed MSc degree in sensory integration (Distinction) at Sheffield Hallam University. I am currently studying narrative therapy at a Diploma level at the Institute of Narrative Therapy.

Since 2021 I have been a guest lecturer at Tallinn Health Care College. Additionally, I have presented at seminars, training events and conferences in the UK and Estonia.

I am a board member of the Estonian Occupational Therapists Association, a founding member of the Estonian Sensory Integration Association and a member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists.

Relevant training

  • Narrative therapy Level 1 and 2 (Institute of Narrative Therapy, UK)
  • Dual diagnosis interventions in adult mental health settings (King’s College London, UK)
  • Therapeutic community for personality disorders (Therapeutic Community Accredited Training, UK)

Languages

  • Estonian
  • English

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