When you say you provide holistic care, do you actually provide holistic care? Or do you just provide care on the level that the person’s referral sits. This person had (for eg.) a total knee replacement. Do you also identify that they have dementia, & assist the family in that?

Or mental health problems? Or Chronic pain? Or poorly controlled diabetes? And assist the client to get help or understand their condition better? No? Well I will argue that you do not provide holistic care. Therefore I do not want to work for you. Rant over. 2/2

I lied. I’m not done yet. You say you work within a MDT, yet you do not provide care for people on the level they need, you do not enable them to maximise their whole person.

You don’t have to be able to ground a person having a panic attack. But you do need to stay with them while they have it, and help them get the support they need afterwards.

Be more. Go further. Step outside your comfort zone. It is not all about the bottom dollar. I am grateful to work in a place where this is acceptable, even praised.

Thank you for reading. I hope my ramblings will make even one therapist a better person - whether your therapy is Occupational, physical, speech, audiology, or psychology.