Neurodivergent Wellness Coaching + Occupational Therapy
Helping Neurodivergent Teens + Adults to Achieve Balance, Regulation, and Wellness
Life can be challenging, especially for those of us with neurodifferences. We understand that your journey may sometimes feel like an uphill battle, where everyday activities can be draining, overwhelming, and frustrating. But here's the good news: you don't have to navigate this path alone. Neurodiversity-affirming, strength-based occupational therapy is here to help.
Occupational therapy can be the guiding light at any age and stage in life. It's all about ensuring you're as comfortable in the world as possible, with access to the supports you need. We believe that looking at life through a neurodiverse lens is the key to leading a life that works for you. By establishing an understanding of your regulation profile, environmental stressors, and lifestyle needs and goals, you can create a foundation upon which you can build balance and wellness within your day-to-day routines.
So, are you:
- Wondering if you might be neurodivergent?
- Searching for a therapist who can relate to your experiences?
- Exploring ways to better support yourself?
- Pondering adjustments for your work and/or home environments that could make life easier?
- Seeking someone who will genuinely listen, validate your experiences, and offer practical support?
If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, you're in the right place. Dyan’s services aim to support you on your journey towards a more comfortable and fulfilling life. Explore Dyan’s services and take the first step towards a brighter, more supportive future.
Meet Dyan, Occupational Therapist (BScOT)
Dyan graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Occupational Therapy from the University of Alberta. She has spent years working with children in both school and home settings along with their families. Recently she has also designed mental health programs for educators dealing with the challenges of teaching in diverse classrooms during a pandemic. Dyan specializes in supporting neurodiverse teens and recognizes that neurodiverse adults can benefit from occupational therapy too.
Dyan's passion for neuroscience has given her a deep understanding of the nervous system, sensory processing, the body’s response to life experiences and the individual nuances that make us unique. She focuses on improving self awareness and self acceptance to facilitate growing the skills and making lifestyle changes that enhance physical, emotional, and cognitive well-being. She supports individuals who experience executive function (thinking), emotional regulation (feeling), and behavioural (doing) challenges. She assists her clients to uncover their strengths and use those strengths to practice the skills, strategies, and adjustments needed to create a life that fits who they authentically are.
Dyan’s goal is to support individuals to grow their self-awareness and self-efficacy while acknowledging the pain and grief that has led to the desire to get support. By practicing skills and strategies together, building on experiences of success, and establishing sustainable habits and routines, every client can cultivate self-compassion to meet challenges with greater acceptance and embrace their authentic self.
Dyan's aim is to create a safe space where everyone feels seen, heard, and understood. Her gentle approach, empathy, openness, and extensive knowledge helps clients feel secure and supported as they grow on their personal journey.
If you're looking for supportive, empowering guidance from an understanding occupational therapist who "gets it," you are in the right place.
Is this for me?
Being an adult is no walk in the park, and when you're neurodivergent, everyday life can come with additional challenges. As adults, we all need a set of skills to navigate life effectively. Whether you're looking to enhance your sensory processing knowledge, stress tolerance, executive functioning, or daily life activities, Dyan is here to help. Here are some areas where Dyan’s support can make a real difference:
Sensory Processing, Preferences, Challenges, and Environmental Modifications
Understand your sensory profile.
Adapt to and accept your sensory needs.
Adjust your environment to support nervous system regulation and comfort.
Create a sensory practice to build nervous system resilience.
Prevent and recover from sensory overload.
Communicate about your senses and sensitivities with confidence.
Find activities, routines, and arrangements that work for your nervous system.
Stress Tolerance and Coping Skills
Understand and manage stress, anxiety and other challenging emotions.
Let go of symptom masking and let your authentic self be seen.
Deal with mistakes and setbacks with self-compassion and understanding.
Create lifestyle balance.
Connect with identity, purpose, roles, and values.
Develop health-promoting body-based practices and self-compassion.
Ask for help and use social supports.
Executive Functioning and Cognitive Skills
Manage time and organization effectively.
Understand your attention, focus, and concentration styles and challenges.
Plan, prioritize, and set realistic goals.
Anticipate and prepare for obstacles and opportunities.
Problem-solve and make decisions.
Cultivate energy and motivation.
Harness mind-wandering, deep thinking, and creativity.
Develop self-awareness.
Manage impulses.
Juggle priorities, like school, work, health, home, fun, and loved ones.
Daily Life Activities and Routines
Handle school assignments, projects, tests, and classes.
Tackle work tasks, projects, and relationships.
Manage cleaning, laundry, and other home activities.
Incorporate physical activity and exercise into your routine.
Improve sleep, recovery, and rest.
Enhance your socializing and social engagement skills.
Navigate the complexities of dating and sexual activity.
Master personal care, grooming, and hygiene.
Embrace leisure, play, and fun in your daily life.
Dyan’s specialized services cater to neurodevelopmental differences, such as ADHD and Autism, as well as mental health concerns like anxiety, depression, and compulsive behaviours. Please note that anyone who identifies as neurodivergent, whether diagnosed, self-identifying, or questioning, is welcome to book a session with Dyan. Your journey to a more fulfilling and supported life starts here.
Available Services & Fees
Neurodivergent Wellness Initial Consultation - Teens 14yrs + Adult (60-minutes/$220)
During this session, we'll talk about what areas of your life are challenging, how these challenges are affecting your mental and physical health, what are your strengths or superpowers and how we can use these strengths to move through our daily lives. We'll discuss your nervous system responses, sensory processing styles (how you take in the world around you), as well as how your physical and social surroundings affect you. This session is about getting to know all about you and your experiences as a neurodivergent person. This session may include completion and analysis of sensory profile questionnaires to be discussed in a follow up session.
Ongoing Sessions – Teens 14yrs + Adult (60-minutes/$160)
Subsequent OT sessions delve into addressing the areas you would like to feel more ease and confident in and discuss ways to make lifestyle changes or modifications to move in that direction. The specific content of treatment sessions is highly individualized to meet your personal needs, but the format often consists of four main elements:
checking-in (what’s working? what’s not?)
education/training on topics and skills that are specific for you
collaborative problem-solving to incorporate strategies into daily life
realistic actions to experiment with that can be incorporated into the complexity of your everyday life
Our time together will be spent helping you learn about your nervous system style, learning strengths, sensory processing needs, and patterns of behaviour. We will discover how to make the most of your strengths and make adjustments and modifications to reduce the impact of challenges and make life feel a bit easier.
** Virtual services are available if in-person services are not accessible for you
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If you are a NEW client to our clinic, have not been to our clinic within the last year, OR wanting to book in with a NEW clinician, you can view our Online Booking site to learn about our team, our availability, and then contact us directly to get connected with our team!