Episode 35: OPISI 2.0: Speaking a New Love Language

In this episode, we talk with Anita Brow-Major from Thrive Rehab and Cliterate about the ups and downs of perimenopause, menopause, and disability. A topic every OT practitioner should know about!

On this episode K & JJ talk to the co-Directors of the LGBTQIA2S+ Fellowship at UC Health in Cincinnati, Ohio about their new Fellowship.

In this episode, we are joined by Katja Stolte, Markus Kraxner, & Beth Ann Walker, and we discuss the development of the German translation of the OPISI.

This episode of OT After Dark features Dev, The Rainbow OT, discussing LGBTQ+ issues in occupational therapy. Dev shares the origins of The Rainbow OT and their work in gender-affirming care. They provide advice for OT educators to create more inclusive spaces and address topics like sexuality and intimacy.

Hear what we have been up to and what is next for OT After Dark!

In this episode we talk with Robin Chilton, OTD, MBA, OTR/L about getting comfortable talking about sex in OT education and her work addressing sexuality and intimacy with older adults.

In this episode we talk to Joseph Christian Ungco, OTD, OTR/L about the upcoming text “Sexuality and Intimacy: An Occupational Therapy Approach”, power of pleasure and joy, and putting the OT in erOTic.

In this episode, we talk to Dr. Claire Lynch about applying the Occupational Perspective of Health model, including the concepts of doing, being, belonging, and becoming to sexuality. 

In this episode, we talk to Dr. Sakshi Tikoo (she/her) an occupational therapist practicing in Mumbai, India who runs the website Sex, Love, and OT.  Sakshi talks about fantasies and sex, and how OT practitioners can use fantasy in practice. 

In this episode we talk to Erin Jakubow, OTD, OTR/L.  Erin talks to us about her doctoral capstone experience, where she developed a relationship and sex education program for students with intellectual disabilities.  Clarification: In this episode the guest states the program she developed was 6 weeks when in actuality it is 16 weeks