Occupational Therapist

Julie is an occupational therapist (OT) who is passionate about empowering children and adolescents with new and adaptive skills for living. With over 20+ years of practice, she believes in learning through doing and building experiences to enhance one’s quality of life. She has worked with children who have multiple diagnoses including autism, ADHD, anxiety disorders, ODD, sensory processing difficulties, fine motor delays, dysgraphia, and DCD.

Julie started her career in mental health at St. Andrew’s Hospital, Northampton, UK for several years before returning home to Bermuda. She then worked at the Mid Atlantic Wellness Institute servicing clients with Intellectual Disabilities before taking the opportunity to work in paediatrics in the Community Rehabilitation Programme at the Department of Health. As an OT in the public sector, Julie worked with children and young adults in various settings - schools, autism and functional skills classrooms, nurseries, homes and clinics - to develop their independence skills for learning and living. 

Julie has a special interest in females on the autism spectrum, the sensory relationship with mental wellness and handwriting, and how this is impacted by anxiety, ADHD or dysgraphia.

When not working Julie enjoys spending quality time with her husband and two children, jogging, and writing poems & short stories.