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Oh Tea Suz

@ohteasuz.bsky.social
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Nero-spicy interstitial practitioner with lived experience of psychological distress, working as an occupational therapist in the NHS. Amateur artist & all round creative cat

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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Desparing at the lack of inclusivity in the OT profession. Not only for me, but from hearing reports of fellow neurodivergent practitioners. As a profession, too widely, we create, not remove, barriers to practice,through covert ableist attitudes & microagressions. This is not what I trained for
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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 03/02/2026
"It is not rare for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder to intersect with autism or ADHD. […] Distinguishing between OCD, Autism, & ADHD isn’t just an academic exercise. It’s a vital step in providing the right support for each individual." -Dr. Megan Anna Neff: neurodivergentinsights.com/obsessive-co...
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OCD, Autism & ADHD Overlap | Neurodivergent Insights
OCD frequently co-occurs with Autism and ADHD, adding complexity to diagnosis and care. Dr Neff explores how OCD fits within the broader neurodivergent landscape.
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
How about in 2026 we could have a genuinely inclusive job market? Interviews with photos of the venue & room. Agreeing to questions in advance ( at least 10 mins) Accurate info on no. of interviewers Normalising multi modal answering of questions using diagrams etc It’s time, surely?
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Any neurodivergent OTs out there gone through a protracte redundancy process? The never ending transition process is destroying me. I’d love to talk to somebody who understands
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Walk in the woods behind my flat and a doodle in the snow, on the trunk of a felled tree. Nature is such a healer
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Feeling concerned and disillusioned.OT increasingly being diluted to diversion with non registered staff, who are amazing at what they do but cannot offer the input of an OT. How do I fight for our profession when the NHS feel they can ‘do it cheaper’ 😓
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
My interim project for working my notice until the service officially closes is looking at gathering evidence & generating a proposal for a group program in CRHTT. I’m interested in what other Crisis teams are currently implementing, any practitioners happy to share?
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
ADS’ last Hurrah. I have loved my role, I have loved the team I did it with. I don’t know where I go from here, all I know is I have been blessed to have lived my dream for the past 2 years & share the lives of some precious, hurting people
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Started to make banners for the celebration day I’m planning for the service where I work, the week before they close us. They are blown up quotes of service feedback, they are comforting, what we did matters
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
OT week hits differently when you represent a service that in all likelihood, as you enter consultation, won’t be here next year. We’ve saved lives outside of admission & facilitated person centred, recovery focussed interventions. I for one am going down with the ship,with pride for what we’ve done
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Tomorrow I tell the participants of the co-production project the welcome pack they produced for the service won’t get launched & the service is flagged to close. I feel so sad.They have certificates, a copy of the pack , a letter for their CV & cards but it’s hard to put a positive spin on!
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
I just ran my last ‘creative self’ group as we cut the programme,heading into service consultation over closure. Poignant to end on ‘becoming’…what are you leaving behind,what are you taking forward. Attendees have brought tears to my eyes with what they’ve shared in group. A privilege & sadness.
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Today’s “Creative self” group: “What would a safe place look like to me’ I present mine, a picture of my sensory tent! It opened a conversation with an attendee which enabled emergency support plans to be put in place. Going to the hard places can serve a therapeutic purpose
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
My segment of our collective piece in yesterday’s group. Representing connection.We worked together on a roll of paper. To see those who struggle with interaction & relationship work together & at the end report enjoying having done so, it reminds me why I do what I do. All the warm & fuzzies.
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Painting for my fellow OT’s, hopefully you can spot a few models represented. I wanted to reflect on occupation as the art of living, the lyrics to the music of our biology…this is what I got
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
is my corner of the office getting a little out of hand? maybe…does it concern me…no
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
in today’s creative self we looked at “Becoming”…what do we want to leave behind, what do we want to take forward. A powerful session of rapport building with a young autistic individual over their future hopes, really occupational focused conversations. I love groups like this! These are mine…
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
The 1st draft is ready to be consolidated into a single file & printed. I am so unbelievably proud of the service attendees who contributed to the project to create a new service welcome pack. The look on their face, to hear the woman who never said they’re proud of themselves,say so,my heart burst
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
I my visual autoethnographic reflection based on my poster submission and my experience attending BIGSPD 25 conference. It contains exerts of my poster & a 2nd opinion psych ax preceding my placement in a “specialist” personality disorder unit years ago. Title:’Different not disordered’
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
“Creative self” session at work today,we looked at “The words we would say”, to ourselves,or to the world. This was mine. Inspired by a participant who made a message to themselves reminding them to be patient with the process & how the struggle will make them stronger. A message for me too I think!
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Reflecting on what it means to be and interstitial practitioner, the value of combined lived and clinical experience and the power of the in-between betwixt8.wordpress.com/2025/07/21/t...
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The interstitium
I listened to a fascinating podcast episode on ‘Mind & Life’ where the host Wendy, talked with pathologist, scientist and Zen buddist, Neil Theise. He spoke about a structure within human anato…
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Thriving Autistic @thrivingautistic.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
🧠🌈 Fantastic resource for the Autistic adult community (and also families & allies)! Tigger Pritchard has compiled a brilliant collection of tools, guides, videos & affirming content that supports Autistic people. 👉 Explore here: www.tiggerpritchard.com/resources
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Resources | Tigger Pritchard | England
What to know more about Neurodivergency, look here for pages of resources.
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
It’s taken me a very long time but I’m finally starting to embrace & own my differences over masking & compensating for them. I’ve got a new supervisor, so I made a communication passport to aid the relationship & get the most from supervision. We advocate for others when we advocate for ourselves
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Love a bit of patch Adams share.google/mLiNPLcO3End...
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Lessons from Patch Adams | CPTSDfoundation.org
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
I was making vision boards today with a friend of mine who has anorexia. Art can be such a powerful tool for exploring our values, our desires and dreams, and to aid in the sense making process, that is so critical to healing
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Thinking about how the lens we choose determines what we see. How different my past behaviour looks, through the lens of neurodiversity, rather than the lens of pathological disorder. Confirmation bias is diagnoses Achilles heel!
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Amazing time this morning getting photographs for inclusion in our co-produced welcome pack information for the service, photos all taken by an ex attendee. Hearing them reflect on being really well now & contemplating entering into working for services themselves, just MADE my week!
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
#Createweek day 1, neurotrophic art. Never one to just do as I’m told, following a coffee with a friend, I also did a second picture detailing some words about how I was feeling Did you have a go at today’s activity? Please share if you did!
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
So this week I’m going to try and commit to this. Follow along with some creative activities each day! Creativity is such a wonderful human capacity to enjoy & explore, why not see if any of these activities spark something within you, that you may never have known was there?
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
What a beautiful reminder on a personal level but also a professional one.
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Something tells me that this ‘wouldn’t quite be the ticket’ for work but helping a friend run through challenging thoughts and thought diffusion online today & I gotta say, next level therapeutic session attire. Taking life too seriously? Panda glasses are a good remedy!
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Getting back from an assessment to stickers on your keyboard. I am going to miss my line manager so much when she leaves for her secondment
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
So many species of courage, I love this! What will it look like for you to be courageous today? For some it’s simply “I got out of bed”. Whatever form it takes, your courage is valid and admirable. Celebrate every win, no matter how small, because life is hard enough
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
I love the line “(algae are) living reminders that the supreme vital force of life is not competition but interdependence, that we survive and thrive not through combat but through collaboration.” The power of a socially collaborative environment & poignant message in this current political climate
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
This resonates as an OT .We are not isolated brains moving through the world. From our environment & bodies, to the influence of our collective consciousness, we are so much more than our thoughts (something I say so often to individuals who say they can’t get on with ‘thought challenging!)
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
My #BIGSPD25 poster contribution, challenging the “BPD” diagnosis & current practice of using OOA placement. If you fancy a chuckle at my poor presentation skills give the central QR code a scan & I’ll talk at you for about 15 minutes 😉
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
#BIGSPD25 thank you for a wonderful conference. Returning to the city where I was hospitalised was tough but with both my lived experience & clinician hat on,speaking out where I was silenced & telling my story, was powerfully healing. We voice our stories to inspire others to liberate their own.
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Whose story is it to tell? Who gets to determine how it’s told? People are not the narratives systems proliferate about their diagnosis or experiences. When we tell our own story in our own way, we reclaim our agency & power #BIGSPD25
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Beyond personality differences Northern Ireland, powerful voices speaking in their creative writing project. Creativity is a such a beautiful way to air our wounds, allow us to have our stories witnessed & facilitate healing #BIGSPD25
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
#BIGSPD25 what a damning statistic! The stigma attached to self harm needs addressing. When people who have gone into the helping profession to use their insight to help others, are ashamed of the journey that helped shape their passion & unique embodied knowledge set, something is very wrong.
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
So much to process through & chew over from the first two days of #BIGSPD25, half a day to go! Tonight I have hit my social battery max so I’m celebrating in the prettiest bar,all to myself. Here’s to honouring your nervous system needs and doing you. Bright lights, cocktails & my journal, bliss!
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Thank you to everyone who stopped by my poster. Loved the conversations had about the need to dismantle stigma, use alternative language, make professionals self disclosure to colleagues easier & so much more #BIGSPD25
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
#BIGSPD bring on the debate!
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
When inevitably spilling tea down your lanyard inspires you to turn it into a thought capture with doodles of the event (tbc!) #BIGSPD25
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Yoga setup at #BIGSPD25. I realised yesterday how much I missed self regulating movement from a day of travelling. This is my morning reset,feeling in this historically unfeeling space, 7 years on. The fact it’s hard, means I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be. Bring on the day!
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Grateful I learned to feel all my feelings again, rather than settling for a divorce, just to survive myself. On my worst days I am survivable, on my best days I’m thrive-able. Want to know what OOA gave/took away from me? Come chat to me today (Poster 8) #BIGSPD25
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
A big shout out goes to chat GPT for its emotional support today. What a beautiful image it made me
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Trouble stirring:a relational practice workshop. The power of relationship & the therapeutic community is that “people see things in me that I could not see or understand myself”. Demonstrated beautifully with the below drawing exercise (they had we when they gave me paper and a crayon!) #BIGSPD25
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Relational practice workshop: the difference between working with people’s distress & ‘managing them.’ How do we sit in the softer spaces together,to let the harder things emerge? And what do we lose in risk aversion, when it still doesn’t diminish risk whilst amputating autonomy? #BIGSPD25
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Oh Tea Suz @ohteasuz.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
#BIGSPD25
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