Occupational Therapy: Where Science and Spirituality Collide

OTPF Guiding OT Practice When thinking about occupational therapy as a whole, its ideals and values center around helping clients regain their functioning in the world.  Because each individual's idea of functioning looks different, it is vital that an OT first look at the motivations behind a client's life choices and interests.  This is where the OTPF plays a vital role.  Its defining features include focusing on the client's occupations, lifestyles, environment, beliefs, etc.  Basically, the OTPF states that an OT cannot proceed with a treatment until the OT understands the client as a person.  This is integral in the OT profession because it guides the therapist to initiate interventions valued by the client that will not only increase the client's ability to participate in his own lifestyle but also allows him to participate in the world.