Foundations Blog 1

In class we talked about the importance of clinical reasoning. Clinical reasoning is the thought process used to evaluate clients and then designing and carry out intervention. An advantage that OT's have with clinical reasoning is we can consider our emotions with clinical reasoning. We are able to empathize with clients to see where they are at. Their emotional state is of great importance to our holistic approach. If someone is sad over a problem they are having, it can effect the way they perform in therapy. An OT would want to get that individual back to performing at their highest level possible. If that means taking time to talk with someone about their problem, then we will. Occupational therapy overlaps many fields. The empathy that we use with a client helps with our clinical reasoning to help a person reach their goal through he intervention plan we have laid out.