Blog - Institute for Sex & Occupational Therapy

A note from Kathryn: Collaborating with Professor Neu is like walking into the most sparkly celebration of occupational therapy every time we’re together. Lucky for me, we’ve been spending quite a bit of time together as we prepare and plan for the 2nd Annual Vir...

Over the last 2 years, I conducted 3, 4 month trainings, followed by a 3 month train-the-trainer program with Ukrainian healthcare providers who work with veterans – some of them combat veterans themselves. This was some of my most rewarding and meaningful work to date. Because of my work at Walter Reed, talking about sex amongst the chaos of war will always live in a special...

What you’re about to read is an interview between our founder, Dr. Kathryn Ellis, OTD, OTR/L, CSOT, FAOTA, AASECT-SC, and Scott (name changed for confidentiality)—a disabled adult with significant physical and mobility challenges. Scott has had over 25 surgeries and has worked with OTs since childhood. Despite decades of OT intervent...