{"id":8938,"date":"2019-11-06T14:14:58","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T13:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.talkingmats.com\/?p=8938"},"modified":"2019-11-06T14:14:58","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T13:14:58","slug":"otreflectivepractice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.talkingmats.com\/otreflectivepractice\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you think you are worth it?  Using Talking Mats to provide a reflective space for clinicians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In our latest blog, Rachel Woolcomb, Talking Mats OT Associate, discusses how Talking Mats can support Reflective Practice for Occupational Therapists.<\/p>\n<p>Taking time out to stop and reflect on our practice can be a challenge. We convince ourselves there are more important things to do, people to see, targets to meet, and therefore we just don\u2019t have the time.<\/p>\n<p>However, I suggest, that with this mind set we are doing ourselves, and the people to whom we provide support and care, a disservice.<\/p>\n<p>Clinical supervision has always been embedded in the culture of occupational therapy and at its best should create a safe and supportive environment in which reflective practice can take place.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, in practice, the reality can look different.<\/p>\n<p>The more I have used Talking Mats to enable my clients to think and express their opinions, the more I have been convinced, that there is also great benefit to them being used within the clinical supervision process.<\/p>\n<p>I want to thank the occupational therapists who agreed to explore this further with me. They used Talking Mats to think about their coping skills at work, or reflected on how their ability to learn and think, impacted their job role.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.talkingmats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/r-blog.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8945\" src=\"https:\/\/www.talkingmats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/r-blog.png\" alt=\"r blog\" width=\"708\" height=\"529\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They were surprised how easy they found it to think about the full breadth of their working life and the impact this had on their wellbeing. As clinicians, we are great at looking after other people and ensuring that their health and wellbeing needs are met, however, we are not so great at caring for ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>The latest TMOT resource provides more information about why and how, Talking Mats can be an effective tool in enabling a reflective thinking space for clinicians. Check it out here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.talkingmats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/TMOT3-Reflective-practice.pdf\">TMOT3 Reflective practice<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Give it a go\u2026 You are worth it!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To find out more about our Talking Mats resources, check out this link:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.talkingmats.com\/shop\/\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">https:\/\/www.talkingmats.com\/shop\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our latest blog, Rachel Woolcomb, Talking Mats OT Associate, discusses how Talking Mats can support Reflective Practice for Occupational&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":8739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,54,72,124,69,110],"tags":[111,125,13,65,70,73,109],"class_list":["post-8938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-talking-mats-principles","category-occupational-therapy","category-reflective-practice","category-symbols","category-supervision","tag-supervision","tag-reflective-practice","tag-talking-mats","tag-goal-setting","tag-symbols","tag-occupational-therapy-2","tag-student"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Talking Mats &amp; Reflective Practice in Occupational Therapy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rachel Woolcomb, Talking Mats OT Associate, discusses how Talking Mats can support Reflective Practice for Occupational Therapists\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.talkingmats.com\/otreflectivepractice\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Talking Mats &amp; Reflective Practice in Occupational Therapy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rachel Woolcomb, Talking Mats OT Associate, discusses how Talking Mats can support Reflective Practice for Occupational Therapists\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.talkingmats.com\/otreflectivepractice\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Talking Mats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TalkingMats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-11-06T13:14:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.talkingmats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/talking-mats-facebook-e1632492821485.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Laura Holmes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@TalkingMats\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@TalkingMats\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Laura Holmes\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.talkingmats.com\/otreflectivepractice\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.talkingmats.com\/otreflectivepractice\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Laura Holmes\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.talkingmats.com\/#\/schema\/person\/fabff93d15dd6257bde27e3b76cb5f10\"},\"headline\":\"Do you think you are worth it? 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