In today’s growing field of medical occupations, Occupational Therapy is one of the top fields of medical employment. According to the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. (AOTA), Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Assistants “help people across the lifespan participate in the things they want and need to do through the therapeutic use of everyday activities (occupations).” Common practices of occupational therapy include helping patients, ranging from newborns to senior citizens
people who bring with them their own baggage to the therapy. The client is the one who is being ‘helped’ in and from the process of therapy but self growth and personal development is bidirectional for both patient and therapist. This gives therapy a collaborative stance whereby therapist and patient work together. Dr Ellen McGrath wrote in Psychology Today (2002) that ‘A solid patient-therapist relationship is a crucible of wellness.’ Integrative
The objective of this paper is to devise an individual development plan that clearly outlines my desired personal mastery and emotional intelligence competency by establishing steps that I will carry out to achieve them. I first provide a background of who I am personally and what I do in the organization. Secondly, I candidly identify strengths and weaknesses to assess my current personal mastery competencies and reflect to understand what strategies I’ve implemented in my strengths. I establish