Britt Watson

Endorsed Mental Health Senior Occupational Therapist
Psychotherapist

Qualifications: Bachelor of Occupational Therapy, James Cook University (2002); Diploma of Life Coaching (2010).

Locations and Availability

• Brisbane home and community visits.
• Telehealth across Australia.

Britt is based in Brisbane and works closely with our Melbourne team, including the Allied Health Assistant Program delivered through our Melbourne clinic.

Britt is approaching 25 years of experience in mental health. She works mainly with adults and adolescents, and also supports older primary school children. Her work includes mental health difficulties, psychosocial disability, autism, ADHD and executive functioning difficulties.

She also has an interest in supporting women through midlife, parenting and changes in relationships, responsibilities and identity.

Her work considers how mental health, everyday activities and the environment interact. This includes managing routines, planning, starting and completing tasks, sensory demands, household responsibilities, self-care, work and study.

Services

• Adult Mental Health Occupational Therapy.
• Focussed Psychological Strategies.
• Psychotherapy and Counselling.
• Parent & Family Support.
• Functional Capacity Assessments.

Approaches and Support

Britt holds mental health endorsement through Occupational Therapy Australia and provides Focussed Psychological Strategies under Medicare Better Access.

Her training and approaches include:

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
• DBT informed skills and Motivational Interviewing.
• Coaching for executive function.
• CO-OP approach.
• Sensory approaches.
• SOS Approach to Feeding.
• Somatic and embodied occupational therapy approaches.
• Psychoeducation, relaxation, regulation and stress management.
• Routine development, task analysis, environmental changes and functional assessment.

Britt brings an understanding of the demands of parenting. She works with you to develop practical strategies and supports for everyday participation. Her approach is collaborative and trauma informed, shaped by your priorities.

Britt is working towards additional qualifications in EMDR. She does not currently offer EMDR.