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Telehealth · Adults
Adult OT for sensory overload and everyday environments
When noise, light, textures or busy places are harder to manage, occupational therapy can look at what helps and what to change. Delivered by video, with suitability checked first.
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- Sensory patterns explored in your own environment
- Practical changes to work, home and community routines
- No diagnosis or standardised test promised remotely
You can call for yourself, or as a family member, support worker or support coordinator.
When the environment is the problem
An OT looks at when, where and with whom overload happens before suggesting changes.
Somewhere you avoid
A workplace, shop, class or social setting is hard to be in, so you plan around it or skip it.
It adds up
Small irritations build across the day until a sound, light or texture tips you over.
Adult sensory support with Joanne.
Joanne works with adults on the practical side of sensory difficulties: the settings that are hard, the routines around them, and the changes worth trying.
Joanne
Occupational Therapist
More about Joanne
Joanne provides trauma-informed and neuro-affirming OT by telehealth when the goals and activities suit online delivery.
What an online session actually looks like
A first session often starts with one setting that is hard: what happens before you get there, what you notice in the room, and what you already do to cope. From there you can agree something to test.
What you need
A phone, tablet or computer with a camera, a stable internet connection, and somewhere private where you can talk without being overheard.
How the session runs
You work through the problem on screen together, using your own home, desk or routine as the example.
Who can join
A partner, family member, support worker or support coordinator can join if it helps, especially for the first session.
You do not need equipment or a formal assessment to start. Describing a hard situation is enough.
How an OT works on sensory difficulties
Notice the pattern
Look at when, where and with whom overload happens, rather than treating it as random.
Change the setting or the task
Adjust the environment, the timing or how a task is done before assuming the answer is more effort.
Plan for the hard days
Build in recovery and exits so a difficult day does not take out the rest of the week.
The aim is to reduce how often overload happens and recover faster, not to promise it never happens again.
What online OT can cover
These are the areas most often worked on by video. If something needs to be seen in person, the team says so.
- Understanding your own sensory patterns and triggers
- Adjusting work, study and home routines
- Planning around unavoidable sensory environments
- Communication strategies to ask for what you need
- Recovery and regulation strategies that fit your day
How it works
- Call or request a callback. The team checks whether online OT fits your situation, funding and timing.
- First session. You and Joanne look at one hard setting and agree something to test.
- Review and adjust. You keep what works, drop what does not, and decide together whether to continue.
Who this suits
This is for adults who want practical changes to daily life, not a label or a diagnosis.
- Adults who find everyday sensory input harder to manage
- Neurodivergent adults, including autistic adults and adults with ADHD
- People whose work, study or home life is affected
- Anyone who wants practical strategies rather than a formal test
When telehealth may not be the right fit
Telehealth is not the answer for every request. The team redirects you rather than sell you the wrong format.
- A request for a formal diagnosis or a named standardised assessment
- Work that needs the clinician to observe you in the setting
- Crisis or emergency support
- Medical assessment or medication advice
What to have ready when you call
Keep it simple. The call is a routing conversation, not an assessment.
- Which setting or time of day is hardest
- What funding you have, so the team can check what applies
- Whether you would like a particular clinician
Adult sensory support OT questions
No. Diagnosis and standardised sensory testing are not part of this service. The focus is practical strategies for your daily environments.
This page describes practical sensory support and does not promise a particular test. If you need a specific assessment or report, tell the team so they can confirm the appropriate service and delivery format before booking.
No, and we will not promise that. The aim is to reduce how often it happens, recover faster and protect the things that matter to you.
No. People come to this for many reasons, including autism, ADHD, anxiety and no diagnosis at all.
The team confirms fit and funding first. Early sessions often start with one real part of your week, and what you work on is agreed with you rather than set in advance.
Often, when the goals are routines, everyday tasks and strategy work that does not need to be observed in person. The team confirms whether online delivery fits before anything is booked.
If the work needs to be seen in person, the team says so and talks through what else may fit.
Funding options depend on the person and the service. Tell the team what funding you have and they check what applies, then explain any fees before anything is booked.
Ask about adult sensory support
Tell the team which setting is hardest and how you are funded. They check fit, fees and timing, then explain the next step.
Telehealth adult sensory support OT
Online occupational therapy for adult sensory difficulties and the routines around them. The team confirms suitability before anything is booked.
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