Oh Tea Suz
@ohteasuz.bsky.social
Nero-spicy interstitial practitioner with lived experience of psychological distress, working as an occupational therapist in the NHS. Amateur artist & all round creative cat
Started to make banners for the celebration day I’m planning for the service where I work, the week before they close us. They are blown up quotes of service feedback, they are comforting, what we did matters
November 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Started to make banners for the celebration day I’m planning for the service where I work, the week before they close us. They are blown up quotes of service feedback, they are comforting, what we did matters
OT week hits differently when you represent a service that in all likelihood, as you enter consultation, won’t be here next year.
We’ve saved lives outside of admission & facilitated person centred, recovery focussed interventions. I for one am going down with the ship,with pride for what we’ve done
We’ve saved lives outside of admission & facilitated person centred, recovery focussed interventions. I for one am going down with the ship,with pride for what we’ve done
November 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
OT week hits differently when you represent a service that in all likelihood, as you enter consultation, won’t be here next year.
We’ve saved lives outside of admission & facilitated person centred, recovery focussed interventions. I for one am going down with the ship,with pride for what we’ve done
We’ve saved lives outside of admission & facilitated person centred, recovery focussed interventions. I for one am going down with the ship,with pride for what we’ve done
Tomorrow I tell the participants of the co-production project the welcome pack they produced for the service won’t get launched & the service is flagged to close. I feel so sad.They have certificates, a copy of the pack , a letter for their CV & cards but it’s hard to put a positive spin on!
October 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Tomorrow I tell the participants of the co-production project the welcome pack they produced for the service won’t get launched & the service is flagged to close. I feel so sad.They have certificates, a copy of the pack , a letter for their CV & cards but it’s hard to put a positive spin on!
I just ran my last ‘creative self’ group as we cut the programme,heading into service consultation over closure. Poignant to end on ‘becoming’…what are you leaving behind,what are you taking forward.
Attendees have brought tears to my eyes with what they’ve shared in group. A privilege & sadness.
Attendees have brought tears to my eyes with what they’ve shared in group. A privilege & sadness.
October 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I just ran my last ‘creative self’ group as we cut the programme,heading into service consultation over closure. Poignant to end on ‘becoming’…what are you leaving behind,what are you taking forward.
Attendees have brought tears to my eyes with what they’ve shared in group. A privilege & sadness.
Attendees have brought tears to my eyes with what they’ve shared in group. A privilege & sadness.
Today’s “Creative self” group:
“What would a safe place look like to me’
I present mine, a picture of my sensory tent!
It opened a conversation with an attendee which enabled emergency support plans to be put in place.
Going to the hard places can serve a therapeutic purpose
“What would a safe place look like to me’
I present mine, a picture of my sensory tent!
It opened a conversation with an attendee which enabled emergency support plans to be put in place.
Going to the hard places can serve a therapeutic purpose
October 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Today’s “Creative self” group:
“What would a safe place look like to me’
I present mine, a picture of my sensory tent!
It opened a conversation with an attendee which enabled emergency support plans to be put in place.
Going to the hard places can serve a therapeutic purpose
“What would a safe place look like to me’
I present mine, a picture of my sensory tent!
It opened a conversation with an attendee which enabled emergency support plans to be put in place.
Going to the hard places can serve a therapeutic purpose
My segment of our collective piece in yesterday’s group. Representing connection.We worked together on a roll of paper.
To see those who struggle with interaction & relationship work together & at the end report enjoying having done so, it reminds me why I do what I do. All the warm & fuzzies.
To see those who struggle with interaction & relationship work together & at the end report enjoying having done so, it reminds me why I do what I do. All the warm & fuzzies.
September 20, 2025 at 10:03 AM
My segment of our collective piece in yesterday’s group. Representing connection.We worked together on a roll of paper.
To see those who struggle with interaction & relationship work together & at the end report enjoying having done so, it reminds me why I do what I do. All the warm & fuzzies.
To see those who struggle with interaction & relationship work together & at the end report enjoying having done so, it reminds me why I do what I do. All the warm & fuzzies.
Painting for my fellow OT’s, hopefully you can spot a few models represented. I wanted to reflect on occupation as the art of living, the lyrics to the music of our biology…this is what I got
September 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Painting for my fellow OT’s, hopefully you can spot a few models represented. I wanted to reflect on occupation as the art of living, the lyrics to the music of our biology…this is what I got
is my corner of the office getting a little out of hand? maybe…does it concern me…no
September 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
is my corner of the office getting a little out of hand? maybe…does it concern me…no
in today’s creative self we looked at “Becoming”…what do we want to leave behind, what do we want to take forward. A powerful session of rapport building with a young autistic individual over their future hopes, really occupational focused conversations. I love groups like this!
These are mine…
These are mine…
September 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
in today’s creative self we looked at “Becoming”…what do we want to leave behind, what do we want to take forward. A powerful session of rapport building with a young autistic individual over their future hopes, really occupational focused conversations. I love groups like this!
These are mine…
These are mine…
The 1st draft is ready to be consolidated into a single file & printed. I am so unbelievably proud of the service attendees who contributed to the project to create a new service welcome pack. The look on their face, to hear the woman who never said they’re proud of themselves,say so,my heart burst
August 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The 1st draft is ready to be consolidated into a single file & printed. I am so unbelievably proud of the service attendees who contributed to the project to create a new service welcome pack. The look on their face, to hear the woman who never said they’re proud of themselves,say so,my heart burst
I my visual autoethnographic reflection based on my poster submission and my experience attending BIGSPD 25 conference.
It contains exerts of my poster & a 2nd opinion psych ax preceding my placement in a “specialist” personality disorder unit years ago.
Title:’Different not disordered’
It contains exerts of my poster & a 2nd opinion psych ax preceding my placement in a “specialist” personality disorder unit years ago.
Title:’Different not disordered’
August 17, 2025 at 6:05 AM
I my visual autoethnographic reflection based on my poster submission and my experience attending BIGSPD 25 conference.
It contains exerts of my poster & a 2nd opinion psych ax preceding my placement in a “specialist” personality disorder unit years ago.
Title:’Different not disordered’
It contains exerts of my poster & a 2nd opinion psych ax preceding my placement in a “specialist” personality disorder unit years ago.
Title:’Different not disordered’
“Creative self” session at work today,we looked at “The words we would say”, to ourselves,or to the world. This was mine.
Inspired by a participant who made a message to themselves reminding them to be patient with the process & how the struggle will make them stronger. A message for me too I think!
Inspired by a participant who made a message to themselves reminding them to be patient with the process & how the struggle will make them stronger. A message for me too I think!
August 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
“Creative self” session at work today,we looked at “The words we would say”, to ourselves,or to the world. This was mine.
Inspired by a participant who made a message to themselves reminding them to be patient with the process & how the struggle will make them stronger. A message for me too I think!
Inspired by a participant who made a message to themselves reminding them to be patient with the process & how the struggle will make them stronger. A message for me too I think!
Reflecting on what it means to be and interstitial practitioner, the value of combined lived and clinical experience and the power of the in-between
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The interstitium
I listened to a fascinating podcast episode on ‘Mind & Life’ where the host Wendy, talked with pathologist, scientist and Zen buddist, Neil Theise. He spoke about a structure within human anato…
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July 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Reflecting on what it means to be and interstitial practitioner, the value of combined lived and clinical experience and the power of the in-between
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🧠🌈 Fantastic resource for the Autistic adult community (and also families & allies)!
Tigger Pritchard has compiled a brilliant collection of tools, guides, videos & affirming content that supports Autistic people.
👉 Explore here: www.tiggerpritchard.com/resources
Tigger Pritchard has compiled a brilliant collection of tools, guides, videos & affirming content that supports Autistic people.
👉 Explore here: www.tiggerpritchard.com/resources
Resources | Tigger Pritchard | England
What to know more about Neurodivergency, look here for pages of resources.
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July 17, 2025 at 6:45 AM
🧠🌈 Fantastic resource for the Autistic adult community (and also families & allies)!
Tigger Pritchard has compiled a brilliant collection of tools, guides, videos & affirming content that supports Autistic people.
👉 Explore here: www.tiggerpritchard.com/resources
Tigger Pritchard has compiled a brilliant collection of tools, guides, videos & affirming content that supports Autistic people.
👉 Explore here: www.tiggerpritchard.com/resources
It’s taken me a very long time but I’m finally starting to embrace & own my differences over masking & compensating for them.
I’ve got a new supervisor, so I made a communication passport to aid the relationship & get the most from supervision.
We advocate for others when we advocate for ourselves
I’ve got a new supervisor, so I made a communication passport to aid the relationship & get the most from supervision.
We advocate for others when we advocate for ourselves
July 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
It’s taken me a very long time but I’m finally starting to embrace & own my differences over masking & compensating for them.
I’ve got a new supervisor, so I made a communication passport to aid the relationship & get the most from supervision.
We advocate for others when we advocate for ourselves
I’ve got a new supervisor, so I made a communication passport to aid the relationship & get the most from supervision.
We advocate for others when we advocate for ourselves
Love a bit of patch Adams
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July 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Love a bit of patch Adams
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I was making vision boards today with a friend of mine who has anorexia.
Art can be such a powerful tool for exploring our values, our desires and dreams, and to aid in the sense making process, that is so critical to healing
Art can be such a powerful tool for exploring our values, our desires and dreams, and to aid in the sense making process, that is so critical to healing
July 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I was making vision boards today with a friend of mine who has anorexia.
Art can be such a powerful tool for exploring our values, our desires and dreams, and to aid in the sense making process, that is so critical to healing
Art can be such a powerful tool for exploring our values, our desires and dreams, and to aid in the sense making process, that is so critical to healing
Thinking about how the lens we choose determines what we see. How different my past behaviour looks, through the lens of neurodiversity, rather than the lens of pathological disorder.
Confirmation bias is diagnoses Achilles heel!
Confirmation bias is diagnoses Achilles heel!
July 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Thinking about how the lens we choose determines what we see. How different my past behaviour looks, through the lens of neurodiversity, rather than the lens of pathological disorder.
Confirmation bias is diagnoses Achilles heel!
Confirmation bias is diagnoses Achilles heel!
Amazing time this morning getting photographs for inclusion in our co-produced welcome pack information for the service, photos all taken by an ex attendee.
Hearing them reflect on being really well now & contemplating entering into working for services themselves, just MADE my week!
Hearing them reflect on being really well now & contemplating entering into working for services themselves, just MADE my week!
July 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Amazing time this morning getting photographs for inclusion in our co-produced welcome pack information for the service, photos all taken by an ex attendee.
Hearing them reflect on being really well now & contemplating entering into working for services themselves, just MADE my week!
Hearing them reflect on being really well now & contemplating entering into working for services themselves, just MADE my week!
#Createweek day 1, neurotrophic art.
Never one to just do as I’m told, following a coffee with a friend, I also did a second picture detailing some words about how I was feeling
Did you have a go at today’s activity? Please share if you did!
Never one to just do as I’m told, following a coffee with a friend, I also did a second picture detailing some words about how I was feeling
Did you have a go at today’s activity? Please share if you did!
July 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
#Createweek day 1, neurotrophic art.
Never one to just do as I’m told, following a coffee with a friend, I also did a second picture detailing some words about how I was feeling
Did you have a go at today’s activity? Please share if you did!
Never one to just do as I’m told, following a coffee with a friend, I also did a second picture detailing some words about how I was feeling
Did you have a go at today’s activity? Please share if you did!
So this week I’m going to try and commit to this. Follow along with some creative activities each day! Creativity is such a wonderful human capacity to enjoy & explore, why not see if any of these activities spark something within you, that you may never have known was there?
🎉 #CreateWeek2025 starts TOMORROW!
We’ve got a full week of free creative activities - from drawing + writing to puppetry + film 🎨🎬
Try one or try them all - just get involved + share your work using #CreateWeek. We can’t wait to see what you create!
#ArtsForAll
We’ve got a full week of free creative activities - from drawing + writing to puppetry + film 🎨🎬
Try one or try them all - just get involved + share your work using #CreateWeek. We can’t wait to see what you create!
#ArtsForAll
July 1, 2025 at 6:20 AM
So this week I’m going to try and commit to this. Follow along with some creative activities each day! Creativity is such a wonderful human capacity to enjoy & explore, why not see if any of these activities spark something within you, that you may never have known was there?
What a beautiful reminder on a personal level but also a professional one.
A bird divination for your hardest days from the summer red-bird. Available as a stand-alone print at bit.ly/summerredbird and part of the deck of 100 at almanacofbirds.org
June 25, 2025 at 5:15 AM
What a beautiful reminder on a personal level but also a professional one.
Something tells me that this ‘wouldn’t quite be the ticket’ for work but helping a friend run through challenging thoughts and thought diffusion online today & I gotta say, next level therapeutic session attire.
Taking life too seriously? Panda glasses are a good remedy!
Taking life too seriously? Panda glasses are a good remedy!
June 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Something tells me that this ‘wouldn’t quite be the ticket’ for work but helping a friend run through challenging thoughts and thought diffusion online today & I gotta say, next level therapeutic session attire.
Taking life too seriously? Panda glasses are a good remedy!
Taking life too seriously? Panda glasses are a good remedy!
Getting back from an assessment to stickers on your keyboard. I am going to miss my line manager so much when she leaves for her secondment
June 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Getting back from an assessment to stickers on your keyboard. I am going to miss my line manager so much when she leaves for her secondment
So many species of courage, I love this!
What will it look like for you to be courageous today?
For some it’s simply “I got out of bed”.
Whatever form it takes, your courage is valid and admirable. Celebrate every win, no matter how small, because life is hard enough
What will it look like for you to be courageous today?
For some it’s simply “I got out of bed”.
Whatever form it takes, your courage is valid and admirable. Celebrate every win, no matter how small, because life is hard enough
A #birddivination for today, and a reminder that there are so many species of courage and they don't at all look the same. More winged reckonings with what it means to be human at almanacofbirds.org
June 16, 2025 at 6:16 AM
So many species of courage, I love this!
What will it look like for you to be courageous today?
For some it’s simply “I got out of bed”.
Whatever form it takes, your courage is valid and admirable. Celebrate every win, no matter how small, because life is hard enough
What will it look like for you to be courageous today?
For some it’s simply “I got out of bed”.
Whatever form it takes, your courage is valid and admirable. Celebrate every win, no matter how small, because life is hard enough