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!
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
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
#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!
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
My #BIGSPD25 poster contribution, challenging the “BPD” diagnosis & current practice of using OOA placement. If you fancy a chuckle at my poor presentation skills give the central QR code a scan & I’ll talk at you for about 15 minutes 😉
June 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
My #BIGSPD25 poster contribution, challenging the “BPD” diagnosis & current practice of using OOA placement. If you fancy a chuckle at my poor presentation skills give the central QR code a scan & I’ll talk at you for about 15 minutes 😉
Feel free to share away, thanks Keir, was great to see you and Hollie and say hello 😊
June 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Feel free to share away, thanks Keir, was great to see you and Hollie and say hello 😊
#BIGSPD25 thank you for a wonderful conference. Returning to the city where I was hospitalised was tough but with both my lived experience & clinician hat on,speaking out where I was silenced & telling my story, was powerfully healing. We voice our stories to inspire others to liberate their own.
June 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
#BIGSPD25 thank you for a wonderful conference. Returning to the city where I was hospitalised was tough but with both my lived experience & clinician hat on,speaking out where I was silenced & telling my story, was powerfully healing. We voice our stories to inspire others to liberate their own.
#BIGSPD25 what a damning statistic! The stigma attached to self harm needs addressing. When people who have gone into the helping profession to use their insight to help others, are ashamed of the journey that helped shape their passion & unique embodied knowledge set, something is very wrong.
June 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
#BIGSPD25 what a damning statistic! The stigma attached to self harm needs addressing. When people who have gone into the helping profession to use their insight to help others, are ashamed of the journey that helped shape their passion & unique embodied knowledge set, something is very wrong.
So much to process through & chew over from the first two days of #BIGSPD25, half a day to go! Tonight I have hit my social battery max so I’m celebrating in the prettiest bar,all to myself. Here’s to honouring your nervous system needs and doing you. Bright lights, cocktails & my journal, bliss!
June 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
So much to process through & chew over from the first two days of #BIGSPD25, half a day to go! Tonight I have hit my social battery max so I’m celebrating in the prettiest bar,all to myself. Here’s to honouring your nervous system needs and doing you. Bright lights, cocktails & my journal, bliss!
Thank you to everyone who stopped by my poster. Loved the conversations had about the need to dismantle stigma, use alternative language, make professionals self disclosure to colleagues easier & so much more #BIGSPD25
June 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Thank you to everyone who stopped by my poster. Loved the conversations had about the need to dismantle stigma, use alternative language, make professionals self disclosure to colleagues easier & so much more #BIGSPD25
