Episode 735: Trauma-Informed Occupational Therapy with Alyson Stover

Alyson Stover is an associate professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at The University of Pittsburgh. She earned her juris doctorate in law with a post-graduate certificate in health law from the U of P. Her day-to-day client practices focus on using occupation, self-advocacy, and role-defining to create a path to healing for individuals who have experienced intimate partner violence, sexual trauma, and PTSD.<br /><br />A survivor of trauma herself, her focus areas of practice expertise include trauma-informed occupational therapy and holistic approaches to substance use disorder, and she is a AOTA Board Certified in Pediatrics. She has committed long-standing and far-reaching efforts to increase awareness of and access to occupational therapy services at local, state, and federal levels.<br /><br />She is the current board president of the American Occupational Therapy Association. She loves to share the benefits of the unique lens of occupational therapy.<br /><br /><b>In This Episode</b><br /><ul><li>Alyson at <a href="https://www.shrs.pitt.edu/people/alyson-stover" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">University Of Pittsburgh</a></li><li>Alyson’s email: <a href="https://pitt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">adstover@pitt.edu</a></li><li><a href="http://www.capablekidsrehab.com/home.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Capable Kids</a></li></ul>---<br /><br />What’s new with The Trauma Therapist Project!<br /><ul><li><a href="https://thetraumatherapistproject.squarespace.com/the-trauma-5" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Trauma 5</a>: gold nuggets from my 700+ interviews</li><li><a href="https://thetraumatherapistproject.squarespace.com/newsletter-sample" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Trauma Therapist Newsletter</a>: a monthly resource of information and inspiration dedicated to trauma therapists.</li></ul><br /><br />This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at <a hre