

Real vs. Robotic Animals for Aging Adults
It's no secret that the world in currently experiencing an aging population, meaning the number of older adults living on...
The Mental Health Series: Mental Wellbeing and Recreation Therapy
For my recreation therapist readers, we all know the question that comes after introducing ourselves to new people. We're going...
Introducing Me
Hey, my names Ashley and I'm a recreation therapist from Ontario, Canada. While I have an "About" page, I want...
Advice For Rec Therapy Students
Potential Student? New Student? Current Student? Internship Student? This post is for you! I've been in your shoes, I know...
The Mental Health Series: Bell Lets Talk Day
Bell Lets Talk Day is happening next week, in fact it is just a few days away. January 29th. I...
Virtuous Leisure – The Power of Giving
As I said in the post introducing myself, I absolutely love the power of Virtuous Leisure. For those of you...
Benefits of Homes Having Live in Dogs
If you follow me on Instagram (@confessionsofarectherapist), you would know that the facility where I work has a live in...
Gratitude
I think I can speak for all of us when I say, March sucked. Despite that though, March was also...
Dealing with Death in the Workplace
How are you so happy doing a job that involves people dying around you? This is probably one of the...
The APIE Process
While the majority of my followers are in the rec therapy field themselves, I have a lot who aren’t. As...




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