Mrs Linda Backus Occupational Therapist

Linda is an Occupational Therapist who has specialized in mental health, drug and alcohol services over the past 19 years in a variety of settings including acute in-patient and community-based adult mental health as Senior/Occupational Therapist and Senior/Case Management Clinician, adult residential rehabilitation as Senior Occupational Therapist and in community-based aged mental health as Case Manager. Linda has also worked as a Rehabilitation Consultant for 11 years in both the private and public sector assisting people with work-related injuries to return to work and/or develop skills towards achieving an alternative productive and satisfying lifestyle. During her career she has completed many additional training courses including CBT, motivational interviewing, Assessment of Motor and Process Skills, the Perceive, Recall, Plan & Perform System of Task Analysis, Family Sensitive Practice. She has also undertaken research and is published in areas related to mental health case management. Linda is passionate and committed to enhancing the functional independence of people with mental health issues through client-centered assessment and interventions.