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The 2 Mentors Every Therapist Needs

Name: The 2 Mentors Every Therapist Needs
Uploaded: 2026-05-03T17:03:36+00:00
Duration: 37 s
Channel: Will Humphreys
Description: An occupational therapist describes two mentors who shaped their career: a sociology professor who was quadriplegic and pushed them toward OT, and a…

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An occupational therapist describes two mentors who shaped their career: a sociology professor who was quadriplegic and pushed them toward OT, and a practice owner who used tough love to build their confidence by inviting them to conferences and valuing their input.

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The first one that comes to mind is he was a sociology professor. Oh, I wanted to be a PT at the time, and he was a quadriplegic, and I kept finding myself in his office, and he just kept throwing this bug in my ear about being an OT, being an OT, and I was like, no, I don't want to do that, but I kept going back there, and then I ended up taking him into the gym and doing some training with him. We just built this friendship. Yeah. And so he planted the seed. For me to do OT later. Okay. So I feel like that, you know, he did mentor me in a way. And then I would say in my practice, probably the practice owner.
She was a little tough, but she really like geared on you, but she made me— it was more of a tough love kind of thing.
She was quiet, but she would bring me to conferences and ask my opinion about things, you know, and showed that what I thought mattered.
Yeah, and I love it because so many people don't get help because they don't realize that that's not a sign of weakness, that's a sign of strength.