Meet Krista
Natural Health Specialist
I am a board-certified Occupational Therapist licensed in Iowa and Illinois. I specialize in community-based mental health treatment to individuals and groups in the Quad City and surrounding areas.
My interest in community-based mental health began during a three-month internship in Memphis, TN providing individual and group services to male veterans living in permanent and transitional housing and women in children living in a shelter setting.
In 2013 I was the first Occupational Therapist at Trilogy Behavioral Healthcare in Chicago hired to work with individuals within the William's Consent Decree. The William's Consent Decree supported the individual's rights to transition from nursing homes to productive and meaningful lives in the community by providing each member with mental health and integrated healthcare services to support their needs. While at Trilogy for nearly seven years, I worked with interdisciplinary teams completing standardized and non-standardized assessments and developing individualized treatment plans to support the self-determination and recovery goals of individuals with mental illness and comorbid medical conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, obesity. ​
Credentials
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Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, St. Ambrose University, 2005
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Master of Occupational Therapy from St. Ambrose University, 2008
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Illinois License # 056.008911
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Iowa License # 100040
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NBCOT Certified
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Garden Design & Maintenance Diploma CPD Certification, 2020
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Pro Hort Master Gardener, Iowa State University Extension, 2021
What is Occupational Therapy?
Occupational Therapy is a science-driven and evidence-based service. OT services are focused on meaningful participation in occupations (education, play, leisure, work, social participation, activities of daily living (ADLs), instrumental ADLs, sleep, and rest within a variety of environments, such as school, home, community, work, residential, and health care settings. In short, it’s “doing what you want and love to do” in life. Occupational Therapists provide evaluation, treatment, and consultation for organizations that serve people with mental diagnoses. As an OT, I specialize in community-based services emphasizing mental health, meaningful participation in the home and community, roles, routines, and habits.
Occupational Services
Direct Service & Contacting
Consulting & Educational
Training
Individual and Group Treatment
Theraputic Gardening
Program Development
Urban Agriculture Program Development & Facilitation
