About

Equipoise Occupational Therapy offers home-based occupational therapy services, specializing in dementia care and integrative therapies for carepartners.

Owner and licensed Occupational Therapist Tamasin Kekic is passionate about providing occupational therapy services to people in their home environment. She uses an Occupational Therapy (OT) model of practice that views the strengths and characteristics of a person, the physical features of their environment, and the caregivers' roles as interdependent. Within these interdependent relationships, OT treatment planning involves the adjusting and balancing of needs between the caregiver, the person living with (or without) dementia, and their sensory and physical environment to make the care partnership the best it can be.

Tamasin is certified in Skills2Care, a program developed at Thomas Jefferson University for Occupational Therapists to deliver to caregivers of people living with dementia. Skills2Care helps to support and train caregivers in managing daily routines, learning effective communication strategies, improve safety, and teach stress management strategies to help in handling unique and difficult behaviors associated with different types of dementia. Skills2Care can also include integrative mind-body wellness habits and practices to help manage the intense physical and psychological stressors of caring for a family member or loved one with dementia.

Tamasin’s experience delivering home-based OT services through Home Care agencies serving Southern Vermont and New Hampshire, in addition to an acute rehab hospital setting has helped build her vision for Equipoise Occupational Therapy. She has completed multiple certifications and trainings to enhance the quality and diversity of care using evidence-based practices. In recent years Tamasin has been incorporating more integrative mind-body movement practices such as therapeutic Yoga and Fall Prevention Tai Chi for its proven health benefits. Yoga styles include Gentle, Restorative, Yin, and Strength-building practices for arthritic joints and managing stress and anxiety. Mindfulness practices are also found throughout her occupational therapy care plans as she has observed the functional benefits amongst her clients towards reducing the mental and physical symptoms of stress and pain.

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Certifications & Specialties

• Master's Degree in Occupational Therapy, Dominican College of Blauvelt

• Brain Injury Specialist, Brain Injury Association of America

• Skills2Care Occupational Therapist

• Evolution Physical Therapy and Yoga Studio’s 200-Hour Teacher Training for Healthcare Providers

• Love Your Brain Yoga Teacher Certified: Yoga for people living with mild/moderate Brain Injuries

• LifeForce Yoga for Anxiety and Depression

• Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional, Evergreen Credentials

• Tai Chi For Fall Prevention Instructor- Level 1

• Reiki Level 1 Certified - Usui Natural Energy Healing

• Brain Longevity Specialist: Alzheimers Research and Prevention Foundation