The Next Step OT - Mobile Practice
Dr. Cassandra Sankey, OTD, OTR/L
Welcome! As a licensed, board-certified Occupational Therapist, I'm passionate about helping people live a meaningful life.
I provide in-home and teletherapy services for anxiety, depression, addiction, autism, and hoarding for young adults and adults. Serving Cave Creek, Arizona, and the surrounding area.
What challenges are you experiencing?
- Feeling overwhelmed with a long to-do list and getting stuck before you even get started?
- Figuring out how to sustain recovery and stop the treatment-relapse cycle?
- Struggling with how to organize your home? Feeling emotionally attached to your items making it feel impossible to organize?
- Emotional ups and downs draining your energy or making it hard to figure out what caused your emotional changes?
Common CONDITIONS AND DIAGNOSES
- Depression, Anxiety, and Bipolar Disorders
- Autism
- Substance Use Disorder and other addictions
- Hoarding Disorder
- Other mental, cognitive, and physical impairments...
Home Organization and Hoarding
Home Organization and Hoarding
Home Organization and Hoarding
Typically someone struggling with a disorganized home or hoarding doesn't seek help until the process is too overwhelming, the home becomes unsafe, the family is called to intervene, or a possible eviction notice is presented. Hoarding can lead to increased health risks, social isolation, and decreased quality of life.
Having a strong emotional attachment to items can cause a lot of distress to an individual when their things are moved out of sight or thrown away.
It's important to have a skilled professional to help the person through the process. Don't wait for things to be out of control before seeking help for your loved one.
Dr. Sankey is an experienced occupational therapist who can help your loved one through this process.
Autism
Home Organization and Hoarding
Home Organization and Hoarding
Dr. Sankey is a skilled Occupational Therapist who is empathetic and motivating to help you reach your goals. She uses a neurodiversity-affirmative (non-ABA) and a strengths-based approach to help you, be you.
Navigating a neurotypical world is challenging when you're trying to learn about yourself too. OT helps you learn more about yourself and your needs. Get started with someone who helps you with the goals you want to reach and skills you want to build.
This includes: learning how to add new activities to your routine, supporting social connection, developing tools for when your emotions feel overwhelming, understanding autistic burnout, family support and education, and more.
Addiction
Home Organization and Hoarding
Bipolar Disorder
Are you sick of feeling like there is no end to the relapse-treatment cycle?
You already know first hand how addiction disrupted your life. Now that you've left treatment or been sober for a while you might feel stressed and worried about all of the things you need to take care of while you put your life back together. You might not know where to even start.
OT is an evidence-based, non-pharmacological profession focused on helping you learn and implement strategies to effectively cope with emotions. OT helps you with the "doing" of living your life by teaching you how to budget, meal plan, find healthy hobbies, and create sustainable habits and routines in sobriety. OT helps you put the pieces back together so you can be a successful adult, parent, friend, and employee.
Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar Disorder
Sometimes we feel like we have a lot of energy and can go, go, go, until we start feeling impulsive, start engaging in risky situations, or spending uncontrollably. Other times we feel so low that getting out of bed to shower is a multi-day effort. Then there are times where we have a combination of energy and crashing into lows. This makes working and participating in life challenging.
OT facilitates self-regulation skills to better manage impulses and changing emotions. We support medication management skills, healthy habits and routines, and self-advocacy skills so you can start living a balanced life.
Anxiety
Bipolar Disorder
Depression
Anxiety can creep into any situation with negative thoughts, physical symptoms, or a full blown panic attack. It appears at the worst time when you're in the middle of a test, about to leave to hangout with friends, or during a work presentation.
OT teaches you simple, easy to use coping skills, self-regulation strategies, and sensory-based techniques to help you stay engaged in activities and be successful. We work on organizational skills and time management so you can feel confident.
Depression
Bipolar Disorder
Depression
Depression can feel like you're drowning in emotions or so empty and numb that there's little to no interest or joy left. We put on a smile so no one asks us questions all while we feel empty, sad, and lost. The effort it takes to get out of bed, shower, and get to work on time drains what little energy we had left.
OT helps you with small, simple strategies to conserve energy, manage medications, and complete daily tasks. We teach healthy communication and advocacy skills to help you express your needs even when we feel like a burden to others.
Transitioning to Adulthood
Emotional Well-being and Resiliance
Emotional Well-being and Resiliance
Are you a young adult or adult looking for help with making the jump to living more independently?
Dr. Sankey is a skilled Occupational Therapist who is empathetic and motivating to help you reach your independence goals. She uses a neurodiversity-affirmative and a strengths-based approach to help you, be you.
This includes: learning more about your emotions and how to identify them, how to cook meals, complete laundry tasks, cleaning your home and shared spaces, making doctors appointments, navigating transportation safely, and more.
Emotional Well-being and Resiliance
Emotional Well-being and Resiliance
Emotional Well-being and Resiliance
Are you struggling with your mental health? When we shift away from mental health, that’s where Occupational Therapy steps in to help you regain balance and confidence.
Occupational Therapy helps you build confidence and well-being through simple habits and routines that are sustainable. Kick negative self-talk to the curb and start today.
This includes: learning how to identify your own emotions, learning how to feel balanced, making time for self-care, stopping the cycle of burnout, and more.
Sustaining Recovery
Emotional Well-being and Resiliance
Sustaining Recovery
Substance use and alcoholism impacts your ability to work, participate socially, and your ability to function in a meaningful life.
You might be in early recovery or have been in recovery for years. As you continue your journey of recovery, Occupational Therapy is there to help gain the skills to live independently.
This includes: finding a doctor and being consistent with scheduling doctors appointments, shopping for healthy food and cooking, learning parenting strategies, learning how to budget and stay within it each month, and more.
Not Accepting New Clients
Thank you for your interest in my services. I'm not accepting new clients at this time.
Students/Universities: I'm not accepting students for observation hours, fieldwork, or capstones at this time.
Thank you!