About Me

Fidelma Woods Occupational Therapist and Founder of WellNestedOT

Thank you for visiting my website and welcome to the About Me section.

My name is Fidelma and I am grateful to work as an occupational therapist in my paediatric private practice which I set up in 2023. Before this I worked in the public sector for 10 years in paediatric, adult disability and community mental health settings, on transdisciplinary teams. I am a Mother to three young children and identified the need to provide a service which supports the family as a whole. I believe in providing personalised, evidence-based and client-centered interventions to support the unique needs of each child. I strive to empower families to support their child’s authentic self, parenting with connection and compassion and recognising that using a regulation first approach with a child will support their development above all else aligning with a neuroaffirmative approach both as a therapist and in recognising this as a parent. 

My therapeutic approach involves developing connections and rapport with children and their caregivers, creating a safe space using play-based and creative therapeutic strategies to support children’s regulation and fostering their strengths and interests. My areas of specialisation include in dept activity analysis to support child’s interests and meaning  with every day routines and activities and providing sensory preferences to support regulation and wellbeing and in turn development. 

During my time in private practice I have being privileged to provided assessment, individual and group intervention to children and their families. I have collaborated extensively with community and public sector organisations to deliver multiple workshops with caregivers, inclusive therapeutic groups with children and multiple training workshops with preschool and school staff. I continue to look forward to the next chapter!