Occupational therapy
Occupational therapists help people of all ages participate in the things they want and need to do through the therapeutic use of everyday activities or "occupations.”
Abby’s goal is to help families find rhythms that support connection, participation, and well-being in everyday life.
Approach & Beliefs
Abby works within a consultative model, seeing clients on a shorter and/or as-needed basis, rather than traditional, ongoing therapy sessions.
Abby supports individuals and families across the lifespan—from infants to older adults—because meaningful participation, relationships, and well-being continue to evolve throughout every stage of life.
Abby works within a trauma-informed lens, prioritizing felt safety, trust, and empathy. She believes in meeting people where they are at, and that working together is a dynamic process that requires participation and commitment.
About Abby
Abby brings a thoughtful, whole-person perspective to occupational therapy, shaped by her background in anthropology and a lifelong curiosity about movement, embodiment, and the ways people connect with themselves and the world around them. Her path to occupational therapy was inspired by her grandmother, who returned to graduate school later in life and developed an innovative movement-based program for people living with Parkinson's disease.
Her clinical experience spans outpatient pediatrics, community-based mental health, school-based services, and brain injury rehabilitation. Abby has pursued advanced training in family systems theory, aging in place, sensory integration, rhythmic movement for reflex integration, and DIR/Floortime. She earned her B.A. in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from Wesleyan University and her M.S. in Occupational Therapy from the University of New Hampshire.
Movement has always been central to Abby's life. Her experience with dance, yoga, pilates, qigong, and hiking continues to inspire her approach to care, reinforcing her belief that movement can be a powerful pathway to regulation, resilience, and well-being.
“Human beings are social creatures… not just in the trivial sense that we like company, and not just in the obvious sense that we each depend on others. We are social in a more elemental way: simply to exist as a normal human being requires interaction with other people.”
— Atul Gawande
