Liz Dunleavy is a Senior Occupational Therapist with over 20 years’ experience across mental health services, spanning inpatient, community and residential settings. She has specialist expertise in complex mental health rehabilitation and recovery, service development, and the creation of healthcare environments that support recovery, independence and meaningful participation. Alongside her clinical practice, Liz has a… Read more »

With over two decades of experience as an Occupational Therapist supporting adults with intellectual disabilities, autism, and complex behaviours of concern, she specialises in creating person-centred spaces where individuals can truly thrive. Having begun her career in forensic secure settings, she brings extensive expertise in guiding transitions across residential, day service, and respite environments. As… Read more »

Shaista Zaidi is a Mental Health Occupational Therapist, qualified since 2004, with over two decades of experience working across the full continuum of mental health services, including forensic settings, acute inpatient psychiatry, community adult services, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), and later life psychiatry. She holds a Master’s degree in Child and Adolescent… Read more »

Lizzy works as a Service Coordinator at Solace Café, Dublin, supporting adults experiencing mental health difficulties, feeling overwhelmed, or in crisis, within a safe, welcoming, non-clinical, and recovery-focused environment. Lizzy holds a BSc in Psychology and an MSc in Psychology and Wellbeing from Dublin City University. She is dedicated to fostering safe, inclusive, and empowering… Read more »

Riona is a Senior Occupational Therapist (OT) working in the Mental Health for Older Persons in the Dublin South Community services for the past 12 years. As an OT, she focuses on how the relationship between the person, their occupation and their environment can support the person’s everyday functioning. Riona uses sensory, trauma informed and… Read more »