Julia is a registered Occupational Therapist with experience supporting a wide variety of individuals through therapeutic climbing. She has worked with children and adults with ranging impairments and disabilities to achieve their goals using climbing as a therapeutic medium. She strives to create supportive and positive therapeutic experiences by ensuring her approach is client-centred, as she understands that everyone has unique strengths, goals, and needs. She is very excited to continue offering and developing programs and services at Reach Indoor Climbing that will expand on opportunities for accessible recreation and therapeutic intervention.
Sarah is a registered Occupational Therapist who graduated from Queen’s University in 2004. She has extensive experience in the assessment and treatment of physical, cognitive, psycho-emotional, and perceptual impairments. She has worked with individuals after stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury, amputation, and a variety of other life-altering events in the acute and rehabilitation settings, and has facilitated return to community, work, and school. She is thrilled to have the opportunity to use climbing, her favourite leisure pursuit, as a therapeutic tool for Reach clients in their recovery journeys. Sarah is a passionate recreational climber, who also has experience in coaching beginner and elite youth climbers. As one of the owners of Reach Indoor Climbing, she is excited to introduce individuals of all abilities in our community to the therapeutic benefits of climbing.
