Vancouver Staff
Occupational Therapists
Lydia is the founder and CEO of Meridian Rehabilitation. Lydia grew up in White Rock, BC and graduated from UBC with a BSc in occupational therapy in 1990. Her first job was in stroke rehabilitation at Holy Family Hospital in Vancouver. She then worked at GF Strong rehabilitation hospital in Vancouver for seven years, spending time on the spinal cord injury, brain injury and ALS teams. She moved to private practice in 1997 and worked for Access Community Therapists; specializing in custom seating and assessment of dysphagia. In 1999, she and her family moved to Vernon, BC and soon after, she started her own private practice. Over the years, her practice has grown into Meridian Rehabilitation Consulting with her personal focus in: functional capacity and cost of future care evaluations, brain injury case management and providing mentorship to the OTs at Meridian Rehab. Lydia has a wonderful husband, Brent, and seven children (5 boys and 2 girls). When she had fewer children, she enjoyed a variety of sports including rowing, triathlon, volleyball, basketball and hockey. Nowadays (when she has free time), she likes to go for a run, bike, read or spend time with her family.
Qualifications and Memberships
Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy from the University of British Columbia
Member of the British Columbia College of Occupational Therapists
Matheson Functional Capacity Evaluator
Matheson Advanced Functional Capacity Evaluator
Matheson FCE Evaluation of Brain Injury
Matheson Life Care Planning Certification
Qualified as an expert witness in the Supreme Court of British Columbia
AMPS (Assessment of Motor and Process Skills)
Wheelchair Positioning and Seating
Areas of Practice
Case Management
Community Rehabilitation
Chronic Pain Rehab
Dysphagia
Functional Capacity Evaluation
Cost of Future Care Assessments
Medical-Legal Services
Seating Assessments and Prescription
Spinal Cord Rehabilitation
Stroke Rehabilitation
Brain Injury Rehabilitation
Kim completed her Master of Science in Occupational Therapy at the University of Alberta. Her background is varied and includes working with people who have developmental disabilities, mental health, neurological rehab and vocational rehab, seniors, and children. She’s also one of our court experienced OTs, certified to complete med-legal Functional Capacity Evaluations, Cost of Future Care assessments and document reviews/response reports. She loves helping people participate in activities that add meaning to their lives.
Some of Kim’s favorite adventures include camping & hikes with her husband and their young daughter.
Qualifications and Memberships
Master of Science in Occupational Therapy – University of Alberta
Bachelor of Kinesiology – University of the Fraser Valley
Member of the British Columbia College of Occupational Therapists
Matheson Functional Capacity Evaluation Certification Program
Sensory Processing in Everyday Life: Concepts, Evidence and Practical Solutions
Cognitive Orientation to Occupational Performance
Introduction to the Assessment and Management of Eating, Drinking and Swallowing Disorders
Seating and Positioning Assessment and Interventions
Supporting Individuals through Valued Attachments
Nonviolent Crisis Intervention
Registered Autism Service Provider (RASP) for children under 6
Areas of Practice
Case Management
Community Rehabilitation
Chronic Pain Rehab
Dysphagia
Functional Capacity Evaluation
Cost of Future Care Assessments
Post-Concussion Rehab
Seating Assessments and Prescription
Spinal Cord Rehabilitation
Stroke Rehabilitation
Brain Injury Rehabilitation
Work Hardening and Work Conditioning Programming
Job Sit Visits and Job Demands Analysis
Return to Work Coordination
Ergonomic Evaluations
Universal Home Design
Residential care contract services
Pediatric Therapy:
Kim is experienced in working with children with Autism, ADHD Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, developmental disabilities, and motor milestone delays. Kim is also on the Registered Autism Service Provider (RASP) list for children under 6.
Qualifications
Master of Science, Occupational Therapy
Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD Certificate
Solution-Focused Coaching
Leadership in Wellness
Progressive Goal Attainment Program (PGAP)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Areas of Practice
Lorcan’s favourite thing about his job is the people. He enjoys the wide variety of colleagues and clients that he gets to interact with every day and the opportunity he has to make a difference in people’s lives. He likes the challenge of working in multiple practice domains and figuring out how to best support each client.
Lorcan grew up in the Irish countryside, around 15 minutes outside Limerick City. It is a city of about 100,000 and it’s known for rugby, having the longest river in Ireland flowing through it, and for Richard Harris (Dumbledore). It also has some pretty lovely pubs and a working class charm.
Lorcan used to be a member of the National Irish Harp Orchestra and toured across Germany and Austria twice.
Lorcan lives in Kitsilano with his girlfriend, Sadhbh Moyles, and his dog, Oscar.
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Kristin grew up in Winnipeg. On a more positive note, she has a Masters in Occupational Therapy from the University of Manitoba. Kristin loves working with kids and those who’ve experienced a stroke/TBI. Kristin believes that mental health should play a role in every treatment plan. Kristin loves her job because she gets to make a difference in people’s lives and because she has great co-workers.
Kristin likes to hike and camp. She likes plants, unfortunately, she likes forgetting to water her plants even more. Maybe a cactus next time Kristin.
Kristin lives in Vernon with her 70-pound husky named Levi. She never forgets to water her Husky.
Qualifications and Memberships
Master of Occupational Therapy
Bachelor of Arts
COTBC membership
CAOT membership
MoCA certified
Completed Trauma Focused CBT course
Areas Of Practice
Community Rehabilitation
Stroke Rehabilitation
Brain Injury Rehabilitation
Autism, Sensory challenges
Trauma
Emily was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Against those odds, she graduated from the University of Manitoba’s Master of Occupational Therapy program in 2021 and is incredibly proud to be an OT. In her first year of of practice, Emily provided pediatric OT services to children across Manitoba with a focus on fine motor skill development, self-care, and co-regulation. Now, Emily is eager to provide holistic, very good, client specific, top notch, occupational therapy services to children and adults in the beautiful province of British Columbia. Emily’s favourite things are laughing, learning, lounging, and letting certain people off the hook for adding to her bio.
Qualifications:
Master of Occupational Therapy (University of Manitoba)
Bachelor of Science – Major in Psychology (University of Manitoba)
Registered Occupational Therapist (BC)
Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists Member
Areas of Practice
Adults:
Mental Health
Brain Injury
Trauma Focused Therapy
Chronic Pain
Physical Injury
Pediatrics:
Mental Health
Sensory Processing
Emotional Regulation
Fine Motor and Gross Motor
Anna earned her Bachelor of Science in Psychology at the University of Victoria and hopped on the ferry to complete her Master of Science in Occupational Therapy at UBC. She enjoys spending time on the seawall and showing people pictures of her dog. Anna has an interest in pediatric and mental health work, and loves building meaningful relationships with her clients while empowering them to achieve their goals.
Qualifications:
Master of Science – Occupational Therapy (MScOT) at UBC
Bachelor of Science in Psychology (BSc) (Honours) at the University of Victoria
Member of the College of Occupational Therapists of British Columbia (COTBC)
Member of the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CAOT)
Areas of practice:
Community Rehabilitation
Mental Health and Trauma
Return to Work Coordination
Pediatrics
Jayna grew up in Edmonton, Alberta. She has a background in Kinesiology. She completed her master’s in occupational therapy at the University of Alberta. Jayna finds joy in the creativity required by the profession.
She is passionate about empowering individuals to make positive changes in their lives and assisting them in returning to the activities they love.
Outside her professional life,
-favorite colour = green
-used to like taking naps
-one day hopes to have a havanese poodle
-Jayna likes DIYs for home decorating
-Jayna likes going outside
Qualifications:
Member of the College of Occupational Therapists of British Columbia (COTBC)
Member of the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CAOT)
Areas of practice:
Community Rehabilitation
Mental Health and Trauma
Return to Work Coordination
Lisa joins us from Charlottetown, PEI and is now working out of our Vancouver office! Lisa’s areas of interest are in stroke rehabilitation, cognitive communication, and augmentative and alternative communication. She’s found her passion in providing functional, client-centred speech-language therapy. She loves learning what is important to her clients and using this information to create personal and meaningful therapy goals that will benefit them in their everyday lives! Ask Lisa about her buttons.
Qualifications & Memberships
Master of Science, Speech Language Pathology – Dalhousie University
Bachelor of Science, Neuroscience – University of King’s College
Bachelor of Science, Physics – University of Prince Edward Island
Registered member of the College of Speech and Hearing Health Professionals of BC
Registered member of Speech-Language and Audiology Canada
Registered Autism Service Provider (RASP) for children under 6
Areas of Practice
Pediatric Services
Autism Services
Speech sound therapy (articulation, phonology, apraxia of speech)
Language therapy (expressive and receptive language skills)
Stroke and brain injury rehabilitation
Cognitive communication intervention (conversational topic maintenance, attending to others, memory, solving problems, planning etc.)
Reading and writing therapy
Fluency / stuttering therapy
Allison moved from Singapore to Vancouver in 2003 and has lived in beautiful British Columbia ever since. She has a Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of British Columbia. Allison is passionate about supporting people in gaining and relearning functional skills and strategies to help them reach their goals. She loves travelling and cooking and you’ll often find her out in the sun or by the water!
Qualifications & Memberships:
Master of Science, Speech-Language Pathology – University of British Columbia
Bachelor of Science, Biology – University of British Columbia
Registered member of the College of Speech and Hearing Health Professionals of BC
Registered member of Speech-Language Audiology Canada
Areas of Practice:
Speech sound therapy (articulation, phonology, apraxia of speech)
Language therapy (expressive and receptive language)
Cognitive communication therapy (topic maintenance, problem solving, planning, sequencing)
Stroke and brain injury rehabilitation
Reading and writing therapy
Fluency / stuttering therapy
Deb is a systems and pediatric therapy consultant for Meridian. She has run Mountain View pre-school in white rock BC for over 20 years. In her spare time, Deb does yoga and memorizes world geography.
Qualifications
Can name the capital of every country in the world
After that first one who needs to read more?
Josh has a B.Sc. in Physics from UBC. Like most physics majors, his job has nothing to do with his degree. He is an editor, a rehab assistant, and the IT guy. Josh also runs writing workshops for new staff and does financial modeling.