Creative Therapy Consultants provides occupational therapy and community rehabilitation in Nanaimo and central and northern Vancouver Island. Our Nanaimo office is at 105-5070 Uplands Drive, Nanaimo, BC V9T 6N1. We see clients at home, at work, in the community and online.
Our Uplands Drive office is in north Nanaimo, a short drive from Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. We take Highway 19 north through Parksville, Qualicum Beach, the Comox Valley and Campbell River to Port McNeill and Port Hardy, and Highway 4 west to Port Alberni, Tofino and Ucluelet. Work on the Island includes forestry, fishing and aquaculture, the ferries, construction and tourism.
Our Vancouver Island occupational therapists and kinesiologist cover the Island from Nanaimo north to Port Hardy and west to Tofino.
Clients are referred by WorkSafeBC, ICBC, Veterans Affairs Canada, long-term disability insurers, employers and lawyers. The goal is function and independence at home, in the community and, where possible, at work.
Our occupational therapists build graduated return-to-work plans for people in Nanaimo who are off work after an injury or illness. A plan can include a job site visit, a job demands analysis, ergonomic changes and regular updates to the employer, case manager and doctor. See workplace and employment services and vocational rehabilitation.
Our occupational therapists complete functional capacity evaluations (FCEs) for clients in Nanaimo, for insurers, employers and lawyers. An FCE measures what a person can safely do, such as lifting, carrying, sitting and standing, and compares it with the demands of their job. Call us to confirm where the testing will take place. More about FCEs.
Counselling for clients in Nanaimo is delivered online by our registered clinical counsellors. They help with anxiety, depression, trauma and workplace stress, using approaches such as CBT and EMDR. See counselling and mental health.
If you were hurt in a crash in BC, ICBC's Enhanced Accident Benefits can cover your rehabilitation in Nanaimo. Occupational therapy is arranged and approved through your ICBC recovery specialist, and counselling is pre-approved for up to 12 sessions in the first 12 weeks after the crash. We bill ICBC directly for approved services. Check with your ICBC recovery specialist to confirm what is covered. See ICBC rehabilitation.
Creative Therapy Consultants is a contracted WorkSafeBC provider. If you were hurt at work and have a WorkSafeBC claim, your case manager can refer you for occupational therapy, kinesiology, counselling, an FCE or vocational rehabilitation in Nanaimo. Approved services are billed to WorkSafeBC. Check with your case manager to confirm what is covered. See WorkSafeBC rehabilitation.
To arrange community rehabilitation in Nanaimo, the client's case manager, adjuster, disability insurer, employer or lawyer sends a referral to referrals@creativetherapyconsultants.ca or calls 1-888-880-3222, or uses our online referral form. We contact the client within 1 business day of the referral, and the client gets their clinician's direct phone number and email. Sessions take place at home, in the community, at work, online or at our Nanaimo office.
Our Nanaimo office is at 105-5070 Uplands Drive, Nanaimo, BC V9T 6N1. Use the map and the directions link on this page. Please call 1-888-880-3222 before you visit, as most appointments take place at home, at work or online.
Most clients are referred by a WorkSafeBC case manager, an ICBC recovery specialist, a disability insurer, an employer or a lawyer. You can also contact us yourself to ask about private services. See fees and funding.
Yes, when your ICBC recovery specialist approves it. We then bill ICBC directly. Check with your recovery specialist to confirm what is covered for you.
We contact the client within 1 business day of receiving the referral, and you get your clinician's direct phone number and email.
Yes. Our office is at 105-5070 Uplands Drive, Nanaimo, BC V9T 6N1, though most sessions take place at home, at work or online.
The clinicians who see clients in and around Nanaimo:
Services in Nanaimo: Occupational therapy · ICBC rehab · WorkSafeBC rehab · Kinesiology · Counselling · FCEs
105-5070 Uplands Drive, Nanaimo, BC V9T 6N1
1-888-880-3222
Areas servedLadysmith, Parksville, Port Alberni, Tofino, Ucluelet, Courtenay, Comox, Cumberland, Campbell River, Port McNeill, Port Hardy and the Northern Gulf Islands
referrals@creativetherapyconsultants.caBeen referred to us as a client? See what to expect