Emily O’Flynn

Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist in Forensic Mental Health @maudsleynhs 💚

[Emily O’Flynn @EmilyOFlynn_OT]

Recruiting to a Band 6 Senior Occupational Therapist post 🙌🏻 Come and join us at South London and Maudsley- Forensics Riverhouse

https://t.co/mzhtGW1bBU

@Prajnakumari21 @Miriam_OT12 @sarahcook78

[sarah cook @sarahcook78]

Recruiting to our Band 5 OT rotation- come and work with us in South London and Maudsley!

https://t.co/X3wbIIJLKU

[🌈 Rajesh Mohan @raj_psyc]

Congratulations 👏🏼 to Service User & Carer Advisory Group #SUCAG for the award of patient/carer contributor of the year - amazing team #livedexperience #rcpsychLDNAwards @rcpsychLDN @MaudsleyNHS @Derektracy1

[ASI WISE @asi_wise]

New research alert for those of us working with people with ADHD! And those of us with ADHD too!
A brand new meta-analysis (April 2025) in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry confirms what many of us see in practice every day or experience in our lives : sensory processing differences are common and significant in individual people with ADHD.

This systematic review looked across multiple studies and found that people with ADHD are much more likely to experience challenges in how they process sensory input — like sound, touch, movement, or visual information. These aren’t just side effects of attention difficulties, but appear to be part of the wider picture of ADHD.

So what’s next?
The authors call for more research into:
• How sensory profiles differ within the ADHD population
• What this means over time (developmentally and functionally)
• Brain-based mechanisms behind these sensory differences
• How sensory processing impacts real life — school, relationships, wellbeing
• Most importantly: what interventions actually help

This evidence strengthens the case for sensory-informed support, including occupational therapy, for people with ADHD of all ages. It’s time to bring sensory integration further into the ADHD conversation.

Link to article (in press):
https://t.co/is20ffZOPC

#ADHD #SensoryProcessing #OccupationalTherapy #ADHDAwareness #Neurodiversity #SensoryIntegration #ayressensoryintegration

[Emily O’Flynn @EmilyOFlynn_OT]

An opportunity for Band 6 Occupational Therapists to join our team in Forensic services 💚 specialist roles working in our acute or rehabilitation pathway

https://t.co/rf3LNp9NZN

@Miriam_OT12 @sarahcook78

[Estia Centre @estia_centre]

Check out our new blog 💙 Rita Leite, Clinical Specialist OT @MaudsleyNHS. Rita writes about learning on our Developing Your Team’s Resilience programme about how compassionate leadership will improve team dynamics, work-life balance and workplace success.
https://t.co/5KUbJ20E9T

[Emily O’Flynn @EmilyOFlynn_OT]

SLaM OT Conference today 🧠 great day discussing @MaudsleyNHS Therapies strategy, Ayres Sensory Integration, Autism Strategy, sustainability and much more. @gabrielleotslam @ZLinekar @sarahcook78 @Miriam_OT12

[sarah cook @sarahcook78]

Group review Part 1- reviewing the last 12 weeks and planning forward for the next. As inspiring and thought provoking as always- great to welcome new faces and old friends too. Thanks @GUTS for the delicious lunch and Cafe Central for the coffee #RiverHouseOT

[sarah cook @sarahcook78]

Happy Mental Health awareness week. We finally live in a world where Mental Health is seen and we actively consider our mental wellbeing- let’s now try to understand better, and show the same compassion and understanding for, Mental Illness

[sarah cook @sarahcook78]

Good to catch up with the Head and Lead OTs this afternoon-continuing to develop the strategic vision, lots of progressive discussion and some banter about alternative careers! @gabrielleotslam yours as a baker would be a winner in my book! #bestbrowmiesever

[Emily O’Flynn @EmilyOFlynn_OT]

Eid Mubarak! Yesterday Riverhouse celebrated Eid with a party and food. An enjoyable evening of learning, listening and sharing. Thank you to all staff and patients for joining and supporting! @sarahcook78 @Miriam_OT12

[Emily O’Flynn @EmilyOFlynn_OT]

It’s so great to be part of this amazing Occupational Therapy team 🌟 the whole team works endlessly for marginalised patients in forensic pathways. Feeling very proud!

[NHS Maudsley @MaudsleyNHS]

The next category is Clinical Team of the Year, and our winner is… River House Occupational Therapy Team

#StaffAwards24

[Emily O’Flynn @EmilyOFlynn_OT]

Starting an exciting Ayres Sensory Integration journey of assignments and presentations today with @asi_wise towards my CLASI certificate 🧠

[gabrielle richards 💙 MBE @gabrielleotslam]

Flying the flag for occupational therapy apprenticeships at the Trusts apprenticeship event with the lovely Rachel. She’s on track to finish her apprenticeship in August @sarahcook78 @nathaliezach @normanlamb

[Michael McManus @MichaelM_OT]

Delighted that my abstract on the use of VR in mental health has been selected. I will be presenting at the Royal College of Occupational Therapists Mental Health Conference. Discussing VR in collaboration with @FirstStepTrust and River House OT. @sarahcook78 @Miriam_OT12

[gabrielle richards 💙 MBE @gabrielleotslam]

What a fabulous time at the Therapies Conference. Some of our wonderful AHPs and Rachel our Peer Worker lead. @nathaliezach @FourieCarla @ClairPollard @sarahcook78 @normanlamb