Can driving be a form of therapy?

Maria Wyeth, the heroine of Joan Didion’s 1970s novel, ‘Play it as it Lays’, is, according to Professor Pearce, an excellent example of how driving can function as an effective alternative to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.

Why are drives therapeutic?

While research has linked long commutes to stress, depression, and anxiety, driving simply because you want to has the opposite effect: It makes you feel good. “It can restore the feeling of freedom. The movement of the car in the turns and the desire to feel the engine obey the driver are part of the fun.”

Is driving a stress reliever?

But, according to researchers, taking a nice long solo drive on a long country road, a beautiful mountain bend, or stretch of interstate can actually help you reduce stress and clear your brain of all those creativity-blocking cobwebs.

Why is driving a car important?

A lot of responsibility comes with a drivers license. You have to drive safely, obey the traffic laws, and respect the rights of other drivers. Passengers in your car put their safety in your hands and expect you to drive safe as well. A motor vehicle is capable of causing extensive property damage, injury, and death.

Why is driving an important responsibility?

Why driving is a life skill?

Driving is indeed a life skill! What have I learnt in the past year? Road is a self adjusting system: It is indeed, the road has a language, the signs are everywhere, wordless communication happens between drivers all the time. Car is a machine, you can control it: Learn the basics well, use logic and that’s it.

What can a driving therapist do for You?

Based on your evaluation, the therapist can make recommendations about strategies, specialized equipment, and training to improve your driving safety and your overall health and well-being.

What does an occupational therapist do in Driver Rehabilitation?

Occupational therapy practitioners with specialized training in driver rehabilitation help individuals remain mobile and independent. They help ensure people’s meaningful participation in the community. Occupational therapy practitioners may administer comprehensive driving evaluations.

What is Driver Rehabilitation and why is it important?

For most people, driving is an essential activity that keeps them connected to the people and events that bring them meaning. Occupational therapy practitioners with specialized training in driver rehabilitation help individuals remain mobile and independent. They help ensure people’s meaningful participation in the community.

What is Otot and driving?

OT and Driving, a Perfect Fit Occupational therapy practitioners are experts in addressing the essential and everyday activities of daily living. For most people, driving is an essential activity that keeps them connected to the people and events that bring them meaning.