Pelvic Resilience Learning Hub
WELCOME TO THE
Empowering OTs in Canada and beyond to lead with trauma-informed, psychologically informed, occupation-centered pelvic health care.
If you’re here...
...it likely means that you want to integrate pelvic health into your OT practice, but you may feel uncertain about where to start or whether you’re doing it “right.”
...you value trauma informed, psychologically informed, occupation centered care and you want your clinical work to reflect that.
With the right support, you can feel grounded, confident, and connected to your values. When this happens, the care that you offer becomes transformative for your clients and deeply fulfulling for you!
What I Offer
Canadian Pelvic Health OT Collective
A national community advancing recognition, clarity, and confidence for OTs in pelvic health.
Continuing Education Courses Library
Check out the the Psychologically-Informed Practice Course Library
Psychotherapy Supervision for Canadian OTs
Support, structure, and clinical grounding for OTs integrating psychotherapy into their practice.
Clinical Mentorship for Pelvic Health OTs
A flexible, supportive space to deepen your clinical lens, strengthen your confidence, and grow a practice that is aligned with your values.
Hey there! I’m Lara Desrosiers.
I am an Occupational Therapist, educator, mentor, and perennial believer in the power of meaningful activity, nervous system safety, and compassionate clinical reasoning.
For nearly two decades, I’ve walked alongside people navigating pain, pelvic health challenges, trauma, mental health challenges, addictions, and the complex realities that shape daily life.
Through this work, one thing has become unmistakably clear:
Rehabilitation doesn’t transform lives because of the techniques we use.
It transforms lives because of the way we show up.
Our quality of presence, a universal trauma-informed lens, and the capacity to meet clients exactly where they are critical skills that we can (and should) invest in. This approach is also foundational to how OTs confidently step into the field of pelvic health.
Get my free guide:
Key Defusion Strategies for Rehabilitation Pros
Inside this free guide
You will learn how to help clients...
step back from thoughts without arguing with them
reduce the grip of fear-based or hopeless thinking
take action towards what matters even when difficult thoughts are still present
Why I Built this Space
To support rehabilitation clinicians in delivering care that is psychologically informed, trauma-informed, occupation-centered, humanistic, and responsive to the full spectrum of human experience, including their pelvic health.
Our lens has so much to offer in this space.
The OT perspective can profoundly improve quality of life for people struggling with pelvic health concerns, yet it continues to remain vastly underutilized in Canadian pelvic health care.
Pelvic health and pain care can feel isolating. Many of us entered this work wanting to empower and support our clients, only to discover situations that make us feel stuck or doubt ourselves:
clients carrying trauma histories
complex symptom presentations
nervous systems in distress
clinicians running on empty or completely burnt out
models of care that don’t always match our values
Over the years, I saw two truths emerge:
Pelvic health is already a natural fit within OT’s scope, whether an OT chooses to specialize in it or simply make space for it within their existing role.
And yet, many OTs don’t feel confident or supported enough to ask about it, talk about it, or integrate it into care, even though pelvic health is integral to the very occupations we are trained to facilitate.
This space is about giving OTs permission and practical support to step into pelvic health with clarity, confidence, and alignment with our OT roots!
Whether your goal is to build a pelvic health caseload, weave pelvic health conversations into everyday OT practice, navigate complex pain presentations, or integrate psychotherapeutic approaches into the work that you do, you’re in the right place.
This is a community for clinicians who want to grow with intention, stay grounded in their values, and feel supported in the work that matters most.
