OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

Outpatient Rehabilitation:

Occupational Therapy caters to your individual needs by addressing muscle, nerve, tendon, joint, lymph, and vascular involvement, with orthopedic and neurological diagnoses.

Your shoulder, elbow, wrist or hand injury is our priority. We, the occupational therapists at Monadnock Community Hospital Rehabilitation, specialize in the upper extremity, offering a Certified Hand Therapist and an International Lymphedema Management Specialist. We look forward to working with you.

Meet Our Occupational Therapy Staff!

Erin Doherty, MS, OTR/L

Erin Doherty received her Bachelors degree (2005) and Masters Degree (2006) in Occupational Therapy from the University of New England, Biddeford/Portland, ME. She has been an OT at MCH since 2006, with a focus on inpatient rehabilitation. Areas of intervention include: activities of daily living (ADLs), home management, community reintegration, cognitive & perceptual retraining, mental health, safety awareness, functional mobility and positioning. Erin also treats outpatients who have upper extremity and neurological problems, is a Fieldwork Supervisor for level I & II OT & OTA students, and helps teach pre-operative total joint replacement classes for the community.

Larissa Pickett, OTR/L, CHT

Larissa Pickett is an Occupational Therapist and Certified Hand Therapist, with 17 years of experience, specializing in the upper extremity. She graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1993 and achieved her Hand Certification in 2001. She has recently joined the MCH rehab team, after working for the Hospital Corporation of America. She specialized in program development, undertook many volunteer roles, and gave her expertise to all injuries and diagnoses involving the shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand. She is now here to serve the Monadnock Region

Kim Taylor, OTR/L, ICLM

Kim Taylor received her Bachelors Degree in Occupational Therapy from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1996. Kim is a Certified Hand Therapist that specializes in injuries of the hand, wrist, elbow and shoulder, helping clients with a wide range of diagnoses to regain function. She has been an Occupational Therapist at MCH since 2000. She has 15 years of experience serving both outpatient and inpatient populations. In addition, Kim has an International Certification in Lymphedema Management, working with clients who have undergone cancer treatments or have chronic swelling conditions such as venous insufficiency.