The Therapy Team is led by Cathy Warne:

Cathy Warne graduated in 1996 from the University of Southampton School of Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy with an honours degree in Occupational Therapy.

Cathy’s career took her all over England, gaining experience in all areas of Physical and Learning Disabilities.  Cathy achieved a Masters Degree from the University of Greenwich. 

Meanwhile Cathy became Head of Department for the Community Learning Disability Occupational Therapy service at Kingston Primary Care Trust, enjoying this position for 18 months but - pining for Devon - moved back to the South West in January 2003.

Since then, Cathy has worked in Children’s services, often contracted for work in multiple agencies at the same time – NHS in Plymouth, North & East Cornwall, South Hams; Social Services in Plymouth, Trengweath (Scope) School and Priory Group schools.

Cathy’s voluntary sector interests took her to India, for the summer in 2005, which was followed by a short spell of locum work for Coventry PCT children’s OT service.  Professional interests have also seen her travel far wider to places such as the Himalayas and attend specialist trainings in the USA. 

The desire to concentrate on areas of particular clinical interest – sensory integration and motor development in mainstream children and learning disabled adults – coupled with the powerful draw to continue to live on the Devon-Cornwall border, led to the decision to pursue private practice. This has grown in reputation and now extends to senior level consulting, both for PCT's and private sector providers throughout Southern England.