About Us
Our Approach
We go beyond addressing functional barriers. We believe that true empowerment comes from recognizing and amplifying individual strengths. We value the unique strengths, personal goals, and inherent resilience of each individual.
Rooted in a comprehensive approach, our practice considers diverse personal factors, including physical, cognitive, mental, sensory, and environmental aspects, alongside unique beliefs, interests, and values. We equip individuals with the essential tools and skills to navigate life's functional challenges, increase independence, and foster self-efficacy.
Our goal is to partner with our clients to enhance well-being and fulfillment in their everyday lives.
Our team
VEENA RAJ
Veena is a highly skilled occupational therapist with over a decade of expertise in neurological rehabilitation and mental health. She brings specialized certifications as an ADHD-Rehab Service Provider, Certified Brain Injury Specialist, and Certified Stroke Rehab Specialist to ensure exceptional care and evidence-informed solutions for your needs. She additionally has specialized training in smartphone and technology addiction, social skills deficits, personality disorders, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). These skills enable her to deliver targeted interventions and comprehensive support tailored to the specific challenges youth and adults encounter in today's complex world.
Most recently, Veena established an Occupational Therapy department in a residential mental health program catering to clients from the DC, Maryland, and Virginia areas. She worked with individuals with diagnoses of mood, psychotic, anxiety, and personality disorders, often with co-occurring substance use disorders, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and ADHD. Integration of OT into existing mental health services (psychotherapy, psychiatry, nursing, supported employment, etc.) was a key aspect of this initiative. Veena values collaborative care, extending this approach by communicating with clients' existing providers for coordinated treatment.
Driven by a passion for proactive mental health recovery, she founded Vee Occupational Therapy Services. In her practice, Veena empowers clients by identifying strengths and addressing any functional barriers to wellness. She believes that through recognizing and addressing a diagnosis or challenge, we seize control of our narrative, ensuring it does not define us. She partners with her clients, helping them develop confidence and resilience as they build life skills and construct a life of meaning, one activity at a time.
What other providers say…
"We at Clearview Communities were very sorry to see Veena leave and she will be greatly missed. Veena came to Clearview in 2021 and established our program in occupational therapy with great leadership skills. Veena had a unique and highly personal style of interacting with residents to help them achieve their maximum level of independence and recovery. She opened our eyes to the benefits of having a highly organized OT department integrated within our therapeutic community approach."
- Michael B. Knable, DO, Medical Director, Clearview Communities
“Occupational therapy practitioners ask, “what matters to you?”, not “what’s the matter with you?” ”.
- Virginia “Ginny” Stoffel
