Michele Delhaye
OTR/L, SWC, CEIM, CNT, CRSP
About Me
Hello! I am delighted to welcome you to learn about me. I am Michele Delhaye, my passion lies in supporting newborn development and addressing family health needs while serving as a source of inspiration and guidance for you. As a womb to world developmental specialist, I offer extensive skills to create personalized sessions tailored to your unique needs. These skills enable me to offer truly customized sessions supporting your goals. I aim to bridge holistic healing approaches and western medical models in order to honor the body's ability to experience the building blocks, therapeutic presence and nurturing touch so vital for a lifetime of love and learning. Envision yourself to live your best life free of discomfort, filled with confidence and characterized by optimal movement for enjoying every aspect from play to work and everything in between!
My Skills
With over 29 years of dedicated experience, I am an enthusiastic and compassionate therapist deeply committed to delivering personalized services that prioritize family satisfaction. My expertise spans from infancy to adulthood, encompassing a wide range of areas including feeding, swallowing, motor skills, neurological conditions, sensory issues, developmental delays, congenital disorders and maternal and women's health. Throughout my career I have consistently provided progressive, hands-on care, striving to enhance the lives of those I serve through comprehensive and compassionate interventions.
Craniosacral Therapy Practitioner
Visceral Manipulation Therapy
Sensory-Reflex Integration Interventions
Oral-Motor Strategies & Feeding Therapy
Manual Lymph Drainage Massage as taught by Dr. Bruno Chikly
Brain Curriculum Techniques
Heart Centered Therapy Techniques
Reiki Practitioner, Master Level 3 TrainedWith a unique blended skill perspective as a:
Certified Neonatal Therapist
Certified Food Science Advisor
Swallowing-Feeding Certified Therapist
Certified Yoga Rehabilitation Therapist
Certified Reflex Integration Practitioner
What Others are Saying: Michele is known for her expertise with families, premature babies, newborns and children to support acute or chronic conditions which include the treatment of digestive, bowel/bladder issues, feeding issues, sleeping disruptions, learning/memory, developmental issues, vision challenges, auditory and/or sensory needs-issues, breathing conditions and brain injury. She offers a calming and skilled presence.
New birth trauma is a natural part of the process for some, it would be an honor to guide you and support the transition from womb to world!
Articles & Books Written
Recent Awards:
Passion for The Promise Award Recipient- Clinical 2023 Lee Health
Employee of Quarter Rehabilitation Services 2023 - Golisano Children's Hospital SWFL
Articles:
Very Low Birth Weight Infant Outcome Stratified by Gestational Age and Birth Weight
Alkalay, AL, Graham JM, Kotton RH, Forbis SA, Fuscaldo MC, Simmons, CF, Klein, AH.
Neonatal Intensive Care – The Journal of Perinatology Neonatology Vol 26 No.4 pp 18-23
Professional Organization Presentations:
The importance of Touch. Kaleidoscope Nursing Symposium Feb. 2018, Houston Texas.
Real Talk TV program: 4 principles Sleep,Eat,Play,Learn For cultivating play for stay at home parents 2017
Reflex Integration with Parent Handling-Invited Panelist Speaker NANT Special Topics 2016
Lymph: The Missing System in Assessment & Treatment
Presenter at 2nd Annual NANT Conference, Ft. Worth, Texas 2012
Neonate and Infant Feeding
32nd Annual OTAC Symposium Presenter, Ontario, CA 2008
Community Presentations:
1996 to Present Varied Topics from Key Whole Food Matters for All Ages to Bottle Choices for Baby Feeding Needs or Sensory Tips For Classroom Focus to Lifetime: Impact of Touch.
Professional Associations / Memberships
AOTA: American Occupational Therapy Association since 1995
NANT: National Association Neonatal Therapists since 2010
IAHP Medallion Membership since 2015
Available for patients
Case studies, easy to understand explanations about the CranioSacral System, Visceral Manipulation, products to use between sessions, and much more.
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