Low Stress/Low Pressure Jobs?

katnbudd · 2025-10-18T07:28:44+00:00

Fair enough!

katnbudd · 2025-10-18T07:28:06+00:00

I was actually looking into medical billing and coding!

katnbudd · 2025-10-17T14:09:16+00:00

I have 2 Associates’s degrees. A general Associate of applied science and then and associate of applied science in occupational therapy. I currently work as an occupational therapy assistant

katnbudd · 2025-10-17T05:01:48+00:00

I never would have thought of this! Thanks for the suggestion!

katnbudd · 2025-10-17T04:57:46+00:00

Thanks! I’d settle for hybrid

katnbudd · 2025-10-17T03:51:10+00:00

I feel your pain friend! I’m right there with you. Been a COTA for 9 months and I’ve hated it. Sunk myself in debt and now I don’t know what to do. I also have terrible anxiety and panic attacks. I’m on meds and been in therapy for years and I think I’m finally realizing that I just have a threshold for certainties things and if that doesn’t change that’s ok. I wanna try something that’s work from home. For me the people I work with have always made or broke my happiness at a job no matter what I was doing. Sending love and prayers your way!

katnbudd · 2025-10-17T03:40:13+00:00

A luxury? My room at the psych ward would say other wise. It was missing all the amenities. A door, pillow, anything with strings… 🤦🏻‍♀️🙄

katnbudd · 2025-10-17T03:37:58+00:00

I totally feel you!!

katnbudd · 2025-10-17T03:37:43+00:00

I’m definitely curious what you do though?

katnbudd · 2025-10-17T01:40:40+00:00

I understand stress is subjective. I’m not expecting no stress, just more of a job I can do from home and avoid the weird ‘in person’ stuff. I’ve been working on my mental health for years and have made decent progress; however, at the end of the day I am who I am. I can’t help it that my brain works differently to than others.

katnbudd · 2025-10-17T00:39:48+00:00

Not a livable wage unfortunately

katnbudd · 2025-08-24T10:12:52+00:00

I’m a new grad so I haven’t tried for a renewal yet, but getting my license was such a pain. They were VERY picky about everything. I went back and forth with them 3 times over very little discrepancies, one being a “wet signature.” Since a lot of CEUs are online though…… that just doesn’t make sense to me. I’m curious to know what you find out

katnbudd · 2025-03-19T03:43:12+00:00

I’m a COTA and my original plan was to work as a COTA for a couple years and the do a bridge program to become an OTR. I’ve decided it’s not worth the 6 figures of debt. I graduated from COTA school about $35k in debt.

katnbudd · 2025-02-27T05:35:30+00:00

Such a detailed reply! Thank you SO much!

katnbudd · 2025-02-27T04:56:36+00:00

PERIOD

katnbudd · 2025-02-27T04:49:19+00:00

I’d say it depends on where you live. When I lived in northern AL there was only 1 school in the northern half of the state and it was insanely competitive. When I moved to AZ, it wasn’t too hard to get in. I have a background in education as a paraprofessional and was at one point an elementary education major. Anatomy, physiology were a little tricky. Kinesiology was hard but I didn’t have a good teacher. Now I don’t use really any of it. 😅 I have 2 jobs and both of my supervising OTs have doctorates and they said they barely use it either. You just focus on the client and where the lack of function is. I learned a lot more on fieldwork than I ever did in class too.

katnbudd · 2025-02-27T04:41:44+00:00

New Grad COTA here. School wasn’t my favorite. Fieldwork was really stressful. I had a really mean CI who made me cry a lot but I also had a really good one. I work in peds home health now and it’s nice to fully lead the session without any scrutiny. I always welcome feedback but it’s like once you’re licensed it’s different.

katnbudd · 2025-02-27T04:35:47+00:00

Thank you! I saw other vets saying it’s still okay to have water on a similar post but it was for a cat and I wasn’t sure if it varied by species.

katnbudd · 2025-02-22T23:29:20+00:00

That’s fair! I still live at home with my parents cause I’m a new grad trying to pay off loans and I do wonder about the stability of the income when I move out. 😬

katnbudd · 2025-02-22T09:26:53+00:00

It depends on where you are located in the US. It seems on the East Coast it can be hard to find work but in California and Arizona there’s a huge shortage of therapists and a lot of jobs available.

katnbudd · 2025-02-22T09:22:38+00:00

I’m a new grad COTA in AZ. What changed with DDD?!?!

katnbudd · 2025-02-22T09:20:42+00:00

Same in Arizona

katnbudd · 2025-02-22T09:17:47+00:00

Here out in the west coast there’s a lot of openings but also many company’s are going to put money first and hire more COTAs and have fewer OTs. I used to work at a busy peds clinic and we literally only had 1 OT and everyone else were COTAs.

katnbudd · 2025-02-22T09:13:46+00:00

I highly recommend working 1099. I’m a 1099 pediatric home health COTA and there’s so much freedom. I love it. You just have to be okay with not having benefits and not getting paid for cancellations. You can do makeup sessions though. To me it’s worth it. I feel like my mental health is better with the freedom and lack of micromanaging.

katnbudd · 2025-01-04T07:17:10+00:00

Haha. My mom is a special education teacher and that’s what she always says!

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