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Post college I’ve had the pleasure of working with people in all settings: multiple day programs and community setting with adults, Memory Care, and young children in a therapeutic respite setting. I love working with people of all ages, but children are so unapologetically goofy, humorous, and carefree. Over the years of working with children, I’ve learned: stop taking yourself so seriously and be able to laugh at yourself, enjoy the little moments, and play hard! 

My therapy style is putting the client’s interests and needs first. There is so much to learn from each person, and I want to honor client’s interests to help each individual grow to become the best version of themselves. Maybe we’ll even “fail forward” together!

Paige Noltemeyer

CTRS

Recreational Therapist

My college dorm room neighbor was the first person to tell me about the major of Therapeutic Recreation. She explained that a Recreational Therapist can use recreation and leisure as a way to help people improve their physical, emotional, and mental well-being, and work with people of all abilities, in any setting. I also loved that any activity could be adapted for the client to participate in it. One of my favorite examples of recreational therapy is people with paraplegia going downhill skiing with the right adaptive equipment or guides! How awesome is that!? One of my TR college professor’s mantras was “Fail Forward.” To me that means try your best, and even if you fail, use it as a learning experience and move forward; don’t let it be something that holds you back from potential greatness. I feel like I encounter a plethora of “fail forward” moments as a therapist, and even as a mother, partner, relative, and friend.