Thrive Occupational Therapy

About Thrive Occupational Therapy

The Thrive Group is an occupational therapy practice serving families in Passaic and Lakewood, New Jersey, and Brooklyn, New York. The clinic works with children and teens as well as women, with an emphasis on understanding the whole person and the whole family. Their approach focuses on looking beyond surface behaviors to better understand contributing sensory, emotional, and family dynamics, then building a personalized plan with clear goals and ongoing caregiver support. Sessions may take place in a sensory gym environment and may include practical strategies designed to carry over into home and school routines, with collaboration as needed with educators and other providers.

For children and teens, The Thrive Group describes support for concerns such as sensory processing differences, attention challenges, anxiety, big emotions, difficult transitions, and behavior patterns that affect daily life, learning, and relationships. Their teen-focused content highlights executive functioning needs like planning, organization, time management, and managing frustration, alongside help with social situations and emotional regulation. For women, the clinic describes support related to mental health and regulation challenges including anxiety, depression, trauma, burnout, sleep concerns, sensory processing difficulties, and major life transitions, with an evaluation process aimed at identifying patterns and building real-world regulation tools and strategies.

The Thrive Group is directed by Miriam Manela Frankel, OTR/L, CTC, CMLD, who is described as a pediatric behavioral specialist and a Level 4 Tomatis consultant, with additional training in areas such as sensory integration, attachment theory, reflex integration, and Neuro-Developmental Treatment. The team listed on the site includes occupational therapists such as Elisheva Assaf, MS, OTR; Chavy Freund, OTR/L; Chaya Hefter; Ruchy Halpert; and Michele Gordon, OTR/L, who work across the New Jersey and New York locations.

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