ABOUT
LEANDI DALING (RICHTER)
LEANDI DALING (RICHTER)
Leandi is the founder of Richter Therapy Inc., an Occupational Therapy practice that was started in Richards Bay.
She relocated to Pretoria in 2024 and opened a satellite branch in Pretoria. Leandi continues to service both practices and trains and oversees her team that manages Richards Bay.
She has a special interest in hand therapy and directs most coursework towards assessing and treating conditions affecting the hand and upper extremities.
Apart from the qualifications listed below, she completed all the modules regarding the assessment and treatment of pain through the Train Pain Academy.
She regularly attends the National Hand Surgery and Therapy Congress and the International Hand Surgery and Therapy Congress, which is held tri-annually. As Occupational Therapy does not end at acute clinical management, she furthered her studies to address psychosocial barriers to return to work through case management.
She was voted Director of Workshops for the Institute of Private Practitioners (INSTOPP) in 2022. Leandi also served on the South African Society of Hand Therapists (SASHT) board as the KZN Exco member and on the Compensation of Injury on Duty (COID) task team for the Occupational Therapy Association of South Africa (OTASA).
Qualifications:
- B.Occupational Therapy (Honours), 2009 – University of Pretoria
- Post-graduate Diploma in Hand Therapy, 2011 – University of Pretoria
- WorkWell Functional Capacity Evaluation accredited
- WorkWell Job Analysis accredited
- Certified in the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment through the American Medical Association (ABIME). (CAMAG certified)
- Management of pain, Module 1-5 through the Train Pain Academy
- Certified in The Progressive Goal Attainment Program (PGAP)
- Presented at the International Society of Burn Injuries (2018): Occupational Therapist’s management of the burned hand
- Sensory Intelligence Practitioner (Sensory Intelligence Consulting)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) – Level 1, Foundations and Skills Training in DBT (The South African DBT Institute)
Services offered in Pretoria:
Rehab for Burn injured patients
Functional Capacity Evaluations
Injury on duty claims
*we claim from medical aids, RMA, FEM and Department of Labour.
For more information, go to: www.richtertherapy.co.za
To book an appointment: Online bookings
Contact: leandi@richtertherapy.co.za
or Call: 035 789 6056 (this number will ring in Richards Bay, kindly state that you are a Pretoria client
