It is evident that a paradigm is an essential component to a profession as it defines the basic nature of its work and shapes the way professional entities understand and provide services to their clients. Specifically, the paradigms of occupational therapy have shifted over the years ot time and each has contributed to shaping the profession as they have had their own unique effect on the development of the field of OT. Today, it is seen within practice that all aspects of paradigms are apparent in the client’s therapeutic process, as show in the examples provided from my fieldwork experience. There are paradigms that seem to have more benefits to the field than others, however not all setting seem to operationalize the professional paradigm
