I am a registered Occupational Therapist (OT) with a background in working with adults in rehabilitation, community health and private practice. As an OT,, I believe in the right of every person to engage in the doing of life in their homes and communities, as this is how we learn, connect, become and express who we are.
My approach is warm, affirming, non-judgemental and compassionate, with a sense of fun. I thrive on learning about and from my clients, as we work together to gently build participation in the life of your choosing.
I live in Melbourne, Victoria, with my family including the newest addition, Rosie, the tiny pup. I value time with my people, being in nature and as a Melbournian, eating out of course!
I started Authentic Self Occupational Therapy in early 2023 to provide effective, strengths-based support for individuals that identify as neurodivergent (autistic and ADHD/VAST), neuro-questioning and "neurotypical", experiencing long-term and often hidden difficulties with feeling overwhelmed, self-identity, executive functioning and relationships, impacting their capacity to move forward in life as their unique self.
Authentic Self OT centres positive self-identity, wellbeing and self-determination. Our aim is to respectfully support people to live a satisfying, authentic life.
Excited by the life-enhancing clinical changes experienced by program participants, I undertook training to become a licensed facilitator in the Davis Concepts for Life/Autism Approach programs. Davis programs honour neurodiversity as the natural, valued variation in human brains.
The programs were designed by an autistic person, Ron Davis, who understood that people experience, think and learn differently. Drawing from his lived experience, he developed a method to help people unlock their potential to be and express who they are, and want to be. My Melbourne-based practice is centred around offering these programs to adults..
Concepts for Life & Autism Approach programs involve gentle, participatory teaching of the abstract concepts (such as Time, Change, Emotion, Sequence, Relationship) that we need to master to thrive in our lives.
Utilising visual learning and hands-on experiential methodology, a representation of each abstract concept is modelled in clay, then explored with tailored activities.
Upon completion of the program participants are equipped with a framework and tools to make meaningful changes toward living a satisfying and authentic life.
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