Services Offered:

Mental Health Interventions

  • Alison utilises the following evidence based therapies to support people with their mental health & wellbeing:

    Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT)

    Focussed Acceptance Commitment Therapy

    Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)

    Motivational Interviewing

    Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)

    Tai Chi – may be included as part of mindfulness and movement strategies.

    Sensory profile assessment followed by sensory-emotional regulation interventions

  • Individual therapy sessions are billed at the hourly rate of $193.99

    • Better Access to Mental Health (Medicare) (referral required)

    • NDIS

    • Private Health Insurance

    • Self-funded

Executive Functioning Support

  • You might be experiencing challenges with focus, attention, concentration, working memory, motivation and initiation of tasks, procrastination, fatigue and energy management, time blindness, difficulties with sensory emotional regulation and more.

  • Therapy sessions are billed at $193.99/hr

    • Chronic Disease Management Plan (Medicare)

    • NDIS

    • Private Health Insurance

    • Self-funded

  • Generally, clients who come to see me have a neurodivergent profile and are having difficulties with functional aspects of their lives. These people usually need mental health support, or chronic condition or pain management support as well.

Therapy in Nature

  • Alison is passionate about meeting clients in spaces where they are most comfortable. For some clients, this is outdoors, where connection with nature plays a role in the therapeutic process.

  • Please ask Alison for more information and an opportunity to decide together whether therapy sessions in nature are safe, appropriate and likely to help you achieve your goals.

  • Therapy sessions are billed at 193.99/hr

Hypermobility & Chronic Condition Management

  • Self-management strategies – executive function, health management (e.g. fatigue, energy, pain, focus and alertness, sleep), time management, forming and developing new habits, sensory/emotional regulation (dampening neurological arousal and improving satisfaction), environmental adjustment strategies, activities of daily living, well-being.

    Chronic condition management often involves pain management, mental health support and environmental and task modifications (e.g. minor mods, AT).

  • Therapy sessions are billed at $193.99/hr

    • Chronic Disease Management Plan (Medicare)

    • NDIS

    • Private Health Insurance

    • Self-funded

Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT)

  • PRT is a type of therapy that helps to break the cycle of chronic pain through retraining.

    You can read more about PRT HERE

  • Therapy sessions are billed at $193.99/hr

    • Chronic Disease Management Plan (Medicare)

    • Private Health Insurance

    • Self-funded

Services for Neurodivergent Individuals

  • “You’re safe with me”

    • Alison is an OT who is neurodivergent

    • She can offer support in navigating the world as a ​Neurodivergent person, from a lived experience perspective combined with her OT skills and knowledge

    • LGBTQIA+ clients are affirmed and supported

  • ADHD Coaching can support people who are living with ADHD and requiring support to maximise their participation.

    Cost: $200/hr

  • Including:

    • Self-management

    • Sensory Processing

    • Emotional regulation

    • Executive functioning

    Cost: $193.99/hr

Assessments Offered:

Functional Capacity Assessment

  • Alison provides Functional Assessments for neurodivergent adults living with co-occurring conditions, who would benefit from her extensive knowledge and experience in the areas of pain management, mental health and sensory processing.

    This usually involves multiple appointments to understand your needs, your functional capacity and who you are as a person, including your goals. You might be required to complete questionnaires to provide more information for your FCA report.

  • Functional Capacity Reports are lengthy documents which outline your functional capacity across multiple domains of living (e.g. mobility, self-care, self-management).

    Alison will assess your functional capacity over multiple appointments to gather the information required to write the report. There may be questionnaires to complete, and prompt access to previous reports/letters will ensure faster turn around. The aim is to have your assessment and report done within 6 weeks, wherever possible.

  • A shorter assessment might be a better option for you financially, though it won’t contain as much information as a typical FCA.

    Please let me know if this is what you might need when making your enquiry.

  • This is hard to answer without knowing your co-occurring conditions, your needs, whether you have had assessments before and what might need to be recommended.

    A ballpark might be 10-12 hours including assessment and report, at $193.99/hr.

Sensory Assessments (Health/Disability)

  • Alison has a passion for helping people to understand their unique sensory profile and how this impacts on their day-to-day functioning.

    Alison uses a range of methods to gather information about your unique sensory profile. She uses the Sensory Matrix™ and Senses @ Work™ to generate a sensory profile that allows for understanding how an individual best thrives within their work and home environments.

  • One or more questionnaires may be used to get information about your sensory preferences and responses to your environment. This will often be coupled with a semi-structured interview to find out more about you and how you experience the world.

    This includes vision, hearing, touch, taste, smell as well as proprioception, vestibular/balance and interoception.

  • Please contact Alison for more information

Sensory Assessments (Organisations)

  • Alison uses the Sensory Matrix™ and Senses @ Work™ to generate a sensory profile that allows for understanding how an individual best works within their work and home environments. Benefits include awareness of focus, concentration, fatigue management and best environments for employees to excel.

  • One or more online questionnaires may be used to get information about your sensory preferences and responses to your environment. This will often be coupled with a semi-structured interview to find out more about you and how you experience the world. Results in an individual report and 1-3 education sessions..

  • Contact Contact Alison for more information

Reasons you might book to see Alison:

You are neurodivergent

(Autistic, ADHD, AuDHD)

and experience functional difficulties due to
one or more of the following:

Chronic pain e.g. fibromyalgia

Chronic conditions e.g. hypermobility/Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

Fatigue

Executive Functioning

Difficulties at Work

Work-Life Balance

Physical impairment

Anxiety

Depression

OCD

PTSD/trauma

Schizophrenia

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