I enjoy working in the areas of AAC (Alternative and Augmentative Communication), supporting non-speaking/minimally verbal children, providing parent education, improving verbal and written language skills and improving speech clarity.

Paediatric Speech Pathologist with experience supporting children and families across a range of communication needs, including speech, language, and social communication. I take a family-centred, strengths-based approach, working collaboratively with caregivers to build practical, meaningful communication skills that support everyday participation. My therapy is play-based, evidence-informed, and tailored to each child’s individual goals, with a focus on creating supportive environments where communication can thrive.

I work with children, adolescents, and adults across both therapy and assessment. I am particularly drawn to supporting young people, neurodivergent individuals, and those experiencing anxiety, emotional regulation difficulties, or challenges with confidence and resilience. I enjoy helping people make sense of their emotions and experiences, and supporting them to build skills and confidence over time. My work is strengths-based and person-centred, with a focus on understanding and celebrating individual differences rather than trying to change them. My approach to therapy is practical, supportive, and tailored to each person. I mainly draw on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people understand their thoughts, feelings, and behaviours, and to support changes that feel meaningful in everyday life. I also incorporate elements of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Schema Therapy, allowing me to adapt my approach to suit each individual’s needs, goals, and experiences.

Speech Pathology has the ability to help people in so many different ways. I didn’t know this when I started my training, but it has kept me in the field for many years now. Life can be tricky at times. I’ve discovered the key to working through the tricky bits is to surround myself with people who listen, understand what I’m experiencing, and can help me work out a plan with me for how I can grow and improve. This underlies the approach I take in everything I do. I aim to listen to what is going on in your life, and to work with you to identify what parts I can assist with to make your life better. Speech Pathology has given me many rewarding and valuable experiences that I enjoy giving and sharing with others. Some areas I particularly enjoying working in include assisting non/low verbal children to communicate, improving social skills and social interactions, improving speech clarity and articulation, helping children with meal time difficulties and helping families to have more enjoyable and positive interactions with their child. I also really enjoy supporting and nurturing other health professionals to be more confident and successful versions of themselves, The work that I do is heavily relationship based, and finding the right match or fit for each individual I believe is critical for the success everyone is wanting. Part of being true to my beliefs, is to be honest and transparent in all my actions, and if we are not the best fit I will support you to identify what other options are available that may be a better fit for you. Through positive relationships we can tackle some of the more tricky parts of your journey, and through that is where and how we achieve our goals. Sometimes it will be fun and appear easy, but there are also times when it will be tough. What you can always expect of me is to be there, supporting, nurturing, guiding, and celebrating the small achievements with you through that journey. I have a bachelor of science in Speech Pathology from Curtin University. I have worked in the field for over 20 years in Private and Not for Profit settings holding various clinical, management, and executive roles during these times. I am very passionate about supporting people with a disability to flourish in their lives and I have made it the focus of my career. I’ve focused my entire working life to assisting children and their families, supporting children with disabilities and developmental delays. Outside of work I am a father of 2 teenage children and a keen basketball coach. Basketball provides me with another avenue for helping children to develop and grow as healthy and confident members of our community. When not at basketball I find relaxation in working around my home and enjoy getting on the tools to build, construct, or restore things around the home.

I have worked in rehabilitation, forensic and clinical settings with at risk youths, adult men and women with substance abuse issues, anger issues, trauma, domestic violence, personality issues, anxiety and depression. I am also a mum of 2 young children, and have become interested in supporting people through fertility issues, perinatal and postnatal mental health, and navigating parenthood - one of the toughest jobs in the world!