How I got here
I graduated as an occupational therapist in 2018 and spent five years in mixed practice - a public-health rotation, then a paediatric clinic, then two years contracting to a multi-disciplinary allied-health group that took NDIS participants. In 2023 I moved into solo practice.
The reasons were the usual ones: clinical autonomy, the ability to set my caseload, and the fact that - under the NDIS Price Guide - sole-practitioner economics actually work for an experienced OT willing to do their own admin.
What I work on now
About 70% of the work is paediatric: children and adolescents aged roughly 4–16, referred for sensory regulation, fine motor and handwriting concerns, school participation, and self-care goals.
The remainder is adult - predominantly functional capacity assessments and assistive-technology recommendations for NDIS participants going through plan reviews. I do not work in mental health OT or hand therapy; I will refer when those are the referral's actual need.
How I work
I see participants in clinic in Chermside, at home across the northside, and in their school environment where the goal calls for it. Most paediatric blocks run fortnightly for 8–12 weeks before a review.
I write everything I'm asked to write - progress summaries, plan-review reports, evidence-of-need letters, AT requests - and I try to write them in language the reader is actually going to read. Coordinators tell me the difference is mostly that I lead with the plain-language summary and put the standardised score tables behind it.
Credentials
- Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Honours), 2018 - illustrative detail for the demo site.
- AHPRA registration:
OCC0000000000(illustrative - see footnote). - Member, Occupational Therapy Australia (illustrative).
- Continuing professional development across paediatric sensory integration, CO-OP approach, and adult functional capacity assessment (illustrative).
What I don't do
I'm clear about scope. I don't do mental health OT programs, hand therapy or post-surgical rehab, complex home modifications (I'll refer to a specialist team), or any paediatric work below age 4 - the early-intervention space requires a different skill set and there are excellent practitioners in Brisbane who specialise in it.
I'm also clear about NDIS registration: I'm not currently a registered provider, so agency-managed participants need to look elsewhere. Plan-managed and self-managed participants - which is most of the families and adults who'd be looking - I can take on.