About

Dr Nicole Reece has completed her PhD in Clinical Psychology, specialising in mental health, and has been practising since 2008. She has experience in a wide variety of settings including community, private, academic and inpatient environments.

Kristie has twenty years experience working as a psychologist with children, adolescents and families. She provides clinical assessment for a range of emotional, developmental and behavioural concerns including ADHD, ASD, developmental delay and learning challenges.

Heather Stuart has twenty-five years’ experience as a school counsellor and educational psychologist. She has a strong affinity with children, particularly children with special needs.

Britta is a registered Clinical Psychologist and is passionate about working with young people to build coping skills and resilience, to manage difficult emotions and experiences, and create a greater sense of wellbeing.

Amanda Rodd specialises in educational and psychological assessments and interventions for children, adolescents and young adults. She has expertise in the diagnosis of intellectual disabilities, learning disorders, ADHD, behaviour disorders, and a range of mental health presentations including anxiety and depression.

Tristen completed her Bachelor of Psychology (Hons) degree at the University of Newcastle. She has a long standing interest in working with children and teens, to assist them in identifying goals that are in line with their values and beliefs to enable them to live meaningful and rich lives.

David Lambert specialises in neuro-psychometric assessment. He has expertise in the diagnosis of Intellectual and related disabilities, Language and Learning Disorders, ADHD and a range mental health presentations.

Drew Cowen has worked with children, adolescents and families for over 25 years and brings substantial experience to EDUCARE and to his respective clients.

David Pearce has experience and specialised training in working with adolescents and young adults. David enjoys working from a collaborative and holistic approach to assist his clients to fulfil their goals in line with their core values and beliefs.

Melanie has a Masters of Professional Psychology from Monash University. She has worked in a variety of settings with children, adolescents and young adults and specifically, with presenting conditions such as anxiety, depression, low self-esteem and social, emotional, behavioural difficulties, ADHD and ASD.

Katrina has a special interest in assisting children with speech and language disorders, behavior difficulties, and children with social communication difficulties. She is particularly passionate about working with children on the autism spectrum.

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Hannah is a passionate Speech and Language Pathologist with an experienced background in working with a range of clients and families from young children through to adults. Hannah understands the importance of working closely with families to develop client focused goals to assist with and improve communication.

Emily is a bubbly and enthusiastic Speech and Language Pathologist with a strong functional focus in therapy. She works closely with families and loves to support children and teens and to enable them to reach their potential with personalised goals and intervention plans.

Claire comes to EDUCARE as a passionate Speech Pathologist with particular interests in literacy, ASD and working with clients and families. With a strong focus on providing clients with a supportive family-centred approach, Claire enjoys working collaboratively with families, educators and other supports to create and achieve meaningful goals.

Belinda is an engaging, approachable Speech and Language Pathologist who enjoys providing therapy in a fun and comfortable environment. She loves working with children and families who experience disabilities and helping them towards achieving their speech and language goals.

Emma has been working as a Paediatric Occupational Therapist for a number of years. Emma works closely with children with a range of difficulties, including emotional and behavioural difficulties, attention and concentration, social skills, whole body coordination and self-care.

Maddi is a passionate and delightful occupational therapist who enjoys creating a playful and motivating environment with an aim to engage each and every client. Maddi endeavours to identify each client’s strengths and challenges and targeting these areas to improve overall performance in a range of daily activities.

Ashleigh has considerable experience and specialist expertise as a Paediatric Occupational Therapist. Her focus centres upon helping children and teens to achieve their goals by creating a safe and playful space for the younger children and an accepting environment particularly suited to teens. Ashleigh adopts a very personal commitment to skills development that enhances well-being and success for each of her clients.

Geoff has been working as a Support Worker for over 5 years. Geoff works closely with children, teens and adults who experience emotional and behavioural difficulties, intellectual disabilities and people who require social skill support.