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Clara, Occupational Therapist

Clara is a compassionate and creative occupational therapist who thrives on supporting children and their families. She completed her Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Honours) at Monash University.

With a child-led and strengths-based approach, Clara focuses on fostering self-advocacy, building positive identity, supporting emotional regulation, and helping children navigate sensory processing. She’s particularly passionate about promoting inclusion and finds genuine joy in seeing the world through the curious eyes of children.

Clara also believes in lifelong learning—she’s completed extra training in neurodiversity-affirming therapy, Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), Emotion Coaching, parent coaching, and more. She loves integrating new skills and evidence-based techniques to create a fun, safe, and supportive environment where kids can thrive.

During therapy, Clara strives to create a safe fun and authentic environment for the children and families she works with.

Clara’s training and qualifications:

  • Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Honours), Monash University

  • Additional training in neurodiversity-affirming therapy, PDA, Emotion Coaching, the Low Arousal Approach, CO-OP, and parent coaching

Service Areas

Clara provides mobile OT across the following areas:

  • Inner West suburbs including Yarraville, Footscray, Seddon and Newport.

  • Inner South suburbs including St Kilda, Elwood, Brighton and Elsternwick.

  • Outer South-East suburbs including Endeavour Hills, Rowville, Noble Park, Wantirna South and Dandenong.