Mel Tibbitts -
Senior Family Mental Health Practioner
& Occupational Therapist

Areas of Specialisation

I work in a family-centred framework, supporting children and adolescents. Much of my work involves providing parent education and family therapy to promote understanding and change.

Emotional regulation
Positive Behaviour
School attendance
Routines
Divorce & separation
Family conflict
Positive Parenting
Trauma, Abuse and Neglect
Grief and loss
Autism
ADHD
Anxiety

Rebate with Mental Health Plan (GP referral – 10 sessions semi-funded by Medicare), private health or NDIS (self or plan managed).

I am a senior occupational therapist and endorsed mental health practitioner. I have experience working with children and adolescents having difficulties with emotions, behaviour, school attendance, routines and relationships.

I work in a family-centred framework, supporting the child but also working with the parents, and other significant adults in the life of the child, to bring about understanding and change. My relational approach supports the child and their caregivers to explore what is happening within and around them, acknowledging the importance of the life experience and how this contributes to what we see playing out in the child and parent dyad.

My OT background provides a functional aspect to the therapy experience, and we can explore sensory profiling, screens for various difficulties, performance in school and at home. I offer counselling with a psychotherapeutic approach; parent coaching (attachment-based parenting and Circle of Security), play therapy, and trauma-informed therapy.

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