Therapy

Diversum Health Group supports clients with evidence-based paediatric occupational therapy services & mental health interventions and strategies.

Mental Health Occupational Therapy

8 years to 80+ years

Initial session to establish your mental health, and well-being goals for therapy.
An initial session is requested with a parent/caregiver prior to the child or adolescent's engagement with the occupational therapist to establish goals for therapy.
Psychological frameworks used in therapy sessions include- cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), acceptance behavioural therapy (ACT), dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT), schema therapy, attachment theory, with a low demand approach in a collaborative therapeutic relationship.
Subsequent mental health OT sessions can support you/your child with focused psychological interventions including but not limited to:

Emotional Support & Psycho education - mental health.

Neurodivergent identity- autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), pathological demand avidnace presentation (PDA), dyslexia, developmental language disorder (DLD) and mental health challenges.

Burnout

Family, social, & relationship support.

Anger management

Emotional regulation

School/university/workplace strategies & advocacy.

Sensory support.

Executive functioning strategies for motivation, time management, organisation, memory.

Exploring meaningful activities and connections- interests, relaxation, mindfulness.

All sessions are provided with respect for privacy and confidentiality.

Length Of Time For a Therapy/Coaching Session:

Direct service in session with the Occupational Therapist is 50 minutes
Indirect service- documentation of session is 10minutes
Total length of service= 60mins

Paediatric Occupational Therapy

3 years to 12 years

Our paediatric occupational therapists enjoy supporting kids and their families to thrive in their activities, roles and relationships. The services that are offered at Diversum include but are not limited to;

Kindy and pre-primary screening assessments for fine and gross motor development.
Interventions and strategies for writing and using scissors.
Emotional Regulation.
Parent and caregiver coaching and support.
Fine and gross motor assessments.
Sensory assessments, reports, and interventions.
Functional Capacity assessments and reports NDIS.
Executive functioning skill development (organisation, time management, working memory, sequencing of tasks etc) within their activities of daily living.

Using evidenced-based practice, a neurodivergent approach, and play to build therapeutic rapport and support development.

Parent/Caregiver Coaching

Initial parent/caregiver session to gather relevant information regarding the child/teen, & family dynamics.
Coaching sessions are conducted via telehealth, with after hour options, to give parents/caregivers who are busy during work hours the option to seek support at a convenient time.
Subsequent coaching sessions can support you with strategies including but not limited to;
Emotional regulation
Sensory modulation
Executive functioning- supporting all family members with time management, organisation, tasks.
Parent/caregiver relationships
Low demand parenting
Supporting parents/caregivers who have different parenting styles from their partner.
Neurodivergent parenting
School support

Therapy

Mental Health Occupational Therapy

Length Of Time For a Therapy/Coaching Session:

Paediatric Occupational Therapy

Parent/Caregiver Coaching

Acknowledgement to Country

Acknowledgement to Diversity