Providing quality, individualised
therapy for children

Hélène van Ruth

Hélène delights in working with children within the family, home and school environment. She is passionate about children, especially those with ASD. She has enjoyed seeing children respond to therapy as they have built the skills and confidence that empowers them to better function and enjoy home and school life.

Hélène seeks to assist children in functioning at their maximum capacity physically, socially and emotionally. She works through discovering and building on the children’s strengths and enjoys their different personalities.

Hélène completed her Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy after which she relocated to live and work in Canada and Europe. In working in paediatrics, she is able to contribute her life experiences as a mother of four children alongside her range of clinical skills obtained from a variety of different settings.

Hélène has completed the training of “Traffic Jam in My Brain” with Gen Jereb, Zones of Regulation, along with other ongoing professional development opportunities as they have presented.

Jacqui Langley

Jacqui is passionate about working with children to assist them to reach their full potential, and greatly values working collaboratively with families aiming to reach the child’s and family’s goals. She is caring and dedicated to creating an engaging and fun therapeutic environment where children feel safe to learn and grow.

Jacqui has worked in schools, community-based and clinic settings with children with a diverse range of needs. She strongly values working as part of a team with the family, school and other therapists to ensure the best outcomes for each child.

Jacqui holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Occupational Therapy and has over 20 years experience working as an Occupational Therapist in Adelaide as well as the United Kingdom.

Jacqui has always put a strong emphasis on continually learning throughout her career by attending numerous courses and being involved in ongoing professional development. Jacqui is trained in DIR Floortime, “Traffic Jam in my Brain”, Zones of Regulation, Kelly Mahler’s Interoception training and is also trained to teach Kid’s Yoga.

Jemima Althorpe

Jemima has worked as an occupational therapist with infants, toddlers, preschoolers and school aged children with a broad range of strengths, needs and diagnoses. She has experience working with children around general child development, sensory processing, emotional regulation, play, motor skills, and daily living skills. Jemima has worked as a paediatric OT for the Cerebral Palsy Alliance of NSW, Therapy ACT Early Childhood Team, and for an international non-government organisation in Cambodia. She has recently returned to working as an OT after being a full-time parent, and completing some work for Playgroup SA.

Jemima loves working with children, and her approach is compassionate, empathetic and builds on their interests and strengths. Jemima has completed Dr Ross Greene's Collaborative and Proactive Solutions training, and she firmly believes "kids do well when they can". Jemima is passionate about supporting families as they help their children be themselves and achieve their goals.

Jemima is a registered Circle of Security Parent Educator. She has also recently completed additional training in interoception, trauma informed approaches, and support for toileting. Jemima seeks to learn from neurodivergent voices and aims to be neurodiversity affirming in her approach.

Rachel Vince

Rachel graduated from University of South Australia with Bachelor of Applied Science (Occupational Therapy) (Honours) in 2003. She has worked as an Occupational Therapist in Adelaide in a number of different areas, specifically working with children in both school- and clinic-based settings for the past eight years. Rachel is passionate about working with children and their families, supporting them to reach their full potential in all areas of life. She has worked with children with various diagnoses and a variety of developmental strengths and challenges.

Rachel’s special interests include sensory processing, developmental trauma, attachment, motor development, daily living skills and regulation, and she works closely with caregivers to maximise the outcomes of therapy. She has completed training in Ayres Sensory Integration, developmental trauma, attachment-based interventions (Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy and Marte Meo) and is a certified Circle of Security – Parenting Facilitator.