From wired and tired, to strong and in control.
Needing to improve your health, energy, mood or career?
Discover tailored and professional support to move you forward with the life you want.
Feeling overwhelmed?
Where to start?
Feeling overwhelmed? Where to start?
We’re ready to help you prioritise your energy and efforts on the things that matter most to you!
Support is available for:
Low energy and chronic fatigue
Persistent pain syndromes
Cognitive impairments and “brain fog”
Stroke rehabilitation and upper limb therapy
Women’s health and perimenopause
Career transitions and work readiness
Chronic Fatigue & Burnout
High levels of stress in your life can lead to significant over-stimulation of your nervous system and a persistent sense of exhaustion. It doesn’t have to be this way forever.
We meet you where you’re at, establishing your baseline and helping you build your capacity again. We work together to identify and actively address the heightened physical, cognitive or emotional elements of your presentation, taking a practical and tailored approach to recovery to get you back to the activities you want to do.
Working together with GPs, specialists, psychologists, physiotherapists and exercise physiologists, our service provides a holistic approach to your recovery and thus, the greatest benefit to you.
Persistent Pain
High levels of persistent pain can lead to emotional distress, poor sleep and low mood, reducing your enjoyment and engagement in life activities.
When the cycle of pain is left to continue, it becomes the new normal and your world quickly becomes smaller. Your choices reduce and you start to bounce from therapist to therapist and specialist to specialist, trying every approach possible and even considering surgical intervention.
Our support centers around understanding your pain experience, providing education and best practice support to reduce your emotional distress and the health anxiety you’ve been living with.
We support you to be an active player in your recovery journey, helping you focus your energy on “best-practice” treatments, utilising concepts of nocioception and neuroplasticity to make positive changes in your approach to recovery, rebuilding routines and shifting your mindset.
Think of nociception as your body’s alarm system. Alarm systems are important in keeping us alive, however, if left ringing continuously, it quickly becomes irritating, distracting and exhausting!
Imagine a car alarm that goes off when someone merely walks past the car. The alarm works, but it’s become too sensitive. Chronic pain can be similar — the system is trying to protect you, but it’s gone into over-alert mode and it can feel like there’s nothing you can do to turn it off.
Persistent pain can lead to reduced movement, in an attempt to avoid the pain experience, however this can cause secondary impacts to your health and wellbeing, your activity choices and enjoyment.
Working through a tailored program to understand and address your pain experience, provides a more holistic and sustainable approach to your recovery, helping you move beyond the physical pain and take control of your mental wellbeing again.
If this sounds familiar, get in touch today.
Why Occupational Therapy?
Occupational Therapy navigates the gap between physical and psychological concerns, pulling together a truly holistic approach to your recovery and daily functioning.
Building functional ability encompasses both physical and mental health, exploring your values, past experiences, motivators and barriers.
Our approach helps to identify the important interplay between the person, their environment and their occupations.
Clear benefits of engaging in occupational therapy include:
More effective management of physical and mental health challenges, supporting a smoother recovery process.
Improved functional capabilities and routines
Return to work assistance and career support services
Enhanced quality of life
By focusing on meaningful activities and routines, individuals can regain confidence and direction, to achieve their personal goals.
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Here for you and ready to support a positive change…
If you or someone you know has been struggling with low energy, feeling overwhelmed or struggling to transition through a significant life change - get in touch today.
Positive Change OT, provides tailored guidance to help you return to optimal health. Discover how we can help you achieve your recovery and wellbeing goals today.
Costs and funding options
Appointments range from 45 - 60mins in clinic or via video or phone.
Home visits can be provided within an 8km radius of the Malvern clinic.
Private services are charged at a rate of $190 p/hour.
Services include functional assessments, goal setting, recovery coaching, formal report writing or progress letters, if required.
Positive Change OT is Medicare, TAC and WorkSafe registered.
If accessing OT services via Medicare funding, please speak with your GP about a referral under an allied health services “chronic care plan” to access up to 5 subsidised OT sessions.
Positive Change OT also provides Functional Assessments, Assistive Technology Assessments and Occupational Therapy programs for NDIS participants who are self-managed or plan-managed.
