North Lakes
Brisbane Northside & Surrounds
Where to find us
North Lakes
Phone
07 3155 3778
Address:
26 Torres Cres
North Lakes QLD 4509
Opening Hours:
Monday to Friday: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Parking:
Car parking and street parking are available.
Great care near to you
Convenience meets expertise! We have excellent occupational therapy North Lakes. Our clinic in Brisbane Northside are a great starting point, but we can also bring our services directly to you. We cover a wide area, reaching clients from Strathpine to Caboolture.
Services available at this North Lakes clinic
OT
Our OTs specialise in helping people with acquired or life-long disabilities achieve milestone goals at every stage in life.
PBS
Our Behaviour Practitioners work closely with individuals and their support networks to design individualised strategies to help meet your goals.
Music Therapy
We use music-based activities to support a wide range people of all ages and abilities.
Dietitian
We provide personalized nutrition plans for various conditions, empowering you to reach your health goals.
Speech
Our speech pathologists use a person-centred approach to help people with permanent or degenerative disabilities thrive.
AHA
Our Allied Health Assistants (AHAs) support you in reaching your therapeutic goals.
Occupational Therapists
Judy
Principal OT & Founder
Meet Judy
Principal Occupational Therapist
Wife to Matt and mother of 4, Judy loves meeting new people and is passionate about Occupational Therapy. She thinks it’s the best job in the world and is genuinely shocked it’s not everyone’s profession of choice.
In 2004, Judy graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Honours 1).
Judy has over 20 years of experience working with people, their families and support networks. She is able to work across the lifespan, with her specialty being complex disability.
Judy has a great understanding of the NDIS practice framework. She has had extensive experience working with Disability Services QLD and brings that knowledge of government systems into her interactions with NDIS.
More about Judy
On the weekends you’ll find Judy practicing pilates, serving in her church and going for long walks with friends. Judy loves spending time with her kids and is an avid coffee drinker. She loves being the Principal OT at My Therapy Crew and counts it a privilege to work alongside the team and hear the good news stories of what is happening for clients.
Elisha
Clinical Manager / Senior Occupational Therapist
Meet Elisha
Clinical Manager / Senior Occupational Therapist
Elisha graduated from James Cook University in Townsville and has experience working in various roles across the lifespan. She is passionate about working with individuals facing a broad range of difficulties and takes pride in creating a warm, safe, and trusting environment for clients to achieve their goals. Her primary focus is within paediatric care, with a strong interest in mental health and neurodiversity. Elisha strongly advocates for her clients and believes in a collaborative approach to her practice.
More about Elisha:
In her personal life, Elisha enjoys listening to audiobooks while painting or drawing, often with her two cheeky cats nearby - sometimes a little too close as they have been known to leave pawprints on her artwork.
Elisha appreciates the diversity of the occupational therapy profession and values how it allows her to be creative and think outside of the box.
Ali
Senior Occupational Therapist
Meet Ali
Senior Occupational Therapist
Louise
Occupational Therapist
Meet Louise
Occupational Therapist
Louise is a Paediatric Occupational Therapist with 9 years of experience, she has a wealth of experience in structured teaching methods inspired by the TEACCH approach, early intervention strategies, and developmental play. Louise enjoys designing engaging and effective one on one and small group therapy sessions that promote growth and development in a supportive environment.
By incorporating creative, fun, personalised intervention, she aims to empower children to build essential skills and reach their full potential. Louise is a highly motivated and enthusiastic team member working in a multidisciplinary team.
More about Louise
Louise has a wide range of interests and hobbies, from playing board games, arts and crafts, digital arts, to freediving, paddle boarding, kickboxing, or simply relaxing over Korean dramas. She is always ready to try anything new.
Constance
Occupational Therapist
Meet Constance
Occupational Therapist
Constance graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Honours). She is passionate about connecting with and supporting individuals across the lifespan to maximise their independence and empower them to achieve their goals. Constance is committed to delivering evidence-based, client-centred services and actively seeks opportunities to expand her knowledge and skills.
More about Constance
In her free time, Constance enjoys being in nature, whether it's hiking, rock climbing, or visiting the beach.
Ella
Occupational Therapist
Meet Ella
Occupational Therapist
Ella graduated from the University of the Sunshine Coast with a Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Honours). She's passionate about helping people build independence and improve their quality of life. She values lifelong learning and is always looking for opportunities to expandher skills and knowledge to better support the people she works with.
More about Ella
Outside of work, Ella enjoys staying active through surfing and dancing, and finds baking to be a great way to unwind. She also loves spending time outdoors with family and friends, whether it's going on an adventure or simply enjoying good company.
Kj
Occupational Therapist
Meet Kj
Occupational Therapist
Kj is a registered Occupational Therapist graduating from Griffith University. They worked in paediatrics for 2.5 years, and have a special interest in working within the Deaf community. They currently hold a Certificate IV in Auslan, with the Diploma of Auslan being completed in March 2025. Kj prides themselves on continuously learning to be able to provide the best level of care for their clients.
More about Kj
When not at work, Kj is an all star dancer and cheerleader, competing in both state and national level competitions in the Open Level 1 team with a plan to defend their National Title in 2025. Kj also enjoys playing board, video and card games, such as the Pokémon TCG and Legend of Zelda.
Speech Pathologists
Alissa
Senior Speech Pathologist
Meet Alissa
Meet Alissa
Speech Pathologist
Alissa graduated with a Bachelor of Speech and Language Pathology (Hons) at the University of Canterbury, and hasn’t stopped learning since!
In her time as a Speech Pathologist she has worked primarily in the complex disability space, and loves to problem solve collaboratively to reach the best outcomes for her clients. Her experience has included 7 years on specialist school teams working alongside occupational/physiotherapists and teaching teams in classrooms. She more recently spent 18 months in an assessment service for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), and has in-depth expertise on a range of AAC tools and their implementation.
More about Alissa
Alissa is also confident to support with complex feeding/dysphagia management, social skill development, behaviour support, and emergent literacy. She has worked with clients across the lifespan in a range of environments, and has a particular passion for paediatrics and early intervention. Alissa loves making genuine connections with clients and their teams, and supporting people to reach the goals that matter to them.
Alissa has only recently moved to Brisbane from New Zealand, so her time outside of work is spent exploring the city and enjoying the prolific sunshine. She loves hikes, snorkelling, a cozy night in with her cats and occasionally having a good boogie at a dance class!
Emily
Speech Pathologist
Meet Emily
Meet Emily
Speech Pathologist
Emily graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Speech Pathology (Honours). She has experience working with participants of all ages and across many areas of speech pathology practice, within a variety of environments (including in clinics, schools, and homes). Emily has particular interest in the areas of literacy, language, speech, stuttering, social communication, and multimodal communication. Emily works to ensure participants are actively involved throughout their speech pathology intervention, and are autonomous throughout their journey.
More about Emily
Emily enjoys spending time with her family and friends. She likes listening to music, reading, and crocheting.
PBS
Grace
Lead Proficient PBS Practitioner (Advanced)
Meet Grace
Lead Proficient Behaviour Support Practitioner (Advanced)
Grace is an Advanced Behaviour Practitioner and a level 4 Registered Counsellor with the Australian Counselling Association. Her approach is person-centred and collaborative, working closely with clients, families, and caregivers. With a gentle and compassionate demeanor, Grace ensures that each client feels seen, heard, and validated.
Grace grew up in South Africa and began her counselling career in 2015. She completed her Psychology Honours degree in 2017 and became a Registered Counsellor with the Health Professions Council of South Africa. She has extensive experience working with children and young adults in both school settings and private practice. In 2021, Grace expanded her expertise by serving as a trauma counsellor at a hospital.
Throughout her career, Grace has worked with issues such as grief, relationship difficulties, trauma, depression, anxiety, and behavioural challenges. She is passionate about understanding people and their behaviours and is committed to advocating for vulnerable groups, including those living with disabilities. Of paramount importance to Grace is being ethical and always working with integrity.
Grace aims to assist clients with increased self-awareness, build a greater sense of well-being and develop more effective coping skills and ways to respond to challenges. She provides a safe, non-judgmental, and confidential space for clients to gain insight into their thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and behaviours.
More about Grace
In her spare time, Grace enjoys spending time with her family, reading, and exploring.
James
Behaviour Support Practitioner (Proficient)
Meet James
Behaviour Support Practitioner (Proficient)
James is passionate about his work as a Behaviour Support Practitioner, enjoying the opportunity to work with others to seek solutions and address behavioural and environmental challenges as a part of his job.
He graduated in 2021 from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours 2A).
James has worked in both counselling and Behaviour support capacities since graduating from university, and uses his skills in utilising psychometrics, and his experience with multiple therapeutic modalities to personalise intervention to clients’ needs. He has worked with clients across the age range and with disabilities impacting physical, intellectual, and psycho-social capacity.
More about James
James loves his dog, making coffee, drumming, hiking and photography. He loves the opportunity to collaborate with peers at My Therapy Crew, as he is constantly learning new things from those around him.
Music Therapists
Madison
Music Therapist
Meet Madison
Meet Madison
Music Therapist
Maddie graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Master of Music Therapy. She is very passionate about music’s ability to support the health and wellbeing of people of all ages. As a music therapist, Maddie values person-centered and evidence-based practice, and enjoys supporting her clients in ways that align with their interests.
More about Maddie
Outside of My Therapy Crew, Maddie also works as a music teacher in early education and childcare services. In her spare time, Maddie enjoys exploring new places, spending time with loved ones and going to see live music.
Physiotherapists
Liz
Physio
Meet Liz
Meet Liz
Physio
Liz is a physiotherapist dedicated to supporting people in achieving their personal goals. She graduated from the University of Canberra with a Bachelor of Physiotherapy and has experience working in various community settings, including in-home visits, pools and gyms. Liz enjoys being part of a team to enhance her clients’ quality of life, assisting both paediatric and adult clients in reaching goals that matter most to them.
More about Liz
Liz recently moved to Brisbane from Canberra and enjoys spending time with family/friends. She loves going to concerts, staying active and can’t go without listening to music (it’s never quiet at home).
Allied Health Assistants
Jenny
Allied Health Assistant
Meet Jenny
Meet Jenny
Allied Health Assistant
Jenny comes with many years of life experience, working within hospital system as well as the disability and general community sectors as an Allied Health Assistant.
She loves working for My Therapy Crew as it provided is such a caring, positive and supportive environment and their values and not just words on a page but lived out and talked about often. She believes there’s no other better job than being able to empower others to become the best versions of themselves.
More about Jenny
Jenny loves everything beach and lives on the beautiful Bribie Island. On the weekends she likes hanging out at the beach, swim, walk and bike rides with her hubby and friends or have an oat dirty chai and lunch at her sons Café on the Island (both days 😊).
If she wasn’t an AHA Jenny would love be sailing the Mediterranean on a yacht with her hubby and discovering new places and the next cove to anchor in.
Admin
Matthew
Director & Founder
Meet Matthew
Director and Founder
Matthew is a qualified CPA (Certified Public Accountant) and has a lifetime of experience in helping small business owners flourish by doing what they do best: living out their dreams.
He graduated from Queensland University of Technology with a Bachelor's degree in Business in 1998.
More about Matthew
In Matthew's spare time, he enjoys listening to podcasts and pondering the mysteries of the universe.
His favourite thing about working at My Therapy Crew is building a high-performing team, working with other professionals and supporters, and hearing about all the ‘first-time’ breakthroughs that keep occurring in the lives of clients
If Matthew wasn’t an accountant, he’d be a lion-tamer.
Peita
Head of Operations
Meet Peita
Head of Operations
Peita has significant experience in the allied health and disability industries, and she is passionate about the importance of business operations and organisation. Peita has worked in business and financial operations for over 25 years and has completed a Bachelor of Business.
More about Peita
Peita enjoys spending time with her family and friends in her spare time. Her hobbies include reading and being part of a book club.
Her favourite thing about working for My Therapy Crew is the wonderful team culture and the positive impact this has on not only the team but MTC clients.
She would own a little bookshop, with a café if she wasn’t Head of Operations.
Jesse
Head of Growth and Culture
Meet Jesse
Head of Growth and Culture
Jesse is a strategic leader with extensive experience in the human services sector. He is passionate about fostering growth, building meaningful partnerships, and creating positive workplace cultures aligned with values and vision. As Head of Growth and Culture at My Therapy Crew, Jesse is focused on supporting the crew and driving innovative approaches to achieve outstanding outcomes.
More about Jesse
Jesse is a devoted husband and father of three who calls Glasshouse Country on the Sunshine Coast home. He enjoys hiking in the nearby Glasshouse Mountains, sharing quality time with loved ones, and starting the day with a good coffee. For Jesse, political elections are as exciting as a sporting grand final.
Ruth
Finance and Compliance Manager
Meet Ruth
Finance and Compliance Manager
Ruth is a qualified CPA (Certified Practicing Accountant) since 2006 after completing her Bachelor of Business degree at QUT in 2003. Prior to joining My Therapy Crew, she worked in areas including Compliance, Policy Writing and Accreditation in the education sector. Ruth joined My Therapy Crew in 2021, assisting Matthew in various accounting and practice management tasks.
More about Ruth
Between running around after her kids and their various extracurricular activities Ruth enjoys cooking and hosting family and friends. She also enjoys being out in the country, saying if she wasn’t an accountant, she would love to run a Bed and Breakfast.
Rory
Administration Officer
Meet Rory
Administration Officer
Rory has completed her Certificate III in Health Administration and since completing this she has worked within the Allied Health Space as an Administration Officer.
Rory moved to Brisbane in 2023 from far north Queensland and has loved every minute. On the weekends Rory enjoys exploring different beaches nearby as it is her favourite place to be.
Annie
Administration Officer
Meet Annie
Administration Officer
Annie has completed a Diploma of Business and brings over eight years of experience from the hospitality industry. She has developed a strong set of skills in customer service and is committed to providing valuable support and fostering smooth operations.
More about Annie
When not at work, Annie enjoys spending time with her dog, Potato, reading and trying all the amazing restaurants Brisbane has to offer.