Our Speech Pathology Team
We are a team of are Certified Practicing Speech Pathologists with Speech Pathology Australia. We share passions, philosophies and a love of connecting with others. Together our team holds experience across a range of areas of Speech Pathology.
Chloe Shields
Chloe has previously worked in Community Health and Early Education settings. She has also previously worked within a multidisciplinary Autism assessment team. Chloe has completed training in Key Word Sign, Cued Articulation, Hanen 'More than Words' and 'Learning Language and Loving It', Gestalt Language Processing, the Nuffield Dyspraxia Program, and AAC devices including Pragmatic Organisation Dynamic Display (PODD). Chloe is passionate about working in partnership with families and working with a child's strengths to achieve the best therapy outcomes.
Cassie Wilcox
Cassie is an experienced speech pathologist who has worked in both public and private settings and is currently part of a research team within La Trobe University. She engages fantastically with children and their families and has a thorough understanding and appreciation of early intervention for childhood speech and language development. Her extensive experience working with children and adolescents with developmental delay, Autism and speech and language difficulties coupled with her experience working with adults with a range of presentations places Cassie in a great position to help those within the local community. Cassie is an advocate for Communication Partner Training to enrich the lives of people after a stroke, currently holds a position on the Aphasia Victoria professional committee and is passionate about raising awareness of aphasia.
Sophie Fleming
Sophie is a passionate speech pathologist with a keen interest in working with children with speech and language difficulties, stuttering, and Autism. She has completed professional development training in Colourful Semantics, Key Word Sign, and the Sounds-Write phonics program. Sophie is dedicated to collaborating with families and children to achieve their therapy goals.
Charlie Archer
Charlie is passionate about holistic and fun therapy, working closely with families to set and achieve meaningful, real-world goals. With experience spanning from early childhood to adolescence, he has a particular interest in speech difficulties and AAC. Charlie is dedicated to harnessing his clients' strengths to foster confident, functional communication.
Art Therapy Groups
Our art therapy groups use strengths-based approaches to improve self-confidence, emotional regulation and peer relationships. In these groups children learn how art and creativity can provide ways to be mindful and how it can help them when they are feeling overwhelmed. It
teaches them how to recognise and name different emotions and where they show up in the body, encouraging stronger mind-body connections. The art activities focus on celebrating children's strengths, developing self-confidence and fostering a sense of self.
Lauren Bending
Having worked extensively with children and young people in early childhood intervention settings, education settings, and through the NDIS, I am passionate about advocating for their needs and their voice. Giving children and young people the power to express themselves in a non-verbal way can have a multitude of positive effects such as reduced anxiety and depression, increased self-worth and self-understanding, increased coping skills, and builds resilience.
I work with clients in a way that respects their boundaries and ensures that they feel in control and safe during the session. Going at their pace, I watch and notice what unfolds during the session and use age-appropriate art materials and interventions to help them express themselves freely.
