Founder & OT
Occupational Therapy
Max
Founder · Occupational Therapist · B.OT (Hons)
“Therapy where life actually happens.”
AHPRA OT Australia Home mods SDA assessor
Senior Allied Health Clinicians Melbourne
Senior clinicians.
No rotating juniors.
Three disciplines, three senior heads, one shared file. Every clinician on the Equal Therapy team has years of practice behind them, ongoing clinical supervision, and a clear specialty — so the person who shows up at your door is the one who'll see you through.
AHPRA
Registered · every clinician
Senior
5+ years' practice minimum
Fortnightly
Cross-discipline team huddle
Max · OT
Cara · SP
Senior Physio
The clinicians
The people behind
every visit.
We're a small clinic and we'd like to keep it that way. Every clinician here was hired senior, supervises someone, and has a clear discipline edge.
Speech Pathologist
Speech Pathology
Cara
Speech Pathologist · M.Speech Path · Hanen-trained
“Communication is connection. Both deserve our patience.”
AHPRA SPA member Hanen AAC certified
Physiotherapist
Physiotherapy
Our Senior Physio
Senior Physiotherapist · joining the team soon
“Strength is the under-prescribed therapy.”
AHPRA APA member Rehab Paeds–geriatric
The long version
Who they are
in their own words.
Founder · OT
01 Occupational Therapy
Max.
“Therapy where life actually happens — not where the clinic happens to be.”
Max is the founder of Equal Therapy and one of our senior Occupational Therapists. With 10+ years of practice across hospital, community and NDIS settings, he works the full age spectrum — paediatric, adult and geriatric — with a deep specialty in home modifications, assistive technology and hospital-to-home transitions.
Max writes most of our SDA, SIL and FCA assessments and supervises the rest. He's AHPRA registered and a member of Occupational Therapy Australia.
Qualifications
- B.OT (Hons)
- AHPRA registered
- OT Australia member
Specialties
- Home modifications
- AT prescribing
- SDA & FCA assessments
- Hospital-to-home
02 Speech Pathology
Cara.
“Communication is connection. Both deserve our patience — and a lot of cups of tea.”
Cara is our senior Speech Pathologist and a Hanen-trained, neurodivergent-affirming clinician. She works across early speech and language, AAC, social communication, literacy, and school readiness — and her sessions tend to land in living rooms, kitchens and primary school classrooms more often than therapy chairs.
Cara holds a Master of Speech Pathology from La Trobe University, is AHPRA registered, and is a practising member of Speech Pathology Australia. She trains parents and educators as comfortably as she works with kids.
Qualifications
- M.Speech Path (La Trobe)
- AHPRA registered
- SPA member
- Hanen “It Takes Two to Talk”
Specialties
- Early speech & language
- AAC (certified)
- Neurodivergent-affirming practice
- Parent & educator coaching
Senior · SP
Coming soon
Senior · Physio
03 Physiotherapy
Our Senior Physiotherapist.
“Strength is the under-prescribed therapy.”
Our senior Physiotherapist joins the team in the coming months — AHPRA registered, APA member, with deep experience across neurological rehab, mobility, gait and balance, and a track record of working from paediatric through to geriatric caseloads.
We'll publish their full name, credentials and philosophy as soon as they're officially on the team. Until then, we're hand-picking from senior candidates across Melbourne — same as every other hire we make.
Qualifications
- AHPRA registered
- APA member
- Senior caseload experience
Specialties
- Neurological rehab
- Mobility, gait & balance
- Paediatric to geriatric
- Home exercise programs
How we work as a team
Three clinicians.
One conversation.
Every fortnight, the clinical team sits down together and walks through every active client — what's working, what isn't, where the plan needs adjusting. OT, Speech and Physio share notes inside one file, so the family never has to be the messenger.
01 Fortnightly
Clinical team huddle
Every active client, all disciplines in the room, decisions documented.
02 One file
Shared clinical notes
OT, Speech and Physio write into the same record. No emailing reports between providers.
03 One plan
Integrated goals
One set of life goals, reviewed every twelve weeks against real progress.
What our clinicians bring
The skills behind
every session.
A snapshot of the additional training, certifications and clinical experience our team brings to the table, across paediatric to geriatric caseloads.
01 Cross-discipline
Senior training across the life span.
Every clinician on our team brings a portfolio of post-graduate training — from Hanen language programs to SDA assessment certification to advanced neurological rehab. The kind of edge that doesn't show up on most clinic websites.
Hanen-trained SDA assessor AAC certified Home mods Neurological rehab Paediatrics Geriatrics
02 Speech
Hanen & AAC
“It Takes Two to Talk” trained, AAC-certified, working with families and educators across all communication needs.
03 OT
SDA & home mods
SDA assessment, home modification reports, AT prescribing — audited to NDIA standards.
04 Physio
Neuro rehab
Post-stroke, brain injury, Parkinson's, MS — structured rehab from acute through to long-term maintenance.
05 All ages
Paeds & geriatric
Early intervention through to aged-care residence visits — same clinical standard, different toolkit.
About the team
Common questions
about clinicians.
The bits most families want clear before the first visit — how we match, what supervision looks like, and what happens if the fit isn't right.
Ask our intake teamCan I choose my clinician?
Always. We'll suggest a match based on the discipline you need and the specialty that fits your goals, but you make the call. If you've read this page and want a particular clinician, tell our intake team.
What if the fit isn't right?
We re-match without fuss. The therapeutic relationship matters more than the timetable — if after a session or two the fit isn't right, tell us and we'll move you. No awkward conversations required.
How does clinical supervision work?
Every clinician on the team has external clinical supervision in addition to internal peer review. Cases sit in the fortnightly team huddle, and complex assessments are second-read before reports go out the door.
Do you only hire senior clinicians?
Yes — that's the model right now. Junior clinicians deserve a clinic with the infrastructure to train them properly. Once we have that, we'll bring juniors in under direct senior supervision. Until then, every clinician you meet has 5+ years of practice.
What ongoing development do clinicians do?
Every clinician maintains their professional association CPD requirements and we fund additional training annually — Hanen, AAC, neuro rehab, SDA, paediatric assessments. We'd rather invest in fewer, better-trained clinicians than chase volume.
Can I see the same clinician long-term?
That's the default. Continuity is one of the reasons we exist — once you're matched, you stay with that clinician through reviews, plan changes and goal shifts. No rotating rosters, no surprise locums.
Their disciplines
One team,
three deep specialties.
Ready when you are
Meet your clinician
this week.
Tell our intake team what you're working on and we'll match you with the senior clinician whose specialty fits — usually inside the same week, in your living room, in your front door.
AHPRA
Registered, audited —
every clinician on the team
Same week
No waitlist —
most new clients start within seven days
Yours
Continuity by default —
the same clinician, every visit