Online occupational therapy
With over 20 years experience as an occupational therapist, Kimmy focuses on supporting late identified autistic women.
A nurturing, affirming approach to supporting the wellbeing of late identified autistic women.
Occupational therapy with Kimmy can support you to:
Know when and how you mask, and develop ways to unmask.
Understand your sensory and social needs, and advocate to have them met in situations and relationships that are important to you.
Design a lifestyle that supports nervous system and emotional regulation.
Learn how to restore your energy and engage in daily life more sustainably. Unlearn burnout patterns!
Experience more joy and safety in your body, relationships and environments.
Compassionate and human-centred occupational therapy
Kimmy holds human connection at the heart of her therapeutic approach. Kimmy connects compassionately with you to deeply understand your preferences, desires and needs. Our therapeutic relationship is focused on improving your quality of life, helping you feel more empowered and fulfilled.
How to book your OT appointment
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Step One
Email us explaining your occupational therapy needs. In most cases, you’ll hear back from us within 72 hours.
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Step Two
After confirming we can meet your needs, you’ll be invited to complete our intake form.
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Step Three
Once you’ve completed the intake form and service agreement, you can book your appointments via an online calendar.
At Be You OT, our approach is guided by our core values of connection, cultivation and fulfilment.
CONNECTION
Kimmy takes time to build strong therapeutic relationships to nurture a safe and inclusive environment for you to achieve your goals. By understanding your lived experience and unique needs, she collaborates with you to identify strategies that align with your goals and to support a sense of belonging in your life.
CULTIVATION
Cultivating self-awareness, self-acceptance, relationships and lifestyles is a process. Kimmy focuses on supporting you to gain clarity about where to start. She is also skilled in supporting you to use your strengths with confidence to achieve your goals.
Your aspirations, our values-driven practice
fulfilment
Engaging in activities that matter most to you contributes to wellbeing. Kimmy supports you to close the gap between what you want to do and what you currently do in your daily routine. By prioritising functional outcomes that bring purpose and joy, occupational therapy can help you cultivate a life that feels fulfilling and aligned with who you are and who you are becoming.
It’s important to Kimmy that you feel honoured, understood and supported while you focus on your aspirations through occupational therapy.
OT sessions are designed to support you in acquiring new knowledge and skills, while creating a contented life full of purpose, joy and accomplishment as you engage in activities that align with who you are and what you desire for your life.
Kimmy’s approach
Kimmy has a calm, thoughtful and deeply respectful approach to the women she works with. She offers occupational therapy in a humane, intuitive and affirming way.
Kimmy doesn’t believe in forcing change or moulding you to fit systems that weren’t designed for autistic women. Instead, she supports you to tune into what feels right for you.
Kimmy listens carefully to understand your core values and needs, moves at your pace and honours the complexity of your lived experience.
Kimmy’s approach to occupational therapy is beautifully enriched by her lived experience as a late identified autistic woman. She supports women to unmask, regulate, rest, express and redesign a lifestyle that’s nurturing and fulfilling.
Kimmy’s hope is that you’ll feel more like yourself at the end of each OT session… and that you’ll adore who you are!
Kimmy is registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and maintains voluntary membership with Occupational Therapy Australia (OTA).
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Occupational therapy pricing
The price per hour for occupational therapy services is $240.
In the near future, there will be a gap fee of $46.01 per hour for NDIS participants who are plan managed (the remaining $193.99 per hour is invoiced to the plan manager).
Common questions about occupational therapy
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Be You OT has lodged a request with the NDIS Commission to voluntarily revoke its NDIS registration to enable the implementation of a gap fee and thus minimise the adverse impacts of the NDIS’s continuing price freeze. When the NDIS Commission has actioned this, the gap fee will be introduced with 7 days’ notice for existing clients and immediately for new clients.
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The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has maintained a price freeze for occupational therapy services for several years despite the rising costs of running a business. A co-payment will be charged to reflect the increasing costs associated with running an allied health business and the quality of Kimmy’s therapeutic skill
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Yes - if your private health insurance covers occupational therapy. Double check with your health insurance provider to make sure before booking.
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Yes, you can use Medicare if you have a current GP Chronic Disease Management Plan or a Team Care Plan. The current Medicare rebate is $61.80 per appointment, so your out-of-pocket costs are $178.20 per session.