Our Team
At Thrive Health Therapies, our highly experienced multidisciplinary team is dedicated to delivering the best possible outcomes to help you reach your goals. Comprising skilled professionals across various allied health disciplines, our team is passionate about providing tailored support and evidence-based interventions that empower clients of all ages. Whether you're seeking assistance with speech pathology, occupational therapy, or physiotherapy, we are here to guide you every step of the way.
Management Team
Rachel King (she/her)
Director & Lead Physiotherapist
Rachel has 10 years experience working in community rehabilitation both in Australia and in Cambodia. She is passionate about helping clients reach their goals through her clinical work and by working to ensure Thrive Health Therapies provides fair, professional and knowledgable services. Outside of work, Rachel enjoys spending time with family and keeping her kelpies entertained!
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Age Groups: Adults & teenagers
Service Locations: Findon Clinic & throughout metropolitan Adelaide
Therapy Services: Ongoing therapy, hydrotherapy, assistive technology reviews, manual handling reviews, exercise prescription
Clinical Expertise In:
Neurological disorders: stroke, TBI, MS, Parkinson’s disease, SCI, dementia & cerebral palsy
Chronic & genetic conditions: osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, fibromyalgia, POTS
Autism
Intellectual Disabilities
Musculoskeletal Conditions - osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis
Mental Health Conditions
Post-Surgical Rehabilitation
Dementia & Aging
Ivana Fittock (she/her)
Practice Manager
Rachel has 10 years experience working in community rehabilitation both in Australia and in Cambodia. She is passionate about helping clients reach their goals through her clinical work and by working to ensure Thrive Health Therapies provides fair, professional and knowledgable services. Outside of work, Rachel enjoys spending time with family and keeping her kelpies entertained!
Occupational Therapists
Renee Romeo (she/her)
Clinical Director/Senior Paediatric Occupational Therapist
Renee has 18 years experience working as an OT with paediatric clients. She works with children with Autism, Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder, developmental disorders, genetic disorders, learning difficulties and other developmental areas. As our Clinical Director, Renee provides guidance and training to our therapists and is the first point of call to answer any clinical enquiries from clients, parents and other informal and formal supports. Outside work Renee enjoys cycling, surfing and spending time with her family.
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Age Groups: Children
Service Locations: Findon Clinic & throughout metropolitan Adelaide
Therapy Services: Ongoing therapy, functional capacity assessments
Clinical Expertise In:
Autism
ADHD
Learning difficulties
Developmental disorders
Genetic disorders
Simon Forby (he/him)
Occupational Therapy Team Leader/ Senior Occupational Therapist
Simon graduated Flinders University with a Masters in Occupational Therapy in 2020. Since then he has had experience working within acute, rehabilitation and community settings across metropolitan hospitals and country settings. Simon joined Thrive in 2023 wanting to work more closely with NDIS participants to achieve their goals and build stronger relationships. Outside of work Simon enjoys playing football, camping across SA, and cooking.
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Age Groups: Adults
Service Locations: Findon Clinic & throughout metropolitan Adelaide
Therapy Services: Functional capacity, assistive technology, manual handling & home modification assessments
Clinical Expertise In:
Neurological disorders: stroke, TBI, MS, Parkinson’s disease, SCI & cerebral palsy
Chronic & genetic conditions: Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, fibromyalgia, POTS
Autism
Intellectual Disabilities
Mental Health Conditions
Dementia & Aging
Samuel Lawless (he/him)
Senior Occupational Therapist
Sam brings to our team a wealth of knowledge, with 15 years experience as an OT and over 6 years experience working with NDIS participants. Sam has worked in aged care and metropolitan, rural and international hospitals. He works with adults across a range of diagnosis including physical, intellectual and psychosocial disabilities. In his spare time, Sam loves to travel, go to the beach and spend time with his friends and family
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Sam provides support across the following:
Age Groups: Adults
Service Locations: Findon Clinic & throughout metropolitan Adelaide
Therapy Services: Functional capacity, assistive technology, manual handling & home modification assessments
Clinical Expertise In:
Neurological disorders: stroke, TBI, MS, Parkinson’s disease, SCI, dementia & cerebral palsy
Autism
Intellectual Disabilities
Mental Health Conditions
Sonja Kumar (she/her)
Senior Occupational Therapist
Sonja has 15 years of experience as an OT, working mainly in the hospital setting across a number of wards (brain injury, renal, geriatric) and in day rehabilitation with people with neurological, orthopaedic, geriatric and chronic conditions. She was the lead senior clinician in the clinical trial of the Care of People with Dementia and has published a systematic review regarding OT & Parkinson’s Disease. Outside work, Sonja enjoys going to the park, baking and reading.
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Sonja provides support across the following:
Age Groups: Adults
Service Locations: Findon Clinic & throughout metropolitan Adelaide
Therapy Services: Functional capacity, assistive technology & manual handling assessments
Clinical Expertise In:
Neurological disorders: stroke, TBI, MS, Parkinson’s disease, SCI, dementia & cerebral palsy
Dementia
Autism
Intellectual Disabilities
Mental Health Conditions
Ashleigh Koch (she/her)
Senior Occupational Therapist
Ashleigh is based in Gawler and primarily provides OT services in Gawler and surrounds. She has had 13 years experience as an OT, working across aged care and disability sectors. She has experience working with NDIS participants with physical, intellectual and psychosocial disabilities. In her spare time, Ash enjoys spending time with her family and keeping fit!
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Ashleigh provides support across the following:
Age Groups: Adults
Service Locations: Barossa Valley, Gawler & northern suburbs of Adelaide
Therapy Services: Functional capacity, assistive technology, manual handling & home modification assessments
Clinical Expertise In:
Neurological disorders: stroke, TBI, MS, Parkinson’s disease, SCI, dementia & cerebral palsy
Dementia
Autism
Intellectual Disabilities
Mental Health Conditions
Jessamy Blair (she/her)
Senior Occupational Therapist
Jessamy has 10 years of experience working as an OT in a community setting with NDIS participants. She has a strong interest working with adults with neurological conditions, and has predominantly worked with individuals with Acquired Brain Injury (ABI). She also has experience working with individuals with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities and spinal cord injuries. She has completed trauma informed training for developing interoception awareness.
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Age Groups: Adults
Service Locations: Adelaide central & eastern suburbs, Adelaide Hills
Therapy Services: Functional capacity, assistive technology, manual handling & home modification assessments
Clinical Expertise In:
Neurological disorders: stroke, TBI, MS, Parkinson’s disease, SCI, dementia & cerebral palsy
Jessica Ciarla (she/her)
Senior Occupational Therapist
Jess has over 11 years experience in acute, rehabilitation and community settings working with adults with a range of diagnoses including orthopaedic/vascular conditions, geriatric conditions, neurological disabilities and a range of medical and surgical conditions. Jess has a great interest and passion to work with NDIS participants and support them to achieve their goals and develop new skills and greater independence to maximise their health and wellbeing throughout daily life. In her spare time, Jess enjoys spending time with her family and friends and is a mum to two young daughters.
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Jessica provides support across the following:
Age Groups: Adults
Service Locations: Findon Clinic & throughout metropolitan Adelaide
Therapy Services: Functional capacity, assistive technology, manual handling & home modification assessments
Clinical Expertise In:
Neurological disorders: stroke, TBI, MS, Parkinson’s disease, SCI, dementia & cerebral palsy
Autism
Intellectual Disabilities
Dementia & Aging
Kate Levett (she/her)
Senior Occupational Therapist
Kate brings to our team a wealth of knowledge, with 10 years experience as an OT and 3 years experience working with NDIS participants. Kate has worked in a variety of roles across her career, including community aged care, acute community based care, residential aged care, and community mental health across metropolitan and rural settings. She works with adults across a range of diagnoses including physical, intellectual and psychosocial disabilities. In her spare time, Kate enjoys spending time with her family and friends.
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Kate provides support across the following:
Age Groups: Adults
Service Locations: Adelaide Hills
Therapy Services: Functional capacity assessments
Clinical Expertise In:
Neurological disorders: stroke, TBI, MS, Parkinson’s disease, SCI, dementia & cerebral palsy
Autism
Intellectual Disabilities
Dementia & Aging
Gabrielle Brunton (she/her)
Senior Occupational Therapist
Gabi completed a Bachelor of Health Science in 2020, and a Master of Occupational Therapy in 2022. She has gained experience in both hospital and community settings. Gabi is passionate about increasing access to health services in country areas, with a keen interest in helping people to engage with the activities that are meaningful to them. Outside of work you’ll find her at the beach, spending time with family (including her kelpie), or cooking.
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Gabrielle provides support across the following:
Age Groups: Adults & Teenagers
Service Locations: Findon Clinic & throughout metropolitan Adelaide
Therapy Services: Functional capacity, assistive technology, manual handling & home modification assessments
Clinical Expertise In:
Neurological disorders: stroke, TBI, MS, Parkinson’s disease, SCI, dementia & cerebral palsy
Autism
Intellectual Disabilities
Dementia & Aging
Mental Health Conditions
Chanteal Meehan (she/her)
Occupational Therapist
Chanteal has experience working as an OT with paediatric clients across non-for-profit and private practice settings. She has specialised in working with children who are Autistic, have ADHD, global developmental delay, and a range of other diagnoses in both 1:1 and group settings. As a neurodiversity-affirming therapist, Chanteal is committed to supporting individuals in a way that embraces and celebrates their unique ways of thinking and being. She is passionate about creating a safe space for young people to be their authentic selves. Outside of work, Chanteal enjoys cooking, listening to podcasts, and spending quality time with friends and family.
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Chanteal provides support across the following:
Age Groups: Children
Service Locations: Findon Clinic & throughout metropolitan Adelaide
Therapy Services: Ongoing therapy, functional capacity assessments
Clinical Expertise In:
Autism
ADHD
Learning difficulties
Developmental disorders
Genetic disorders
Physiotherapists
Bianca Shepard-Furler (she/her)
Lead Physiotherapist
Bianca has 6 years experience in both inpatient acute care services and community Physiotherapy having worked in Perth and Adelaide. Her passions include gait rehabilitation post amputation, upper and lower limb rehabilitation post stroke, as well as working with people with neurological conditions including spinal cord injury, Parkinson's disease and Multiple Sclerosis. Bianca enjoys working closely with participants and providers to create mobility and manual handling plans to optimise function and community participation, including reintegration back into sports.
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Bianca provides support across the following:
Age Groups: Adults
Service Locations: Findon Clinic & throughout metropolitan Adelaide
Therapy Services: Ongoing therapy, hydrotherapy, assistive technology reviews, manual handling reviews, exercise prescription
Clinical Expertise In:
Amputees
Neurological disorders: stroke, TBI, MS, Parkinson’s disease, SCI, dementia & cerebral palsy
Post-Surgical Rehabilitation
Dementia & Aging
Intellectual Disabilities
Rachel King (she/her)
Director & Physiotherapist
Rachel has 10 years experience working in community rehabilitation both in Australia and in Cambodia. She is passionate about helping clients reach their goals through her clinical work and by working to ensure Thrive Health Therapies provides fair, professional and knowledgable services. Outside of work, Rachel enjoys spending time with family and keeping her kelpies entertained!
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Age Groups: Adults & teenagers
Service Locations: Findon Clinic & throughout metropolitan Adelaide
Therapy Services: Ongoing therapy, hydrotherapy, assistive technology reviews, manual handling reviews, exercise prescription
Clinical Expertise In:
Neurological disorders: stroke, TBI, MS, Parkinson’s disease, SCI, dementia & cerebral palsy
Chronic & genetic conditions: osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, fibromyalgia, POTS
Autism
Intellectual Disabilities
Musculoskeletal Conditions - osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis
Mental Health Conditions
Post-Surgical Rehabilitation
Dementia & Aging
Razz Jaafar (he/him)
Senior Physiotherapist
Razz has 6 years clinical experience both in community and hospital settings across country and metro based health services having worked in both Victoria and Adelaide. His particular interests include cardiorespiratory & stroke rehabilitation & enjoys working with people to create some outside of the box therapy ideas specific to them. Razz likes to take a restorative care approach to therapy addressing target areas holistically to maximize independence and work on client cantered goals important to them. Outside of work Razz enjoys reading, playing video games and travelling to different parts of the world.
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Raslan provides support across the following:
Age Groups: Adults
Service Locations: Adelaide northern suburbs
Therapy Services: Ongoing therapy, hydrotherapy, assistive technology reviews, manual handling reviews, exercise prescription
Clinical Expertise In:
Neurological disorders: stroke, TBI, MS, Parkinson’s disease, SCI & cerebral palsy
Post-Surgical Rehabilitation
Dementia & Aging
Intellectual Disabilities
Speech Pathologists
Caine De Ryke (he/him)
Senior Speech Pathologist
Caine graduated from Flinders University with a Bachelor of Speech Pathology in 2020. Since then he’s been providing therapy to both children and adults across a wide range of disabilities and conditions. Coming from years of working as a rural generalist, Caine has experience in providing comprehensive assessment and individualised therapy for children and adults across a wide range of areas including speech, language, literacy, feeding and dysphagia. In his spare time, Caine enjoys surfing, woodworking and gaming.
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Caine provides support across the following:
Age Groups: Children & Adults
Service Locations: Findon Clinic & southern suburbs of Adelaide
Therapy Services: Ongoing therapy, speech & language assessments, swallowing assessments
Clinical Expertise In:
Autism
ADHD
Learning difficulties
Developmental disorders
Genetic disorders
Neurological disorders: stroke, TBI, MS, Parkinson’s disease, SCI, dementia & cerebral palsy
Tracey Wegener (she/her)
Speech Pathologist
Tracey has completed her Masters of Speech Pathology in 2023 and Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) in 2021 at Flinders University. She has experience working with both children and adults within clinic and community settings. Tracey is passionate about supporting children's growth and development of communication skills through individually tailored therapy sessions, collaboration with families, educators and allied health professionals to achieve meaningful outcomes. In her spare time, Tracey enjoys spending time with her family, painting and creating music.
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Tracey provides support across the following:
Age Groups: Children
Service Locations: Findon Clinic & northern suburbs of Adelaide
Therapy Services: Ongoing therapy, speech & language assessments
Clinical Expertise In:
Autism
ADHD
Learning difficulties
Developmental disorders
Genetic disorders
Mariate Chacko (she/her)
Speech Pathologist
Mariate is passionate about helping individuals of all ages improve their communication skills. She completed her Bachelor's degree in Speech and Hearing and Master's degree in Speech Pathology at Flinders University, Adelaide. Throughout her career, she has gained experience in various settings, including public schools, hospitals, and private clinics, working with both adults and children. Mariate’s current areas of interest include supporting culturally and linguistically diverse populations, believing in a holistic approach, actively engaging families and caregivers in the therapeutic process to achieve the best outcomes.
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Mariate provides support across the following:
Age Groups: Children & Adults
Service Locations: Findon Clinic & throughout metropolitan Adelaide
Therapy Services: Ongoing therapy, speech & language assessments, swallowing assessments
Clinical Expertise In:
Autism
ADHD
Learning difficulties
Developmental disorders
Genetic disorders
Neurological disorders: stroke, TBI, MS, Parkinson’s disease, SCI, dementia & cerebral palsy
Exercise Physiologists
Josh Proeve (he/him)
Senior Exercise Physiologist
Josh is an experienced Exercise Physiologist with five years of practice in private settings. He enjoys working with a diverse range of clients and has a particular interest in supporting individuals with intellectual disability, autism, neurological conditions, and musculoskeletal concerns. Josh is passionate about helping clients of all ages work toward their goals and values the opportunity to make a meaningful impact through tailored exercise programs.
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Josh provides support across the following:
Age Groups: Adults & Teenagers
Service Locations: Throughout metropolitan Adelaide & Adelaide Hills
Therapy Services: Ongoing therapy, exercise prescription
Clinical Expertise In:
Neurological disorders: stroke, TBI, MS, Parkinson’s disease, SCI & cerebral palsy
Intellectual Disabilities
Autism
Dementia & Aging
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