Allied Health Practitioners
Anna
National Telehealth
We have an experienced Senior Occupational Therapist Anna, who has joined the HandinHand team, with over 20 years of community-based practice, supporting individuals with physical, cognitive, and psychosocial needs. She provides holistic, client-centred services across the NDIS, Home Care Packages (HCP), and DVA programs, both in person and via telehealth.
Anna is passionate about helping people achieve meaningful independence in their homes and communities. Her approach combines evidence-based practice, functional skill development, and collaboration with families, carers, and multidisciplinary teams to ensure supports are effective, practical, and sustainable.
Her areas of expertise include:
- Functional Capacity Assessments (FCAs) and comprehensive occupational performance evaluations
- Assistive Technology prescription (basic to complex)
- Home modification assessment and recommendations
- Rehabilitation and reablement programs
- Activities of Daily Living (ADL) and Instrumental ADL assessments
- Education and training on safe manual handling, work simplification, and energy conservation strategies
- Online therapy services
Known for her warmth, professionalism, and practical approach, Anna builds strong therapeutic relationships to help clients live safely, independently, and with confidence.
Christine Steentjes
Christine Steentjes is a highly experienced and compassionate General Psychologist with over two decades of experience supporting individuals and families across the lifespan. She provides psychological services via telehealth to clients Australia-wide, ensuring accessible, flexible, and high-quality care for people in both metropolitan and regional areas.
With a career spanning private practice, rehabilitation, and community mental health, Christine delivers evidence-based psychological support under both Medicare and NDIS frameworks.
Her approach integrates person-centred, trauma-informed, and strengths-based practices to help individuals connect with their inner resources and achieve meaningful change. Christine has a relaxed style, always ensuring the emotional safety of her clients. She has strong spiritual foundations in her own life and is open to bringing this into the therapeutic arena where this suits her clientele.
Christine has a style of counselling that considers the needs of each individual and therapy is then tailored to those needs. She enjoys working with individuals and couples. Christine’s clinical expertise includes supporting clients experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, grief, relationship challenges, and adjustment issues. She works collaboratively with individuals to enhance emotional regulation, daily functioning, and quality of life.
Christine offers individual therapy, couples therapy and psychological assessments combining compassion with evidence-based strategies such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), and trauma-focused interventions.
Christine remains dedicated to empowering clients to build self-awareness, resilience, and lasting wellbeing, wherever they are through the accessibility of telehealth.
Dana Breadsell
Advanced Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
Dana Breadsell is a highly experienced Psychologist and Advanced Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner, endorsed in Health Psychology and registered with AHPRA. With a strong foundation in clinical psychology and behavioural science, Dana specialises in delivering person-centred, evidence-based Behaviour Support to individuals across the lifespan.
Working with people aged 6 to 76 years, Dana provides Positive Behaviour Support through comprehensive functional behaviour assessments, the development and implementation of Behaviour Support Plans, and collaborative capacity-building with families, carers, and multidisciplinary teams. Her approach emphasises dignity, empowerment, and sustainable outcomes supporting individuals with autism, intellectual disability, acquired brain injury, and rare genetic conditions to thrive in their homes, schools, and communities.
Dana’s experience extends to psychological assessment and intervention under NDIS and Medicare frameworks, psychometric testing, and the design of behaviour strategies that reduce restrictive practices. She is skilled in telehealth delivery and experienced in navigating NDIS processes, including funding submissions and risk assessments.
A Board-Certified STAP Supervisor, Dana is also passionate about mentoring emerging practitioners and contributing to the professional growth of the Behaviour Support community.
Providing service across the southern and mid Sunshine Coast Areas.
Dr Fiona J Davis
Dr Fiona Davis brings over 30 years of clinical expertise within the disability and mental health sectors, offering high-level professional supervision to practitioners across a broad range of disciplines. With a deep commitment to human rights and ethical, person-centred practice, Fiona supports supervisees to critically reflect, build confidence, and strengthen their clinical reasoning in complex practice contexts.
Her specialist knowledge spans Positive Behaviour Support, Dual Diagnosis (Mental Health/Intellectual Disability and Dual Diagnosis/Acquired Brain Injury/Forensic Disability), Autism Spectrum Disorder, Cognitive Impairment, and other neurological and developmental conditions. Fiona is particularly skilled in supporting practitioners who work with people experiencing multiple and complex support needs.
Having worked in diverse roles nationally, Fiona draws on her extensive experience to guide professionals in applying theory to practice, promoting accountability, and embedding evidence-informed approaches. A strong advocate for the rights of vulnerable individuals, her supervision style is grounded in clarity, compassion, and professional integrity. Fiona’s core message is “translation to practice for the benefit of the person”—ensuring all support remains meaningful and person-driven.
Jordan Curtis
Jordan Curtis is an experienced Behaviour Support Practitioner with a Bachelor of Social Work from Queensland University of Technology. She brings extensive experience working across disability, mental health, and child safety sectors, supporting individuals with complex behavioural and psychosocial needs.
Over the past several years, Jordan has delivered high-quality behaviour support and therapeutic services to clients of all ages, including children, adolescents, and adults with intellectual disability, autism, ADHD, ODD, PTSD, and other complex diagnoses. Her expertise includes the development and implementation of Functional Behaviour Assessments (FBAs), Behaviour Support Plans (BSPs), Restrictive Practice (RRP) protocols, and Risk Management Plans in line with NDIS and legislative standards.
Jordan’s earlier work within the Department of Child Safety and Youth Justice Service has strengthened her skills in risk management, trauma-informed care, and stakeholder collaboration. This background informs her compassionate, evidence-based approach to supporting clients and their families to achieve meaningful, positive change.
Based on the Sunshine Coast, Jordan is passionate about continuing to deliver person-centred, trauma-informed behaviour support under the NDIS framework, with a focus on improving quality of life and community participation for individuals with disability.
Service areas; Sunshine Coast, Gympie and surrounding areas.
Occupational Therapist TBA
Our Occupational Therapist provides warm, practical, and neuro-affirming support for people of all ages across home, school, and community settings in the Yeronga area and surrounding suburbs.
She works with children, teens, and adults under both NDIS and private funding, helping each person build everyday skills for greater confidence and independence. Therapy sessions are fun, meaningful, and centred on what matters most to each individual and their family.
She supports clients with a wide range of needs, including Autism, ADHD, developmental delay, physical and cognitive challenges, and mental health conditions. Each session is tailored to the person’s strengths, environment, and goals, whether that involves improving daily routines, sensory regulation, handwriting, motor skills, emotional regulation, or community participation.
Areas of experience include:
- Functional Capacity and Developmental Assessments
- Home, School, and Community-Based Therapy
- Sensory and Emotional Regulation Programs
- Simple Assistive Technology and Environmental Adaptation Strategies
- Parent, Teacher, and Support Worker Coaching
- Collaborative NDIS Reporting and Goal Reviews
Our Occupational Therapists values collaboration and works closely with families, educators, and support networks to ensure everyone is working toward shared goals. Their supportive, down-to-earth approach helps clients feel safe, understood, and motivated every step of the way.
Service areas: Yeronga and surrounding suburbs
Languages spoken: English, Mandarin, Cantonese
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