Our Brisbane Speech Therapy & Occupational Therapy practice is founded and run on this principle. It means that we:
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Put our clients’ interests first before everything else
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Maintain our skills at the cutting edge of current practice
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Support and give back to the community that supports us
We aim to ensure you will find us skilled, easy to work with and committed to getting you the best outcome.
Find out more about our awesome Brisbane Speech Pathologists & Occupational Therapists
The ChatBox Team
Our team of Brisbane Speech Pathologists is trained in:
- Hanen – It Takes Two to Talk,
- Makaton & Keyword Sign training, Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)
- Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets (PROMPT),
- PODDs (pragmatically organised dynamic displays),
- Aided Language Stimulation (ALS)
- Integrated Applied Behavioural Analysis (IABA)
- Person Centred Practice
- DDS/DMSS – Dysphagia management and screening assessment
- Secret Agent Society (SAS) – A social and emotional skills program designed for children.
- The Lidcombe Program for stuttering
Gam Sefe
Director, Senior Speech Language Pathologist (MSPath UQ, BSc Psych UQ)Gam is a Brisbane Speech Pathologist Since becoming one of the rare male Certified Practicing Speech Pathologist speech therapists, Gam has accumulated over 14 years of experience providing speech therapy to kids and adults with and without disabilities. He is also an experienced trainer for carers and parents and families and is good at making therapy understandable and doable. Gam works extensively with delayed language, disability and loves video and table top games. Gam loves using his skills as a speech therapist to help school-age kids with literacy difficulties (reading, comprehension, sound awareness, the whole bag!) and as a person who used to have a stutter as a child, is interested in stuttering as well. With lots of experience as a speech pathologist working with people with autism and a patient, flexible, client-directed style, Gam is good at making speech therapy fun and not ‘work’. Gam is also the author of a journal article, published in Cortex, 'Impaired semantic inhibition during lexical ambiguity repetition in Parkinson’s disease'. Gam is a registered provider under the NDIS program. When he isn’t doing something more fun, like therapy, he’s also the director of ChatBox (Brisbane Speech Pathology).
Callum McIntosh
Senior Occupational Therapist (BOccThy UQ)Callum is a Brisbane based Occupational Therapist with 10 years of experience working in the Paediatrics sector. He has worked in a number of educational, community and private based settings. He has a passion for working with children and adolescents requiring behaviour support and social emotional skill development as well as life skills training, school skills and mental health support. Callum has completed training in delivery of the Zones of Regulation Program, Pathways Program, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy among other social and emotional supports. Callum enjoys a range of hobbies including caring for his many pet reptiles, bass guitar and the Warhammer 40,000 universe.
Camille Heenan
Speech Language Pathologist (MSPath Griffith)Camille is a graduate of our mentoring and supervised practice program, meaning she starts her career as a Brisbane Speech Language Pathologist with almost 2 years of practical, hands on experience and training. She previously completed Master of Speech Pathology at Griffith University, and a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Linguistics, and a Diploma of Languages (French). She comes with a wealth os practice experience and will fit into our team seamlessly She has also worked in administration and customer service and loves to meet new people. She is very pleased to be supported by fantastic clinicians at ChatBox and is enjoying learning and refining her clinical skills. She has had previous clinical experience working with children with language and speech difficulties both in-clinic and via telehealth. In her spare time, she enjoys hanging out with her dog Merlot and exploring parts of Brisbane.
Suzanna Harris
Speech Language Pathologist (MSPath Griffith)Meet Suzanna, our passionate Speech Language Pathologist at Chatbox. Suzanna has previously completed a Masters of Speech Pathology at Griffith University, and a Bachelor of Languages and Linguistics, majoring in Japanese language. Suzanna is also a graduate of our mentoring and supervised practice program. Suzanna has a strong foundation in clinical practice with expertise in various areas, including working with children with cleft lip and palate, conducting dysphagia assessments and mealtime reviews for adults, and leading school-based programs aimed at promoting literacy and phonological awareness skills. Suzanna showcases a commitment to holistic client care across diverse settings within her practice. In her free time, she enjoys exploring new, trendy cafes and going swimming at the beach or local pool.