Director and Occupational Therapist
Ashleigh Ehrenfeld is an enthusiastic and experienced pediatric Occupational Therapist. From a young age Ashleigh knew that she wanted to work with children and make a difference in their lives. This began with a degree in Health Sciences (Nutrition) and she then continued on to obtain a degree in Occupational Therapy from the Australian Catholic University.
Ashleigh began working with children in as an Occupational Therapy assistant in 2013 and transitioned over to a fully qualified Occupational Therapist upon completion of her degree. Over the past 8 years Ashleigh has continued to focus on broadening her knowledge and ensuring that she continues to grow and develop her skills in a range of areas.
Ashleigh has strong skills in delivery therapy through a range of interventions and draws on a variety of therapeutic interventions when working with children and their families to deliver the best possible outcomes. Ashleigh is experienced in sensory processing, play skills, behavioural intervention, praxis, feeding therapy and social emotional development.
Ashleigh loves to work with children of all ages and has extensive experience working with varying challenges including social emotional difficulties, sensory processing and praxis challenges, regulation and behavioural issues, picky and problem eaters as well as children with more complex developmental challenges. Ashleigh works collaboratively with families and all key stakeholders to develop individual research based intervention plans to empower the children to improve their overall function and participation.
Occupational Therapist
Occupational Therapist
Georgia is a friendly Occupational Therapist who strives to help the children and their families achieve their goals. She completed her Bachelor of Occupational Therapy in 2021 and has been working with children since 2016, teaching and coaching various sports with a particular interest in swimming, netball and gymnastics. Georgia’s final university placement was at the Randwick Sydney Children’s Hospital. Most of her time was spent in the brain tumour and oncology ward, seeing both inpatients and outpatients. It was here that her interest in paediatrics was sparked and she saw how beneficial Occupational Therapy can be for children and how important the role of play is in supporting a child’s development.
Psychologist and Clinical Neuropsychology Registrar
Lauren is a Registered Psychologist and Clinical Neuropsychology Registrar who has completed the Master of Clinical Psychology and is currently undertaking her PhD at Macquarie University. Clinically, she is highly knowledgable in the assessment and diagnosis of ADHD, learning disorders, and other developmental conditions, and has great understanding of the impact of mood and lifestyle factors on a child’s cognition, behaviour and learning. She has extensive experience in the treatment of anxiety disorders, particularly obsessive-compulsive disorder, separation anxiety, and generalised anxiety disorder. Lauren has experience in running one-on-one as well as group interventions in both a paediatric and adult setting. She is passionate about helping equip parents with tools to manage challenging behaviours in their children. Her research interests include the effects of lifestyle factors such as diet on mood and cognition, the role of inflammation in mood disorders, and changes in cognition across the lifespan as a result.
Research Analyst
Rebecca graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor or Arts. Over the last 15 years she has worked with the state and commonwealth government, and the private sector, as a research analyst, policy analyst and economist.
Rebecca loves to solve problems. She has applied her research and analytical skills across several sectors including education, heath, transportation, technology, regulation and the environment. She has worked for international and domestic clients and always learns something interesting from each piece of research she completes.
Rebecca joined Eastern Suburbs OT in 2022 to support Ashleigh and the team keep up to date with the latest research around service assessment and interventions. Rebecca loves to research and is keenly interested in childhood development, particularly as she watches her two beautiful children grow and learn.