Our Team
Vicki Abraham (Managing Director)
Vicki is an Occupational Therapist by trade and is the Managing Director of Abraham OT Services (AOTS). Vicki’s vision has always been to continually evaluate community needs and for her practice to provide timely and evidence-based services to her clients so they can live their best life no matter their disability. Vicki’s sole desire has always been to be able to provide Australians with care and services that are considered routine in the rest of the world.
In 2013 Vicki was awarded the George Alexander Foundation Fellowship under the guidance of the International Specialised Skills Institute. This allowed Vicki to further her knowledge in Constraint Induced Therapy and Robotic/Computer based therapies being used around the world. Vicki’s passion in this area has led to her incorporating these therapies into the AOTS clinic which is now recognised as the Australian Tyromotion Reference Centre.
Nick Snowden (Senior Occupational Therapist)
Nick has a passion for neurorehabilitation and upper limb rehabilitation. His experience with inpatient neuro rehab enables him to assist our clients in their own environments to rebuild their independence. Nick’s interest in rehabilitation and technology allows him to treat clients in our clinic using our robotic and computer-based devices. This passion has expanded, and Nick is now fully accredited through the University of Alabama in Constraint Induced Therapy as developed by Professor Taub. Nick’s motivation and determination provides him with the opportunity to build rapport with his clients and help each client reach their personal goals. Nick’s continued professional development has enabled him to become an important member in our senior team, and a very supportive leader to our junior therapists.
Glorie Correa (Occupational Therapist)
Currently on Maternity Leave
Glorie’s enthusiasm and love for everything OT allows her to connect extremely well with our clients. Her passion to assist clients reach their fullest potential allows Glorie to design a program that is specific to each client’s needs. Glorie’s skills and knowledge supports her passion further and allows her to assist clients with tasks such as equipment prescription, home modifications, functional capacity assessments, functional retraining. Goal setting, pacing strategies, pain and fatigue management are also important aspects that Glorie incorporates when supporting her clients in achieving long term results. Glorie’s ongoing interest in neuroplasticity and neurological conditions sparks her motivation to treat clients within our clinic using our robotic and computer-based devices. Glorie’s experience within our clinic allows her to extend her passion from community to clinic in order to use a holistic approach with her clients while assisting them to reach their goals.
Emma Clark (Occupational Therapist)
Emma is extremely passionate about supporting her clients to rebuild their capacities and achieve their goals. Emma is motivated to support her clients with all aspects of their lives, including functional capacity assessments, assistive technology prescription, functional retraining, to mention a few. Emma’s positive outlook and commitment to client centred care is reflected in her ability to develop tailored interventions. Emma builds rapport easily with her clients enabling her to be an important member of each treating team allowing her to liaise effectively with family, professionals and other key members of each client’s support network.
Micaela Chetty (Occupational Therapist)
Micaela is an enthusiastic and compassionate OT. She is very passionate about providing client-centered and holistic care to individuals in the community. Micaela’s experience as an OT both in New Zealand and here in Australia has enhanced her skills in areas such as assistive technology, home modifications and retaining of daily tasks. Micaela’s ability to build rapport with her clients, and their family, has enabled her to help clients achieve optimal outcomes. Micaela’s desire to support her clients further has expanded her passion to include neurological rehabilitation and robotic and computer-based rehabilitation.
Tara Callaway (Head of Support Coordination)
Tara brings her wealth of knowledge, skills, networks and a deep understanding of NDIS to head up our Support Coordination Service. Tara has worked in support services for many years and before NDIS she worked with Fee for Service Case Management.
Tara’s passion is supporting individuals and their families to better navigate the service system. She works with our clients to link them to services that can best provide them the therapeutic interventions, assistance in their home, and access to the community that they desire. She is also motivated to assist participants to utilise their NDIS plan to its optimum, and ensures they have access to the support they need every day to live a fulfilled life.
Emma Abraham (Allied Health Assistant)
Emma became an Allied Health Assistant so that she can support her clients to reach their potential and work towards increasing their independence. Emma’s exposure to the Tyromotion devices for the last decade has added to her passion around helping people regain the functional use of their arms/hands. Emma supports our clients within our clinic by running their sessions as devised by their therapists with the aim to increase their physical and cognitive abilities. Emma is fully trained on the Tyromotion devices.
Ruby Raju (Allied Health Assistant / Administration)
Ruby has joined our team to support our therapists in the clinic and to welcome our clients at reception. Ruby is studying within the Health Science field and has a passion for supporting clients to build their abilities in their everyday life.
Shannon Nelson (Administration)
Shannon provides our team with essential admin support. She has a background in nursing which includes hospital ward and administration experience. Shannon’s personal experience with NDIS makes her perfect for the role of supporting our team with all NDIS matters. You will be able to talk with Shannon when you call us or visit our clinic.
Karly Counihan (Administration)
Karly has worked in the health industry for many years. She brings her hands on experience and admin skills to our administration team. Karly’s calm and understanding approach will ease you with any questions you may have. You will be able to see her smiling face as soon as you visit our clinic.
