The ripple starts here  ·  Welcome to the circle

For allied health therapists in private practice

Held so you can hold.

You give so much of yourself in every session, and then you go home and run the business on your own. You were never meant to do this alone. The Therapists Haven is a community of therapists across Australia who leave the performance at the door, breathe again, and carry that feeling back to every family they support.

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Speech pathologist for 17 years. Clinic founder. Finalist, Speech Pathologist of the Year 2026.

Does this sound familiar?

Brilliant in the therapy room. Quietly carrying everything else.

If you nodded along to even one of these, you found your people.

  • You wear every hat. Clinician, admin, marketer, bookkeeper and the person who restocks the toilet paper, all before lunch.

  • Every NDIS change lands on your desk. And you work out what it means for your families, your caseload and your income on your own, usually at 10pm.

  • You're decisive with clients and stuck on business decisions. You know exactly what a child needs next, yet the next step for your practice keeps going round in circles.

  • You care deeply about neurodiversity-affirming practice and worry about getting it wrong, with nobody to talk it through with.

  • Professional networks have left you cold. Formal, hierarchical and joyless, when what you wanted was a room full of people who get it.

Hi, I'm Di

I know what it feels like to paddle like a duck.

I registered the Perth Hills Allied Health business name on my very first day of maternity leave with my second son. It started as Saturday mornings and grew into a full clinic in Kelmscott, and over 17 years I've worked across not-for-profits, the disability sector and private practice.

Then 2025 happened. My team dissolved, and in the same week my last full-time therapist resigned, I lost my dad. I had all the clinical skills in the world and nowhere to put the weight of it. That season is exactly why The Therapists Haven exists. I built the place I needed, a space where it is safe to be imperfect, and where joy is part of the job.

The ripple starts here.

Ways to work with me

Find the kind of support that fits.

The Therapists Haven

A community, not a network. Same mission, different stories, one community.

A circle of allied health sole traders and small practice owners who meet regularly to talk about the real stuff: the tricky client, the business decision you keep putting off, the week that flattened you. You leave feeling seen, restored and clear on your next step.

  • Regular live sessions with Di
  • Speech pathologists, OTs, psychs and physios
  • Business and clinical reflection
  • Neurodiversity-affirming practice support

$70 a month · Your first session is free

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Supervision with Di

One-on-one reflective supervision

Dedicated time to think out loud about your caseload, your service model or the direction of your practice, with questions that get underneath what's really going on.

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Supervision + Haven

The bundle

Monthly 1:1 supervision alongside your Haven membership, for when you want both the personal support and the community around you.

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Guest Speaking

Bring Di to your event

Warm, practical, and real. Talks on neurodiversity-affirming practice, therapist wellbeing and building a private practice that doesn't cost you everything.

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“Di's supervision gave me more clarity on changing my service model. Her questions were thought provoking, feedback clear and practical, and I left knowing exactly what to focus on next.”
Kate Schroder · Little Stars Therapy

Learn with Di

Professional development that feels human.

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Upcoming live webinar

Affirming Across Identities

Building connection through neurodiversity, LGBTQIA+ and cultural inclusion. Presented by Sandy Lin (she/they), hosted by Di.

Fri 30 Oct 2026 12:00 to 2:00pm AWST $150
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On demand

Neuro-Affirming Practice Series

Eight bite-sized webinars to watch over lunch, built around real clinic moments.

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On demand

PDA in Speech Therapy

Watch straight away, with the slides, resource book and reflection sheet included.

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A little about where I've been

17 yearsas a speech pathologist across early intervention, mobile, clinic and telehealth
Top 50Australia's Small Business Owners, 2021
FinalistSpeech Pathologist of the Year, Allied Health Awards 2026
Co-founderWA Neurodiversity Affirming Health Professionals Network

Welcome to the circle

When you feel held, your clients feel it too.

Pull up a chair. Your first Haven session is on me, and all you need to bring is yourself.

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