• Enhancing independence: Learn new techniques to perform everyday activities such as dressing, cooking, and bathing with greater ease.
• Improving arm and hand function: Strengthening and coordination exercises help improve movement and dexterity in affected limbs.
• Enhancing vision and perception: Techniques and adaptive strategies can help manage visual impairments and spatial awareness challenges.
• Adapting the home and environment: Therapists provide recommendations for home modifications, such as grab bars or adaptive equipment, to improve safety and accessibility.
• Conserving energy and managing fatigue: Learn strategies to pace activities, conserve energy, and prevent overexertion.
• Work and community activities: Tailored strategies help individuals gain skills needed for work, hobbies, and social engagement.

• Improving communication skills: Help express thoughts more clearly, understand spoken language, and engage in meaningful conversations. This may involve exercises to improve word retrieval, sentence structure, pronunciation, and overall clarity.
• Managing aphasia: Aphasia affects the ability to speak, read, write, or understand language. Speech therapy provides structured exercises to strengthen these skills, helping individuals communicate more effectively.
• Dysphagia treatment (swallowing support): Difficulty swallowing (dysphagia) is common after a stroke and can lead to choking or aspiration pneumonia. Speech therapists assess swallowing function and provide targeted exercises to strengthen throat and mouth muscles, making eating and drinking safer and more comfortable.
• Learning alternative communication strategies: If verbal speech remains difficult, therapists introduce alternative methods such as picture boards, gestures, or assistive communication devices to help individuals express themselves in new ways.
• Cognitive rehabilitation: Communication is closely linked to cognitive functions such as memory, attention, and problem-solving. Speech therapy can incorporate cognitive exercises to help individuals improve thinking and language skills, supporting everyday interactions.
• Enhancing emotional wellbeing and confidence: Losing the ability to communicate can be frustrating and isolating. Speech therapy not only restores language skills but also helps rebuild confidence, reducing feelings of frustration and improving social engagement.

• Initial consultation and interview: A detailed discussion to gather information about your health history, current challenges, daily routines, and personal goals.
• Observation of functional tasks: The therapist may observe you performing key activities such as mobility, personal care, domestic tasks, or community access to assess physical, cognitive, and psychosocial function.
• Comprehensive domain assessment: Assessment may include areas such as communication, mobility, self-care, social interaction, learning, and participation in work or leisure, with standardised measures used where relevant.
• Collaboration with your care network: Input from family, carers, or other treating professionals may be sought to ensure a well-rounded understanding of your needs and context.
• Detailed reporting and recommendations: A formal report will outline functional strengths and limitations, along with clear, evidence-based recommendations for supports, interventions, assistive technology, or environmental changes to enhance independence and goal attainment.

Our team works with you, your family, and support network to understand your experiences and develop practical, personalised approaches that align with your goals and values. We will:

• Get to know you: We’ll start by learning all about you – what you enjoy, what you find challenging, and how you respond in different situations. This involves chatting with you, observing behaviours, and gathering insights from those who know you well.
• Set clear goals together: Next, we’ll sit down with you, your family, and support team to decide on some clear, meaningful goals. These goals will guide us and help track progress along the way.
• Create a personalised support plan: We’ll develop positive and practical strategies that are tailored just for you. Rather than focusing on “fixing” behaviours, we’ll work on building new skills and encouraging helpful habits that make life easier and more enjoyable.
• Plan your support: We’ll outline exactly how and when your support will happen—what strategies we’ll use, who will be involved, and how everyone can play a part. It’s all about working together and making sure your voice is heard.
• Equip your team: We’ll provide training and guidance to your family, carers, and professionals so they feel confident and supported in putting the plan into action.
• Check in and tweak things as needed: We’ll keep an eye on how things are going and make adjustments when needed. Life changes, and your plan should change with it to stay helpful and relevant.
• Create a positive environment: Finally, we’ll help build a supportive and encouraging space where you feel understood, respected, and included – because everyone deserves to thrive.

• Focus on the present: Counselling focuses on your current experiences rather than diagnosing mental health conditions. It’s about helping you make sense of what you’re feeling and facing in the present moment, without the need for labels or formal assessments.
• Guided by you: Each session is shaped around your unique needs, preferences, and pace. Your counsellor will work with you – not on you – creating a space where your voice and goals lead the way.
• Safe and supportive conversations: You’ll be encouraged to talk through whatever’s on your mind in a respectful, non-judgmental environment. These conversations help you gain perspective, release emotional pressure, and feel heard, without the clinical jargon.
• Practical tools and strategies: Counselling offers useful techniques to help you better manage emotions, improve your communication, strengthen relationships, and build personal resilience; tools you can use in everyday life.
• Focus on clarity and action: The aim is to help you find emotional clarity and build confidence in your ability to solve problems, make decisions, and take meaningful next steps; whatever those look like for you.

• Build strength and endurance: Strengthen your muscles to improve performance in sports, daily activities, and overall mobility.
• Boost cognitive function: Regular movement enhances focus, mental clarity, and brain health.
• Manage weight: Tailored exercise programs can help with weight loss, maintenance, or healthy weight gain.
• Enhance mood: Exercise releases feel-good hormones that reduce anxiety and help with depression.
• Improve sleep: A well-structured exercise routine can help you sleep more deeply and wake up feeling refreshed.
• Manage chronic pain: Strength, flexibility, and endurance training can help ease ongoing pain and discomfort.
• Increase independence: Develop the strength, balance and coordination needed to confidently manage daily tasks.
• Reduce stress: Movement, whether in the gym or the water, naturally releases endorphins to help you relax and feel your best.