Mindwise Team - Mindwise

Maria

Maria is an experienced speech pathologist with over 10 years of practice, specialising in working with children from birth to school age. She has extensive experience supporting culturally and linguistically diverse communities, particularly in the Bankstown and Fairfield areas.

Fluent in Vietnamese, Maria is dedicated to using a holistic approach when working with families, collaborating closely to achieve their goals together. Her commitment to understanding each child’s unique needs and fostering strong partnerships with families makes her a trusted professional in the field of speech pathology.

We are an NDIS-registered provider, welcoming participants who are PACE/NDIA-managed, plan-managed, or self-managed to book an appointment.

Nourhan Kara-Ali

Nourhan is a dedicated mobile Speech Pathologist providing assessment and therapy for individuals of all ages, from children to adults. With a client-centered approach, Nourhan supports NDIS participants with a range of communication and swallowing challenges, including speech and language delays, social communication difficulties, stuttering, voice disorders, and dysphagia (swallowing difficulties).

Offering flexible mobile services, Nourhan provides therapy in homes, schools, aged care facilities, and community settings, ensuring accessible and convenient support. Sessions are tailored to individual needs, empowering clients to improve communication, enhance independence, and achieve their personal goals.

Nourhan is bilingual and can speak Arabic fluently.

Sarah Merei

Sarah is a dedicated paediatric Occupational Therapist with a passion for helping children develop essential skills for daily life. She is passionate about supporting children with sensory processing challenges, fine and gross motor development, self-care skills, and school readiness.

Sarah uses a child-centered, evidence-based approach to create fun and engaging therapy sessions tailored to each child’s unique needs. Committed to empowering families, she works closely with parents, caregivers, and educators to ensure every child reaches their full potential.

Sarah is bilingual and speaks Arabic.

We are an NDIS-registered provider, welcoming participants who are plan-managed, self-managed, or NDIA-managed to book an appointment.

Alicia Chua

Alicia Chua is a registered Occupational Therapist with experience working with children and adults. She has experience working with individuals to:

provide functional capacity assessments
Improve daily living skills and increase independence in daily living tasks
upper limb therapy
developing motor skills,
social skills,
cognition skills
and emotional regulation

Alicia is a mobile therapist that can travel out to provide home visits, school therapy visits, and other centres as needed across Sydney, NSW. Alicia is also bilingual, having the ability to speak Mandarin fluently.

We are an NDIS-registered provider, welcoming participants who are plan-managed, self-managed, or NDIA-managed to book an appointment.

Dr Yaser Mohammad

Dr. Yaser Mohammad is a senior Occupational Therapist and Mental Health Nurse who will be working in both capacities at Mindwise.

Dr. Yaser has extensive experience providing functional assessments, therapeutic intervention and report writing for NDIS participants. He also works as a Mental Health Nurse at Bankstown Community Mental Health Services, and is a research assistant in mental health, at the School of Medicine, Western Sydney University.

Dr. Yaser is passionate about the field of Occupational Therapy and mental health counselling with culturally and linguistically diverse individuals. He also enjoys being able to transfer his vast array of skills to Occupational Therapy graduates and Occupational Therapy assistants / students.

Dr. Yaser is bilingual and speaks Arabic fluently.

Tracy Phan

Tracy is a Paediatric Occupational Therapist who graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Occupational Therapy from The University of Sydney in 2011. She has over 11 years of experience working with children of varying abilities and is passionate about helping children achieve independence with their daily activities.

Tracy has worked across different settings including private, government and educational sectors. She provides a holistic approach to therapy and strives to empower children and their families to become active participants in their therapy journey. Tracy has particular interests in helping children with their school skills (including fine motor and handwriting development), pretend play and sensory regulation.

She is committed to providing evidence-based intervention and has recently co-authored ‘Therapist perceptions of barriers to telehealth uptake in children’s occupational therapy’ which was published in The Australian Journal of Occupational Therapy in 2023.

Tracy is bilingual in both English and Vietnamese.

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