About Mental Health Occupational Therapy ​

Mental Health Occupational Therapy supports neurodivergent people and those living with psychosocial disabilities to participate in meaningful activities, manage everyday life demands, and achieve their goals in a way that respects their strengths and lived experiences. 

Mental Health OT can support with:

• Daily living and self-management skills: developing routines, organisation, and independence in everyday life.

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• Community participation: increasing confidence to use public transport, attending appointments, and engaging socially.

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• Executive functioning: Supporting attention, planning, problem-solving, and memory skills.

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• Vocational and educational participation: Building readiness for study, training, or employment.

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• Sensory processing and regulation: Understanding sensory needs and learning strategies to support regulation and daily functioning.

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• Coping and self-care strategies: Developing practical approaches to manage the effects of mental distress, maintain wellbeing, and support meaningful engagement in daily activities.

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• Goal planning and structure: Setting meaningful, achievable goals that align with your values, personal priorities, and NDIS plan to support the life you want to live.

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Who This Service Is For
Ongoing Therapy
Our Mental Health OT provides ongoing therapy for:

• Individuals aged 17– 40

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• Individuals who identify as being neurodivergent (with a focus on Autism)

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• Individuals living with psychosocial disabilities such bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or PTSD, anxiety and depression.

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Who this service may not be the best fit for:

• Individuals seeking ongoing therapy within a school environment. For Paediatric Occupational Therapy please click here
• Participants whose primary NDIS supports relate to physical disability, rather than Autism or psychosocial disability. For Physical Disabilities please click here

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Who This Service Is For
Functional Capacity Assessments (FCA)
Our Mental Health OT also provides Functional Capacity Assessments for eligible NDIS participants.

​Service Eligibility and Details:

• Ages: 16– 40 years

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• Eligibility: Participants with Autism or a psychosocial disability as their primary NDIS diagnosis

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• Service delivery: Available in person across Perth or via telehealth

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• Assessment: Please allow a minimum of 90 minutes for the Functional Capacity Assessment (FCA) interview and assessment

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Purpose of the FCA
A Functional Capacity Assessment explores how a person’s mental health or neurodevelopmental condition affects their everyday functioning across the NDIS domains:

• Communication
• Social interaction
• Learning and cognition
• Self-management and daily living
• Mental Wellbeing 
• Mobility and community access
  
  

About the assessment report:

• The report identifies each person’s strengths and support needs to guide NDIS access, planning, or review processes.
• Our therapists take a strengths-based and person-centred approach, while also ensuring reports meet NDIS requirements, which continue to recognise deficit-based language under the medical model.
• Each report includes clinical reasoning, observations, and evidence-based recommendations for appropriate supports, including core supports and capacity building.

Important: Belong Health is not a crisis centre.
If you or someone you know is in immediate need of crisis support, please call Lifeline 13 11 14 for assistance or for mental health emergencies in the Perth metro area, call the Mental Health Emergency Response Line (MHERL) on 1300 555 788, and for the Peel region, call 1800 676 822. 
If you or someone you care for is in immediate danger please phone 000
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What to Expect: Ongoing Therapy 
Our Therapy Process
1. Initial Enquiry
Contact our friendly admin team to discuss your needs, ask questions, and confirm eligibility for our services.

2. Intake and Goal Discussion
Complete a short intake form to help us understand your background, current supports, NDIS goals, areas of priority, and any immediate risks or needs.

3. Initial Sessions
The first few sessions focus on building a therapeutic relationship and creating a safe, supportive environment. Together, we’ll explore your interests, strengths, relationships, daily routines, current supports, and areas for growth. Goals often begin to emerge naturally during this stage.

4. Goal Planning
You and your therapist will work collaboratively to identify clear, achievable functional goals. It’s completely normal if goals aren’t clear right away — with time, safety, and trust, these will become more defined.
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5. Therapy Sessions
Ongoing sessions focus on building practical skills and strategies you can use in everyday life. Your therapist works alongside your current supports to make sure what you learn fits your real-world needs. Sessions move at your own pace, ensuring you feel comfortable and supported throughout the process.6. Progress Review
Your goals are reviewed regularly to ensure therapy remains meaningful, relevant, and aligned with the outcomes you want to achieve.

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What to Expect: Ongoing Therapy: Functional Capacity Assessments (FCA)

1. Referral and Intake: Provide your NDIS plan, and any relevant reports or information such as reason for the functional capacity assessment.
2. Scheduling: Choose between an in-person or telehealth assessment appointment.
3. Assessment Session (90 minutes) : Includes a structured interview and observation at your home.
4. Completing Questionnaire: You or your support person will be asked to complete questionnaires as part of the NDIS assessment requirements. Your therapist can guide and support you through this process. Questionnaires are usually sent via a secure online link but can also be completed in person if preferred, with additional time allocated to your appointment.
5. Collateral Gathering – With your consent, additional information may be requested from other health or support professionals such as progress reports, diagnostic reports, and previously completed FCAs’.
   
6. Report Preparation – Your therapist will complete a detailed FCA report. The standard turnaround time is 2-4 weeks, pending receival of all required collateral information and assessment questionnaire
   
7. Submission and Follow-Up – The report is shared with you (and your support coordinator if applicable). A follow-up discussion may be scheduled if needed.​
   

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Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Mental Health Occupational Therapist?
A Mental Health Occupational Therapist helps people develop the skills and strategies they need to live independently and engage in daily life despite the challenges of mental health or neurodevelopmental conditions. They focus on the connection between mental health and functional participation, not on diagnosis or medication.

Can a Mental Health OT help with anxiety or depression?
Yes. Occupational Therapy can support clients to manage the impact of anxiety, depression, or other psychosocial conditions by developing coping routines, daily structure, and strategies for re-engaging in meaningful activities.

How is Mental Health OT different from psychology or counselling?
Psychologists and counsellors focus primarily on thoughts, emotions, and processing experiences.
Mental Health OTs focus on the functional side of recovery — how symptoms affect daily life and what practical supports, habits, or skills can improve independence and participation.

Can I see the Mental Health OT through the NDIS?
Yes. Belong Health is an NDIS-registered provider, and this service is available to participants with psychosocial disabilities or autism (neurodivergence) under the Improved Daily Living or Capacity Building budgets.

Is telehealth available?

• Ongoing therapy: Face-to-face only.
• Functional Capacity Assessments: Available via telehealth or in person.

Do you work with physical disabilities?
Not for this service. This clinician works with clients whose primary NDIS diagnosis is psychosocial (Schizophrenia, PTSD)  or neurodevelopmental (Autism). Participants with primary physical disabilities can access other Belong Health Occupational Therapists.

How long are sessions?
Ongoing therapy sessions are typically 60 minutes.
FCA interviews are 90 minutes, with report preparation completed afterward.

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​Referrals to Belong Health
We are Medicare and Private Health fund registered for Occupational Therapy and Speech Pathology.

EPC/Team care arrangements/Chronic disease (CDM) or GP management plans and self-referrals are all acceptable.

WA NDIS Registered Provider  

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Medicare
You can get a referral from your/your child’s GP for OT on a Chronic Disease Management (CDM) plan this gives you 5 sessions for OT per calendar year with a $53 rebate available on each session or a Helping Children with Autism/PDD/ or an eligible disability package (20 sessions between allied health professionals, as set up by a Paediatrician/Psychiatrist) which gives your child under 16 years a $75 rebate per session for the 20 sessions, you can use up to 10 sessions per Health Professional (up to 10 for OT) and you will need a separate referral letter from your child’s Paediatrician for each Allied Health Professional you are seeking services from. 

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Private Health
Your Private Health fund may cover up to 75% of the cost of OT sessions if this is included in your cover, be sure to call them or check your policy for details.

No referral or self referral
You do not require a referral for accessing OT

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NDIS Registered Provider
We are an NDIS Registered Provider
Whether you or your child have NDIS funding that is NDIS Managed, Third Party Plan Managed or you are Self-Managing your funds, you are able to use your funding to cover the full cost of therapy services plus travel costs. You will need provide us with your/your child’s NDIS number and plan details ahead of your first session. Once you have booked a session or contacted us, our team will be in touch to discuss our service agreement and provide you with our services price list. 

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Phone: 08 9586 3934

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