Carolyn loves being outdoors, and knows first-hand how good it is for wellbeing.
Fees and rebates
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Medicare rebate available
50 Minute session
Session fee: $230
Medicare rebate: $89.50
Out of pocket: $140.50
Ask GP for referral to Better Access Mental Health for Focused Psychological Strategies by an OT
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Medicare rebate available
50 minute session
Session fee: $230
Medicare rebate: $68.55
Out of pocket: $171.70
Ask GP for Chronic Condition Management plan to receive rebate
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Medicare rebate available
50 Minute session
Session fee: $230
Medicare rebate: $89.50
Out of pocket: $140.50
Ask GP for referral to Complex Neurodevelopmental Disorder for Mental Health OT
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Private Health rebate available
50 Minute session
Session fee: $230
Ask your health fund for the rebate available as this varies from fund to fund.
No GP referral required
Out of pocket: $140.50
Ask GP for referral to Better Access Mental Health for Focused Psychological Strategies by an OT
Publications
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Fitzgibbon, C. E., & O’Sullivan, J. S. (2026). Sensory modulation interventions in practice when working with trauma. In Sensory approaches to mental health practice (pp. 69–78). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-40596-9.00016-6
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O’Sullivan, J., Fitzgibbon, C., Carrive, P., & Kozlowska, K. (2026). Pickle juice – and other pungent foods – as a grounding strategy for managing episodes of dissociative shutdown. Human Systems: Therapy, Culture and Attachments, 6(2), 148-165. https://doi.org/10.1177/26344041251411521
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Kozlowska, K., Fitzgibbon, C., O’Sullivan, J., Scher, S., & Carrive, P. (2026). From pickle juice to chemosensation: A discussion on the interoceptive/homeostatic reset system for interventions in dissociation and trauma-related dysregulation. Human Systems: Therapy, Culture and Attachments, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/26344041261462371
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Keptner KM, Fitzgibbon C, O’Sullivan J. Effectiveness of anxiety reduction interventions on test anxiety: A comparison of four techniques incorporating sensory modulation. British Journal of Occupational Therapy. 2021;84(5):289-297. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308022620935061
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Fitzgibbon, C., & O’Sullivan, J. (2018). Sensory modulation : resource manual : changing how you feel through using your senses. Sensory Modulation Brisbane.
Programs
Sleep Program
Carolyn looks beyond standard sleep hygiene advice to consider what might be keeping you awake, whether that’s habits, stress, trauma, anxiety, nightmares, night-time eating, pain, itching or something else. Together, you’ll work out some practical strategies to help you rest.
ADHD Program
Carolyn’s ADHD program focuses on the daily life challenges, whether that’s focus, overwhelm, procrastination, emotional ups and downs, sleep, stress or anxiety, and find strategies that suit your brain and your routine.
Chronic conditions and pain program
Carolyn’s program draws on the latest neuroscience to help you understand how pain and long-term health conditions affect the brain and body, and how stress can make them harder to live with. Together, you’ll look at what might be amplifying your symptoms, whether that’s stress, poor sleep, anxiety, worry about flare-ups, or the strain of pushing through, and build practical ways to ease it.
Sessions are warm, validating and collaborative.
