About Horizons Therapy Clinic

My name is Emily, and I founded Horizons Therapy Clinic over 15 years ago with a simple intention: to provide compassionate, practical support to people navigating the moments in life that can feel overwhelming, complex or uncertain.

I hold qualifications in Psychology, Counselling, Autism and Auslan, and have more than a decade of experience supporting individuals and families across a range of areas, including relationship challenges, trauma and PTSD, family conflict, grief, emotional regulation and substance misuse.

In recent years, my professional practice has developed a strong focus on Positive Behaviour Support and neurodiversity-affirming practice. As a Behaviour Support Practitioner, I work with children, adolescents and adults within the NDIS, alongside their families, carers, schools, support teams and allied health professionals.

My work includes:

• Positive Behaviour Support

• Counselling and therapeutic support

• Parent coaching and mentoring

• Autism and neurodiversity-affirming practice

• Emotional regulation and trauma-informed support

• Functional behaviour assessment and individualised support planning

• Capacity building, education and training for families, carers and support teams

My approach looks beyond behaviour itself to understand the person, their communication, environment, sensory and emotional needs, relationships and individual capacity. I believe meaningful support should promote autonomy, dignity, emotional safety, quality of life and genuine participation, rather than simply focusing on compliance or changing behaviour.

Alongside clinical practice, I have a strong interest in professional development, evidence-informed practice and further study in psychology. My work exploring autistic burnout in adolescents from a Behaviour Support perspective within the NDIS framework was selected for presentation at the 2026 Neurodivergence Wellbeing Conference, reflecting my particular interest in adolescent wellbeing, autistic burnout and capacity-based approaches to support.

I also bring lived experience as a parent of an autistic child. This perspective complements my professional training and has strengthened my understanding of the realities families can face when navigating education, disability services, therapeutic supports and everyday family life.

At Horizons, support is warm, strengths-based, collaborative and individualised. Every person deserves to feel heard, understood and respected, and my role is to work alongside clients and the people who support them to build skills, strengthen capacity and work toward goals that genuinely matter to them.

Horizons Therapy Clinic is about understanding the person behind the behaviour — and creating support that works in real life.