Our Services
We are practicing professionals and are thrilled to be able to offer individual therapy sessions to families and children that are based around our local area. We are focused on therapeutic goals, holistic family working and having fun.
Our overall goal as therapists is for you and your family to not need us anymore.
We want to 'help you do it alone'.
We are currently based in Townsville, North Queensland, Australia, so unfortunately our face to face services are limited to around this location.
We offer sessions by appointment only.
We can also offer Telehealth sessions, depending on you child, your family and your needs.
We are registered in both Australia and the United Kingdom and can offer Telehealth services to those in the UK.
Thanks for joining our waiting list! We will be in touch in early 2025.
Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapy is helps your child to DO the things they need and want to do.
Occupational Therapists generally organise the things people need to do into 4 areas;
- rest (sleeping, relaxing)
- productivity (work, and outcome based activities)
- leisure (things we do for fun)
- self care (looking after our bodies and mind)
When working with children and young people, Occupational Therapists are interested in understanding if a child can:
- do what they want to do (motivation)
- play (the medium for learning skills)
- do what they need to do (function)
At Look Hear, we ask ourselves several key questions:
- what does this child need to do (to play, learn, develop and grow)?
- what is stopping them being able to do this?
- where do they need to do this (in which environments)?
- who do they need to do this with (parents, siblings, peers, teachers)?
Psychology
Psychology is the study of the mind and human behaviour.
Psychologists work across a variety of areas, including cognition, development, health, social behaviour, learning and clinical.
When working with children and young people, Clinical Psychologists are interested in understanding how a child:
- manages their emotions
- behaves across different settings
- thinks about themselves and the world around them
- interacts with others
At Look Hear, Clinical Psychologists work in a holistic way to diagnose and treat behavioural, emotional and other mental health concerns.
The aim of this work is to provide an accurate understanding of what is contributing to presenting difficulties and support children and families to address these difficulties.
We have a blog post regarding 'Psychology for Children' which has more information.
Our Services
Occupational Therapy Session (50 minutes)
- One-to-one therapy session with parent coaching, working on your individual goals.
- Include brief notes of session sent via email within 5 working days of session.
- Also offered via Skype/ Telehealth.
Prices available on request
Occupational Therapy Notes or Letter Writing (50 minutes)
- Letters may include correspondence or referrals to your child's School, your local NHS services or your General Practitioner.
- Applies to any additional notes or reports outside of session summaries.
- Therapist must have seen your child within the last 2 months.
Prices available on request
Occupational Therapy Session at School or Day Care* (50 minutes)
- One-to-One session observing and understanding how your child operates within their educational environment.
- Feedback and reflection to education staff as appropriate to your individual child's needs.
- Applies to meetings attended in school or nursery by the therapist.
- Includes notes and strategies of session sent via email within 5 working days of session (please note, this does not include a full report).
- *Need consent from Nursery/ Day Care or School to attend.
Prices available on request
Clinical Psychology Session (50 minutes)
- One-to-One session therapy session
- Working on goals that are important to the child or family
- Completely confidential
Prices available on request
Clinical Psychology Session at School or Nursery (50 minutes)
- One-to-One session observing and understanding how your child operates within their educational environment from a mental health and behavioural viewpoint.
- Feedback and reflection to education staff as appropriate to your individual child's needs.
- Applies to meetings attended in school or nursery by the therapist.
- Includes notes and strategies of session sent via email within 5 working days of session (please note, this is not a full report).
- Need consent from Nursery or School to attend.
Prices available on request
Clinical Psychology Notes or Letter Writing (50 minutes)
- Letters may include correspondence or referrals to your child's School, your local NHS services or your General Practitioner.
- Applies to any additional notes or reports outside of session summaries.
- Therapist must have seen your child within the last 2 months.
Prices available on request
Clinical Psychology - Meeting Attendance (50 minutes)
- Attendance at School/NDIS/ Multi-disciplinary team meetings - Please not this does not include a report and is attendance only.
- If you would like a letter or formal report - please let us know as this is a different cost and we can provide you with an estimate.
Prices available on request
Occupational Therapy Assessment
- One-to-One assessment session looking at key areas of development such as physical skills (fine and gross motor skill sets), social and emotional skills, play skills, communication skills as part of play, sensory processing, as well as cognitive skills.
- May include standardised and non standardised assessment tools.
- A short report of assessment and findings, as well as a therapy plan and how much the suggested therapy is likely to be.
Prices available on request
Clinical Psychology Assessment
- One-to-One assessment session looking at key areas of development such as social and emotional skills, communication skills, cognitive skills, learning, behaviour, and mental health.
- This may also include gathering information from key stakeholders such as schools, your General Practitioner and other professionals involved in your child's care.
- May or may not be diagnostic or help to inform possible diagnoses (only within clinicians scope of practice).
- May include standardised and non standardised assessment tools.
- A detailed report of assessment findings, strategies to support your child and recommendation for future intervention.
Please contact us as fees depend on the type of assessment you are requesting.
Occupational Therapy Supervision (50 minutes)
- Include brief notes of the session sent via email within 5 working days of session, notes aligned with professional standards.
- Offered via online or phone
Prices available on request
Clinical/Counselling Psychology Supervision (50 minutes)
- Include brief notes of session sent via email within 5 working days of session, notes aligned with professional standards.
- Offered via online or Phone.
Prices available on request
Professional Training Sessions
- Delivered by an Occupational Therapist or Clinical Psychologist.
- Topics include {but not limited to} Zones of Regulation, Challenging Behaviour, Mental Health, Autism, Sensory Processing and various others.
- Discounts or reduce rates for community groups or registered charities.
- Includes PDF of PowerPoint for note taking (sent before training for printing by organisation).
- Can be tailored to your workplace, and time considerations.
- Certificate of Attendance provided for members of staff who attend.
Prices available on request
Travel Fee + Non-Travel Related Charges
Mileages
Prices available on request
*These fees are correct of October 2024 and Look Hear Australia Ltd (ABN: 92 613 657 426 - Australia) reserves that right to change these fees without notice but will endeavour to update the website in a timely manner.
These fees are to be used as guide only, as every family and their individual needs are different. Please contact our team for your individual therapy quote with our most up to date fee structure.
There may be ways to reduce out of pocket costs such as NDIS, Medicare and Private Health. This is dependent on personal circumstances. Please talk to your GP for more information.
Our Team
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Tara Rossow (nee Whiteford) - Founder/Owner
Registered Occupational Therapist
Tara is an experienced Occupational Therapist who has worked in Paediatrics since her graduation from James Cook University in 2012. She has considerable experience working with children who present with diverse physical, developmental, mental health and complex needs and abilities.
Tara is passionate about helping children and families to achieve their individuals goals, and aims to do this by empowering families. Her therapy motto is "It's not hard to make it easy" and Tara strives support families to develop their own skills set that enables to meet their individual child's and family needs.
Tara previously worked at a Specialist School in Oxfordshire, as well as within the NHS in the United Kingdom.
Since their return to Australia in 2024, she is working part time supporting families using the NDIS in the community and in schools in North Queensland.
She continues to build Look Hear in her spare time.
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Dr Tim Rossow - Founder/Owner
Registered Clinical Psychologist
Tim is a registered Clinical Psychologist (Australia) and Clinical and Counselling Psychologist (United Kingdom) and has worked across a variety of roles since graduating in 2011. He began to focus on working with children, particularly with neurodevelopmental disorders, and their families in 2013. Tim has significant experience working with and assessing children with developmental, learning and mental health needs.
Tim is passionate about understanding behaviour, and helping families, teams and schools to manage different behaviours of children and young people with various needs and abilities.
Tim completed his Doctoral studies at Reading University, looking at sensory processing and mental health difficulties within Autism Spectrum Disorder/s. He continues to be involved in research both in the UK and internationally, focusing on sensory processing and mental health challenges.
Since returning to Australia in 2024, Tim currently working in the Education Space, supporting families, educators and Psychologists in school. He works across the Northern Queensland regions, including remote communities.
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