Mental Health Occupational Therapy for Adults | Haven OT
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Mental Health & Autism Occupational Therapy · Telehealth, Australia-wide

Support that starts exactly where you are, even if where you are is stuck.

Telehealth occupational therapy for adults living with mental health challenges and autism — goal-based support that starts where you actually are. NDIS psychosocial supports welcome.

No cost, no obligation — honest guidance about whether OT is right for you.
★ We start where you actually are ★ We work with your existing team ★ Graded to today's capacity
Adult working through a mental health occupational therapy session
7+ yrs Clinical experience · 350+ clients supported
350+Clients supported
7+ yrsClinical experience
Mon–Fri8am to 5pm availability
1:1Support every session
AUS-wideTelehealth reach
For adults

Does this sound familiar?

Getting through a basic daily routine takes everything you have, and by lunchtime the day is already gone.
You're in autistic burnout, or recovering from it, and the people around you don't seem to understand what that means.
You want to get back to work, study or community, but the gap between here and there feels impossible.
The world is too loud, too bright and too much, and you spend a lot of energy just managing the volume of it.
You have a team, a psychologist, a support coordinator, a GP, and yet daily life still isn't working.
You keep trying to push through on willpower, and it keeps running out before the week does.

If you're reading this while running on empty, you are not lazy and you are not failing. You're trying to do ordinary days with a nervous system that's carrying more than most.

Function is not about willpower, it's about fit. When support is graded to where you actually are right now, small steps start to hold, and holding is what lets capacity grow. That's the work we do with you: start honest about today, then build from there, so life gets a little more workable without asking you to become a different person first.

How it works

Three steps, no overwhelm

1

Book a 15-minute call

A short, no-cost chat with an experienced OT about what daily life looks like for you right now. No pressure, no obligation to go further.

2

We build a plan together

We shape a plan around your goals and your funding, graded to what you can manage today. You always know exactly what happens next.

3

Support where life happens

Sessions run by telehealth into your own space, at your own pace — support lands in the rooms and routines where the challenges actually are.

What we help with

Support for the everyday things that feel hard

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Goal-based coaching & routines

Goals graded to your actual capacity today, built into steady, repeatable routines — not where a program thinks you should be.

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Autistic burnout recovery

A slower, realistic plan for rebuilding energy and function after burnout, paced so it actually holds.

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Support for women with autism

Work that recognises how autism can present in women, often after years of masking and being missed.

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Sensory processing & modulation

Understanding what tips you into overload, and what helps you come back down.

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Work, study & community reintegration

Practical steps back toward work, study, volunteering or community life, sized so the next feels possible.

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Functional capacity assessments

Clear assessments of how you manage daily life for autism and psychosocial disability — useful for NDIS plans and reviews.

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Emotional regulation & stress tolerance

Ways to notice a rising wave earlier, sit with it, and let it pass without being swept under.

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Working with your existing team

We work alongside your psychologist, support coordinator and GP, not around them.

Our core method

The water-glass method: we start where you actually are

Support can start with a goal as small as drinking a glass of water three times a day. Not a career plan, not a timeline for returning to work — a glass of water. When capacity has shrunk to almost nothing, that's the honest starting line, and often the first goal in a long time that actually holds. Starting small isn't lowering the bar; it's putting the first step somewhere you can genuinely reach it.

  • Meet you at today's capacity

    Honest about what a day can actually hold right now.

  • Set one small, real goal

    Something you can genuinely reach this week, not on paper.

  • Build the routine

    So the goal becomes something your day can hold on its own.

  • Grade it up as you go

    Only once it's steady, we add the next step.

“We start where you are, not where a program says you should be.”

— Casey Lee, Founder & Lead Occupational Therapist

Where this work goes deep

  • Autistic burnout recovery planning that protects rest and rebuilds slowly.
  • Women with autism, often identified later, after years of masking.
  • Capacity building and functional capacity assessments, including home and living.
  • Work, study and community reintegration, one workable step at a time.
Who this is for

You're in the right place if…

You're an autistic adult, identified later in life

Especially if you're a woman who spent years masking and being missed, and are only now making sense of it.

You're in or recovering from autistic burnout

The function you used to have has dropped away, and you need a recovery plan that doesn't just tell you to push through.

You're an NDIS participant with psychosocial disability

You want to use your plan well, on supports that actually move your daily life, not just tick a box.

Your team is in place but daily life still isn't working

You have a psychologist, a GP or a support coordinator, and yet the practical, everyday part still isn't coming together.

You want to get back to work, study or community

The goal is there, but the gap feels huge, and you need the steps broken down to a workable size.

Leaving the house is the hardest part

Getting out the door can be the biggest barrier of the day, which is exactly why support that comes to you makes sense.

Casey Lee, Occupational Therapist and Founder
Meet Casey

Experienced hands, and the time to actually know you

7+ yrsClinical experience
350+Clients supported
Mon–FriTelehealth, Australia-wide
1:1Every single session

Casey started Haven because she wanted to work the way she believed OT should be done: with time, with the whole person, and without treating anyone as a referral to move through a caseload.

She's experienced in mental health and autism in adults, and looks at how a diagnosis interacts with your whole life and daily function, working alongside the team you already have. You will never be just another referral on a caseload.

Funding

Clear on funding, before you commit

We'd rather be straight with you now than surprise you later.

NDIS

Self-managed and plan-managed plans both welcome. We support psychosocial disability goals, including capacity building and functional capacity assessments.

Medicare

A GP Chronic Disease Management plan typically covers up to 5 sessions per year. We help you make those sessions count.

Private

No referral needed. Start this week and we'll sort out funding questions as we go.

Not sure where you fit? That's one of the most common questions we hear — ask on your 15-minute call and we'll walk you through it in plain English.
Questions adults ask

Good questions, honest answers

A psychologist works largely with your mind: your thoughts, feelings and how you make sense of them. An OT works with function and daily life: routines, self-care, sensory needs, getting back to work or study, and how a diagnosis actually plays out in your day. We're glad to work alongside a psychologist you already see.

Yes. We support psychosocial disability goals under the NDIS, including capacity building and functional capacity assessments. Self-managed and plan-managed plans are both welcome.

Not to book the 15-minute call. Whether a formal diagnosis is needed depends on your funding pathway, and we can explain that plainly for your situation.

A structured look at how you manage everyday tasks, including home and living, and where support would make the most difference. People often need one for an NDIS plan or a review.

That's often exactly when it works best. No commute, no waiting room — you meet from your own space and set the lights, sound and camera the way you need them.

We start with goals graded to what you can manage right now, then build routines step by step. Sessions are practical, paced to you, and kept short and structured on low-energy days.

Yes, and we prefer to. With your consent we coordinate with your psychologist, support coordinator or GP so everyone is working in one direction.

Yes. A large part of our adult work is with autistic adults, including women often identified later in life after years of masking, and in autistic burnout and recovery planning.

Ready when you are

Book a no-cost 15-minute call with an experienced OT

No cost, no obligation — honest guidance about whether occupational therapy is the right next step for you.

Monday to Friday, 8am–5pm · 0420 443 747

Telehealth occupational therapy across Australia, with a focus on regional Queensland and New South Wales.
In-person visits available in some regions.

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