Speech Pathology Brisbane
Helping everyone especially neurodivergent individuals with autism, ADHD, developmental disorders, and social communication disorders to communicate better.
Empower communication and improve your relationships through mental health speech pathology. Learn new communication skills and how to use emotional expression to communicate better with others.
What is Speech Pathology?
Speech Pathology, also known as speech-language pathology, focuses on addressing the communication and social communication difficulties experienced by individuals with mental health conditions, particularly neurodivergent individuals with autism, ADHD, developmental disorders, and social communication disorders.
How can Speech Pathology help me?
Speech pathology is for individuals who face challenges in communication and social communication due to mental health conditions or neurodevelopmental disorders.
Speech Pathology aims to address these difficulties, support emotional well-being, and enhance overall communication skills, leading to improved quality of life and social interactions for those it helps.
Mental health speech pathology expands the scope of traditional speech pathology to encompass communication difficulties that are linked to mental health conditions. This specialised area addresses how mental health issues can impact communication, social interaction, and social communication. It recognises that emotional and psychological factors can significantly influence communication abilities and social interactions.
How does specialist Mental Health Speech Pathology differ from traditional Speech Pathology Intervention?
Traditional speech pathology intervention primarily targets speech and language disorders, such as speech sound disorders (articulation and phonological disorders), language delays or disorders, fluency disorders (stuttering), and voice disorders. It typically involves assessment, diagnosis, and intervention to help individuals improve their communication abilities and functional communication skills. Mental Health Speech pathology incorporates social language development and the many “unwritten social rules” that exist within the socially constructed world, and provides people with a deeper understanding of how their communication style works within the world we live in.
Intersecting with Social Communication
Social communication refers to the use of verbal and nonverbal language in social contexts to interact with others effectively. Social communication challenges are common for neurodivergent individuals with conditions like autism, ADHD, developmental disorders, and social communication disorders. Mental Health Speech Pathology specifically addresses these difficulties and how they relate to an individual's mental health and overall well-being.
Are you ready to build your communication skills and have better relationships?
Our Speech Pathologists are here to help you develop the communication skills you need to support you through life’s challenges in a caring, safe and confidential environment.
Who is Speech Pathology for?
Speech pathology is for individuals who experience communication difficulties related to mental health conditions or neurodevelopmental disorders.
It can be beneficial for a wide range of people, including:
Neurodivergent Individuals: Mental health speech pathology can help individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), social communication disorder (SCD), and other related conditions.
Mental Health Conditions: It can be beneficial for individuals with mental health conditions like anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and other mood or psychotic disorders.
Social Communication Challenges: Mental health speech pathology is helpful for people who struggle with social communication difficulties, including challenges in understanding non-verbal cues, maintaining appropriate eye contact, interpreting social situations, and initiating or maintaining conversations.
Emotional Regulation Difficulties: Mental health speech pathology can provide support and strategies for individuals who have difficulty expressing and managing their emotions through communication.
Social Skills Development: Mental health speech pathology is suitable for individuals seeking to improve their social skills, including forming and maintaining friendships, handling social interactions, and navigating social norms.
Children, Adolescents, and Adults: Mental health speech pathology can be provided to individuals of all ages, from young children to adolescents and adults.
Family Members and Caregivers: Mental health speech pathology may involve providing guidance and support to family members and caregivers to improve their communication with neurodivergent individuals and enhance overall family functioning.
Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Mental health speech pathology involves collaboration with other mental health professionals, educators, occupational therapists, and counsellors to provide comprehensive care.
Preventative Support: It can be beneficial as a preventative measure to address social communication challenges early on and promote mental well-being in individuals who may be at risk of developing mental health difficulties.
Meet your Speech Pathologists
We are excited to introduce ourselves and put faces to names. Please get in touch if you have any questions or would like to speak to any of us about therapy or referrals.
Hi, I’m Kym. I’m an experienced Speech Pathologist with extensive experience working with language and learning difficulties, particularly in Mental Health and the more specialist areas of trauma and forensic mental health.
Meet Kym Robinson, Speech Pathologist
Hi, I’m Ebony. I am a Speech Pathologist who works with children, adolescents, young adults (including neurodiverse individuals) and their families to support their confidence and ability to communicate their wants, needs, thoughts, feelings, and emotions.
Meet Ebony Picot, Speech Pathologist
Frequently Asked Questions about Mental Health Speech Pathology
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Mental health speech pathologists are trained to recognise and understand the impact of mental health conditions on communication and social communication. They consider emotional regulation, anxiety, depression, and other factors that may influence a person's ability to engage in communication effectively.
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For neurodivergent individuals, social skills training is a crucial component of mental health speech pathology. This involves teaching pragmatic language skills, such as turn-taking, understanding non-verbal cues, perspective-taking, and maintaining appropriate social boundaries.
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Mental health speech pathologists work with individuals to help them express and regulate emotions effectively through language. This can involve building emotional vocabulary, identifying emotions in others, and learning coping strategies.
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The goal is to support neurodivergent individuals in forming meaningful connections with others. Mental health speech pathologists facilitate the development of skills to initiate and maintain conversations, make friends, and engage in social activities.
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Mental health speech pathologists often collaborate with other mental health professionals, such as psychologists, counsellors, and occupational therapists, to provide comprehensive care for individuals with neurodivergent conditions.
Are you ready to feel seen, heard and supported?
We’re here to hold hope when you can’t hold it yourself.
Not sure which therapy is right for you? Our team is here to support you, from identifying what support you need to getting your appointments organised.
Our clinic is conveniently located in Auchenflower.
Can’t make it into the clinic?
We’ve got you covered with telehealth support. Want to meet somewhere else more comfortable? We’re more than happy to meet you there too!
37 Bangalla St.,
Auchenflower 4066
0475 041 910
info@therapywell.com.au