Leigh Thomas
Psychologist
Are you concerned about your child’s learning or behaviour?
Are you questioning whether your child might have ADHD or autism?
Does your child need assistance to manage their emotions or anxiety?
Are you a parent that needs advice on how to handle your child’s behaviour more effectively?
Call (08) 9382 3645 to book an appointment with Leigh today.
Leigh is a warm and empathic psychologist with over 20 years of experience working with children and families. Leigh is trained in learning and behaviour assessment, therapy with children and parent support.
Assessment
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- ADHD
- Dyslexia (Specific Learning Disorder in reading)
- Dysgraphia (Specific Learning Disorder in writing)
- Dyscalculia (Specific Learning disorder in maths)
- Working memory concerns
- Processing speed difficulties
- Giftedness
- Intellectual disability
- Language Development Centre assessment
- Special exam considerations for Year 12
Leigh can also work closely with your child’s school to ensure that optimal support is provided to assist your child.
Therapy
- Children with anxiety
- Children with low mood
- Children with ADHD
- Children with behavioural difficulties
Leigh works closely with both parents and children. She provides a fun, activity based environment that meets the child’s emotional and developmental needs.
Parent Support
- Parents wanting to build a stronger relationship with their child
- Parents struggling to effectively manage the behaviour of their children
- Parents adjusting to receiving a diagnosis for their child
- Parents overwhelmed by the demands of parenting
Leigh understands parents and the challenges that parenting brings and provides empathic and effective parenting support and coaching.
Leigh has a Master’s degree in Educational and Developmental Psychology and a Diploma of Education. Leigh is a Psychology Board of Australia approved supervisor and has supervised psychology students as they seek to attain their registration as a psychologist.
As Leigh has recently joined the Lifeworks Psychology team, she has availability for both therapy and assessment appointments in the near future. She also has a limited amount of availability for self-managed and plan-managed NDIS clients.
Work days: Leigh works Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at the Lifeworks Psychology office.