Our Team
Meet our Allied Health Services Team
Challenge Allied Health have a dedicated team of caring and capable health professionals and administration staff.
Our staff are well supported to prioritise best practices and maintain an outcome-based service delivery that makes significant and positive improvements to client health.
Our team prides itself on a responsive, person-centred approach, and a supportive environment.
All
Tamworth
Armidale
Narrabri
Maitland
Tuggerah
Camden
Brisbane
All
Our Tamworth Team
Kylie Boyraz
General Manager – Allied Health
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Child-Inclusive practice
- Restrictive Practices
Anne Randall
Psychologist
- AHPRA Supervisor for provisional psychologists
- Endorsed Educational & Developmental Psychologist
Danielle Moore
Psychologist
- Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner. –
- Individual Therapy & Counselling (Medicare, NDIS, Private), –
- Psychometric Assessments
Amy Goodman
Provisional Psychologist
- Behaviour Support & Positive Behaviour Support Plans
- Individual Therapy & Counselling
- Psychometric Assessments
Oliver Wrathall
Social Worker – Behaviour Support Practitioner
- NDIS Proficient Behaviour Support Practitioner
- Extensive experience working with adolescents with varied abilities, especially Autism
- Strengths-based behaviour support for adults
- Individual Therapy (Brief Therapy / Solution Focussed Therapy)
Kyah Williams
Social Worker – Behaviour Support Practitioner
- Behaviour Support and Positive Behaviour Support Plans
- Trauma-Informed Practitioner
- Protective behaviours
- Child, youth and family and individual therapy and counselling
- Experienced with Out of Home Care Sector & Childhood Trauma
Jenna Bastian
Social Worker
- Behaviour Support and Positive Behaviour Support Plans
- Trauma-Informed Practitioner
- Protective behaviours
- Child, youth and family and individual therapy and counselling
- Experienced with Out of Home Care Sector & Childhood Trauma
Nicola Phillips
Lead Administrator
- Management of Administration Staff
- Restricted Practice Panel Convener
- Allied Health Rep for WHS Committee
Our Armidale Team
Georgina Purcell
Social Worker
- Experience in the provision of Child, youth and family individual counselling and therapy
- Trauma informed Practitioner
- Accredited mediator
- Positive Behaviour Support Planning
Our Maitland Team
Kimberly Tufrey
Team Leader, Senior Psychologist
- Specialist Positive Behaviour Support
- Individual Therapy & Counselling
- Psychometric Assessments
Katherine McIntyre
Social Worker – Behaviour Support Practitioner
- Behaviour Support and Positive Behaviour Support Plans
- Trauma-Informed Practitioner
- Protective behaviours
- Child, youth and family and individual therapy and counselling
- Experienced with Out of Home Care Sector & Childhood Trauma
Ruth Moore
Provisional Psychologist
- Behaviour Support & Positive Behaviour Support Plans
- Individual Therapy & Counselling
- Psychometric Assessments
Our Tuggerah Team
Helen Anglias
Team Leader, Senior Psychologist
- Helen is based at Tuggerah but also sees clients from other geographical areas
- Experienced with paediatric, Out of Home Care Sector and Childhood Trauma.
- expertise is working with people with multiple diagnoses of autism, intellectual disability and mental health challenges
Renae Wye
Psychologist
- Individual Therapy
- Positive Behaviour Support
- Psychometric Assessments
Sally Plunkett
Psychologist
- Behaviour Support & Positive Behaviour Support Plans
- Individual Therapy & Counselling
- Psychometric Assessments
- Specialises in basic AUSLAN
- Specialises in Adolescents
Taylah Brown
Administration Assistant
- Scheduling Meetings & Appointments
- Preparing documentation for our clinicians
- Greeting & Directing our Clients over the phone & face to face
Lara Collings
Administration Assistant
- Scheduling Meetings & Appointments
- Preparing documentation for our clinicians
- Greeting & Directing our Clients over the phone & face to face
- General reception duties
Our Narrabri Team
Owen Atkins
Psycho-Social Recovery Coach
Assisting people with a Recovery Coach in their NDIS funding package to meet their goals, engage with the community and support navigatinging the system.
Our Camden Team
Gabrielle Sivertsen
Team Leader/Senior Psychologist
- NDIS Behaviour Support & Positive Behaviour Support Plans
- Individual Therapy & Clinical Supervision
- Commencing PhD thesis work on Intrafamilial Violence
Brooke Gardner
Registered Psychologist
- Behaviour Support & Positive Behaviour Support Plans
- Individual Therapy & Counselling
- Psychometric Assessments
Sehel Mahmood
Social Worker – Behaviour Support Practitioner
Behaviour Support and Positive Behaviour Support Plans
Trauma-Informed Practitioner
Protective behaviours
Child, youth and family and individual therapy and counselling
Experienced with Out of Home Care Sector & Childhood Trauma
Sarah Fahy
Behaviour Support Practitioner
Behaviour Support and Positive Behaviour Support Plans
Trauma-Informed Practitioner
Protective behaviours
Child, youth and family and individual therapy and counselling
Experienced with Out of Home Care Sector & Childhood Trauma
Our Brisbane Team
Yolanda Foy
Registered Psychologist
- Behaviour Support & PBSPs
- Individual Therapy & Counselling
- Clinical supervision and clinical support to mental health support workers
Tamworth
Our Tamworth Team
Kylie Boyraz
General Manager – Allied Health
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Child-Inclusive practice
- Restrictive Practices
Anne Randall
Psychologist
- AHPRA Supervisor for provisional psychologists
- Endorsed Educational & Developmental Psychologist
Danielle Moore
Psychologist
- Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner. –
- Individual Therapy & Counselling (Medicare, NDIS, Private), –
- Psychometric Assessments
Amy Goodman
Provisional Psychologist
- Behaviour Support & Positive Behaviour Support Plans
- Individual Therapy & Counselling
- Psychometric Assessments
Oliver Wrathall
Social Worker – Behaviour Support Practitioner
- NDIS Proficient Behaviour Support Practitioner
- Extensive experience working with adolescents with varied abilities, especially Autism
- Strengths-based behaviour support for adults
- Individual Therapy (Brief Therapy / Solution Focussed Therapy)
Kyah Williams
Social Worker – Behaviour Support Practitioner
- Behaviour Support and Positive Behaviour Support Plans
- Trauma-Informed Practitioner
- Protective behaviours
- Child, youth and family and individual therapy and counselling
- Experienced with Out of Home Care Sector & Childhood Trauma
Jenna Bastian
Social Worker
- Behaviour Support and Positive Behaviour Support Plans
- Trauma-Informed Practitioner
- Protective behaviours
- Child, youth and family and individual therapy and counselling
- Experienced with Out of Home Care Sector & Childhood Trauma
Nicola Phillips
Lead Administrator
- Management of Administration Staff
- Restricted Practice Panel Convener
- Allied Health Rep for WHS Committee
Armidale
Our Armidale Team
Georgina Purcell
Social Worker
- Experience in the provision of Child, youth and family individual counselling and therapy
- Trauma informed Practitioner
- Accredited mediator
- Positive Behaviour Support Planning
Narrabri
Our Narrabri Team
Owen Atkins
Psycho-Social Recovery Coach
Assisting people with a Recovery Coach in their NDIS funding package to meet their goals, engage with the community and support navigatinging the system.
Maitland
Our Maitland Team
Kimberly Tufrey
Team Leader, Senior Psychologist
- Specialist Positive Behaviour Support
- Individual Therapy & Counselling
- Psychometric Assessments
Katherine McIntyre
Social Worker – Behaviour Support Practitioner
- Behaviour Support and Positive Behaviour Support Plans
- Trauma-Informed Practitioner
- Protective behaviours
- Child, youth and family and individual therapy and counselling
- Experienced with Out of Home Care Sector & Childhood Trauma
Ruth Moore
Provisional Psychologist
- Behaviour Support & Positive Behaviour Support Plans
- Individual Therapy & Counselling
- Psychometric Assessments
Tuggerah
Our Tuggerah Team
Helen Anglias
Team Leader, Senior Psychologist
- Helen is based at Tuggerah but also sees clients from other geographical areas
- Experienced with paediatric, Out of Home Care Sector and Childhood Trauma.
- expertise is working with people with multiple diagnoses of autism, intellectual disability and mental health challenges
Renae Wye
Psychologist
- Individual Therapy
- Positive Behaviour Support
- Psychometric Assessments
Sally Plunkett
Psychologist
- Behaviour Support & Positive Behaviour Support Plans
- Individual Therapy & Counselling
- Psychometric Assessments
- Specialises in basic AUSLAN
- Specialises in Adolescents
Taylah Brown
Administration Assistant
- Scheduling Meetings & Appointments
- Preparing documentation for our clinicians
- Greeting & Directing our Clients over the phone & face to face
Lara Collings
Administration Assistant
- Scheduling Meetings & Appointments
- Preparing documentation for our clinicians
- Greeting & Directing our Clients over the phone & face to face
- General reception duties
Camden
Our Camden Team
Gabrielle Sivertsen
Team Leader/Senior Psychologist
- NDIS Behaviour Support & Positive Behaviour Support Plans
- Individual Therapy & Clinical Supervision
- Commencing PhD thesis work on Intrafamilial Violence
Brooke Gardner
Registered Psychologist
- Behaviour Support & Positive Behaviour Support Plans
- Individual Therapy & Counselling
- Psychometric Assessments
Sehel Mahmood
Social Worker – Behaviour Support Practitioner
Behaviour Support and Positive Behaviour Support Plans
Trauma-Informed Practitioner
Protective behaviours
Child, youth and family and individual therapy and counselling
Experienced with Out of Home Care Sector & Childhood Trauma
Sarah Fahy
Behaviour Support Practitioner
Behaviour Support and Positive Behaviour Support Plans
Trauma-Informed Practitioner
Protective behaviours
Child, youth and family and individual therapy and counselling
Experienced with Out of Home Care Sector & Childhood Trauma
Brisbane
Our Brisbane Team
Yolanda Foy
Registered Psychologist
- Behaviour Support & PBSPs
- Individual Therapy & Counselling
- Clinical supervision and clinical support to mental health support workers
