About the Founder

Rebecca Lockyer is an Occupational Therapist with over thirteen years of experience inpaediatric practice, having worked exclusively in private practice environments across disability, neurodiversity and family-centred care. 

Her clinical work has always been grounded in real world application. Supporting children and families navigating complex presentations. Working within the NDIS framework. Partnering with private pay families. Building teams. Mentoring clinicians.Writing functional capacity assessments. Holding space for regulation, behaviour,motor challenges and family systems in everyday therapy rooms.

As the Director of Little TheraPeas and the founder of The TheraPeas Pod: Mentoring and Development, Rebecca has spent years supporting paediatric occupational therapists not only clinically, but professionally. Through supervision, mentoring and professional development, she has seen first hand the depth of skill, knowledge and innovation that exists within Australian paediatric OT practice. 

And she has also seen the gap.