Molly Baresic (she/her)

Occupational Therapist
B Occupational Therapy

Works with children, adolescents, and their families, supporting them to build everyday skills, confidence, and greater independence.

Molly has particular interests in play, fine and gross motor skills, executive functioning, handwriting, emotional regulation, self-care, and helping young people participate more fully in daily life.

About Molly

Molly is an Occupational Therapist who is passionate about working with children, young people and their families to support them to thrive across numerous areas of their lives. She takes a holistic approach to therapy, working with the individual and family while aiming to make sessions as fun, practical, and engaging as possible.

Molly uses a client-centred and evidence-based approach to support children and their families to achieve their goals. She helps build skills across play, fine motor, gross motor, executive functioning, handwriting, emotional regulation or self-care (e.g. dressing, toileting, hygiene management and mealtimes) skills.

Molly also supports clients to build skills for increasing independence and transition to employment and adulthood, including developing routines, understanding and using transport systems, financial literacy, navigating peer, romantic and professional relationships and work environments. 

She has previous experience working in private practice and educational settings with individuals in the early intervention space and those with neurodivergent profiles, including Autism and ADHD. 

Works with

Children and adolescents aged 3–17 years, and their families

Offers

Occupational therapy and assessment services

Appointments

Monday and Friday

In-person and telehealth

Kindy and school visits within 30 minutes of the clinic

Approach

Evidence-based, practical, engaging

Areas of interest

Play, fine and gross motor skills, executive functioning, handwriting, emotional regulation, self-care, growing independence

Assessment

Functional Capacity Assessments

OT Assessments (e.g., motor, sensory)