Dr Cate Sinclair, Occupational Therapist and founder of Vital Connections.
Dr Cate Sinclair, Occupational Therapist
Founder of Vital Connections with over 30 years experience
Dr Cate Sinclair, Occupational Therapist, has over thirty years’ experience working with children, adolescents and adults in senior clinician and managerial roles in public health, community and mental health, and private practice. Cate has a particular interest in the impact of chronic ill-health, such as pain, fatigue and disease states, and the complex impact of these states on the mind, body and capacity to function.
Cate has completed a Bachelor of Applied Science in Occupational Therapy, Master’s in Art Therapy, and a Doctorate in Philosophy. Her research focused on links between persistent pain, sensory systems, and the relationship or attachment patterns which evolve in families when there is exposure to trauma.
Cate’s aim is to foster feelings of safety and growth through connection to helpful sensations, actions and relationships. Cate Sinclair combines occupational therapy, sensory modulation, expressive therapies, and trauma-informed care to create a therapeutic relationship and process which is individualised for your specific needs, or those of your child.
Professional memberships and registrations
Cate is registered to provide occupational therapy under Medicare Chronic Disease Management Plans and Enhanced Primary Care Plans.
Dr Cate Sinclair is registered with:
- Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, Occupational Therapist (OCC0001716819)
- Professional Membership of Occupational Therapy Australia
- Working with Children Check No: 01005793-03
- Australian Infant, Child, Adolescent & Family Mental Health Association (AICAFMHA)
- Professional member of Australian Pain Society, and Paediatric Special Interest Group
- Professional member of Australian Pain Society, and Chair of the Pain in Childhood Special Interest Group
- Associate Member of Indigenous Allied Health Association
- SWEP registered RED Capacity and Performance Evaluation (CAPE) membership (O0457)
Our team
Cathy Barker
Clinic Manager
Our Clinic Manager Cathy brings her organisational skills and knowledge as an experienced Community and Sexual Health Nurse to the practise.
She has worked alongside the police and psychologists in case management organising care and support for victim/survivors of trauma, and worked with marginalised and at risk communities.
Trivia fact, she was the set nurse on the rarely seen second feature film “Metal Skin” by Geoffrey Wright.
