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Empowering Your Lives With Heart With Affectivecare

Our Story

At Affective Care, we believe mental health is not a service; it’s a human right.
Founded by a psychologist and an accountant, Affective Care was built on the powerful idea that care should be both heartfelt and well-coordinated. We saw families navigating the NDIS feeling overwhelmed, isolated, and emotionally exhausted. While systems provided structure, they often missed the heart of what truly mattered: people.
So we created something different.

Empowering Your Lives With Heart With Affectivecare

Our Psychology

Affective Care isn’t just an NDIS provider; we’re a passionate team of psychologists, therapists, and support specialists who walk alongside participants every step of the way. Whether it’s a child experiencing challenges at school or an adult facing life transitions, we see the whole person; not just the diagnosis or the paperwork.
Our psychology services are designed to be holistic, evidence-based, and deeply personal. From assessments and therapy to carer training and crisis support, everything we do is shaped around real lives, not checklists.
We’re proud to deliver services that support not just the participant, but their entire support network; because when one person is empowered, families and communities grow stronger too.
With deep roots in the Australian community and a growing presence across Sydney, we’re here to do more than meet NDIS goals. We’re here to help people live with dignity, connection, and emotional wellbeing.
Because at Affective Care, we care with heart and we always will.

Our Mission

To empower people living with disability and their families through compassionate, evidence-based mental health services that support emotional wellbeing, independence, and dignity.

Our Vision

A world where every person, regardless of ability, has access to emotionally-centred care that values their story, uplifts their voice, and supports their full potential.

Empathy First

We listen deeply, respond with care, and always seek to understand the lived experience of every participant and their family.

Professional Integrity

We uphold the highest clinical and ethical standards, ensuring all services are safe, transparent, and grounded in best practice.

Personalised Support

We tailor every plan and therapy session to the unique needs, strengths, and goals of the individual.

Collaboration and Connection

We work hand-in-hand with families, carers, support coordinators, and communities to create wraparound care that truly supports each journey.

Growth and Learning

We embrace continuous improvement for our clients, our team, and our services; always staying ahead of evolving needs and evidence.

Smart, Informed Care

We combine clinical expertise with innovative tools and technology to deliver smarter, more responsive support; ensuring every participant receives the best possible care, even in challenging moments.

Our Practitioners

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Jessica Boumelhem

Advanced Behaviour Support Practitioner | PBS Manager

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Chady Aoun

Senior Psychologist and Behaviour Support Practitioner

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Miray El-Hachem

Positive Behaviour Therapist & Registered Counsellor (ACA Level 2)

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Anabell Beattie-Bowers

Registered Psychologist

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Brandon Boumelhem

Occupational Therapist

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Natalie Soto

Registered Psychologist | PBS

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Edric Limbo

Speech-Language Pathologist

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Heather Pinel

Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner & Registered Counsellor

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Charbel Azzi

Speech-Language Pathologist

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Nisreen El-Saidi

Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner

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Grace Boutros

Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner

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Shayma Sadek

Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner

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Ali Bazzi AFCR

Ali Bazzi

Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner

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Areeba Chaudhry

Casual Allied Health Assistant

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Joana Suh

Paediatric Occupational Therapist

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Our Support Coordinator

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Saida Nsair

Support Coordinator

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Therese Safi

Support Coordinator / Scheduler

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Dona Dagher

Care Coordinator/ Registered Nurse

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Helen Short

Support Coordinator

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Jodie Harmer

Support Coordinator

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Business & Operations Team

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Rita Dagher

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) | Psychologist

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Wissam Azzi

Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

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Tania Azzi

HR Manager

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Lilian N.Peyman

Branding & Marketing

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Lorena Medina

Accountant

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Elizabeth Tannous

Scheduler/ HR Support

Laura Amoroso

Laura Amoroso

Customer Service/ Sales Team

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Deepika Adhikari

Content Writer

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Krishma Malla

Marketing Assistant

Jessica Boumelhem

Jessica Boumelhem

Advanced Behaviour Support Practitioner | PBS Manager

NDIS-aligned | Systems-aware | Values-led

Jessica supports individuals and teams through:

  • Advanced Positive Behaviour Support
  • Complex behaviour assessment and planning
  • Team training and capability building
  • Clinical governance and NDIS compliance

Jessica brings over two decades of experience as an educator and a strong foundation in psychology to her role as an Advanced Behaviour Support Practitioner. As PBS Team Manager, she leads with clarity and accountability, ensuring practice aligns with both NDIS standards and ethical, person-centred care.

Her approach is holistic and collaborative, taking into account sensory, environmental, emotional, and relational factors that influence behaviour. Jessica works closely with individuals, families, and support teams to ensure behaviour support plans reflect personal values, lived experience, and real-world contexts.

Jessica’s leadership supports consistency, quality, and confidence across multidisciplinary teams. Her work ensures behaviour support is not just compliant, but compassionate, practical, and genuinely empowering.

Chady Aoun

Chady Aoun

Senior Psychologist and Behaviour Support Practitioner

Multidisciplinary | Assessment-driven | Governance-focused

Chady supports individuals through:

  • Psychological assessment and therapy
  • Behaviour support across the lifespan
  • Early intervention and rehabilitation
  • Complex case consultation and leadership

Chady is a highly experienced psychologist whose work spans both public and private sectors. At Affective Care, he delivers integrated behavioural and psychological services, supporting clients of all ages through assessment, therapy, and tailored intervention.

Known for his leadership within multidisciplinary teams, Chady brings structure, insight, and consistency to complex presentations. His expertise includes early intervention, rehabilitation, and complex case management, with a strong commitment to clinical governance and quality care.

Chady’s work is grounded in evidence-based practice and collaborative problem-solving. He supports individuals, families, and teams to navigate complexity with clarity, ensuring care remains ethical, coordinated, and effective.

Miray El-Hachem

Miray El-Hachem

Positive Behaviour Therapist & Registered Counsellor (ACA Level 2)

Holistic | Education-informed | Adolescent-focused

Miray supports individuals through:

  • Behaviour therapy and counselling
  • Adolescent emotional and behavioural support
  • Strengths-based, holistic interventions
  • Family and education-aligned strategies

Miray brings over 20 years of experience in education into her clinical work as a Positive Behaviour Therapist and Registered Counsellor. Her practice integrates behavioural science with a deep understanding of human development, particularly during adolescence.

She takes a holistic approach, blending structure with empathy to support individuals through behavioural challenges. Miray’s work is grounded in understanding the whole person—their environment, relationships, and emotional world.

Through compassion and insight, Miray supports individuals to develop self-awareness, regulation, and confidence. Her practice reflects a balance of science and humanity, creating space for growth that feels both supported and respectful.

Anabell Beattie-Bowers

Anabell Beattie-Bowers

Registered Psychologist

Relational | Empowerment-focused | Trauma-aware

Anabelle supports children and adults through:

  • Therapy for anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, Autism, and BPD
  • Emotional regulation and self-awareness development
  • Relationship and attachment-focused work
  • Evidence-based psychological interventions

Anabelle works alongside individuals with warmth, curiosity, and a deep respect for each person’s inner world. As a psychologist, she supports both children and adults to strengthen emotional awareness, build resilience, and develop healthier relationships with themselves and others.

Her therapeutic style is tailored and responsive, integrating approaches such as CBT, DBT, and Circle of Security to meet the unique needs of each client. Anabelle places strong emphasis on empowerment—helping people understand their patterns, reconnect with their values, and develop tools that support lasting change.

Anabelle’s work is grounded in safety, collaboration, and trust. She believes therapy is not about fixing people, but about creating space for insight, growth, and meaningful connection—supporting individuals to move forward with greater confidence and emotional clarity.

Brandon Boumelhem

Brandon Boumelhem

Occupational Therapist

Functional independence | Strengths-based | NDIS-focused

Brandon supports individuals through:

  • Functional capacity building and daily living skills
  • NDIS-aligned occupational therapy interventions
  • Family and caregiver collaboration
  • Community participation and independence planning

Brandon’s work centres on helping people build skills that translate into real, everyday independence. As an Occupational Therapist, he partners with individuals, families, and carers to identify what matters most in daily life and then builds practical pathways toward those goals.

His approach is client-centred and evidence-based, grounded in collaboration and respect for each person’s strengths, environment, and pace. Brandon understands that meaningful outcomes are rarely achieved in isolation, so he works closely with support networks to ensure strategies are realistic, sustainable, and supportive of long-term participation.

Through the NDIS, Brandon supports people to increase autonomy, confidence, and engagement in daily routines. His work is guided by a belief that independence is not about doing everything alone—it’s about having the right supports, skills, and systems in place to live with choice and dignity.

Natalie Soto

Natalie Soto

Registered Psychologist | PBS

Bilingual | Assessment-focused | Person-centred

Natalie supports children and adults through:

  • Psychological assessments and diagnostics
  • Therapy under Medicare and NDIS
  • Behavioural and emotional interventions
  • English and Spanish language services

Natalie is a bilingual psychologist (English/Spanish) with extensive experience supporting individuals across the lifespan. Her work spans assessment and therapy, with a particular interest in forensic psychology and complex presentations.

She combines evidence-based practice with creativity and flexibility, tailoring interventions to each person’s needs, culture, and goals. Natalie’s approach is grounded in collaboration, ensuring clients feel understood, supported, and actively involved in their care.

Through thoughtful assessment and therapeutic intervention, Natalie supports individuals to build insight, resilience, and meaningful change.

Edric Limbo

Edric Limbo

Speech-Language Pathologist

Rehabilitation-focused | Goal-driven | Community-oriented

Edric supports individuals through:

  • Adult and paediatric speech pathology services
  • Stroke rehabilitation and communication recovery
  • Functional, goal-based therapy
  • Community reintegration support

Edric’s practice is centred on helping people reconnect—both with their communication and with their communities. Working with adults and children, he has a strong interest in stroke rehabilitation and supporting individuals through the process of rebuilding communication skills.

His approach is practical and goal-focused, ensuring therapy remains relevant to everyday life. Edric collaborates closely with clients and families to identify meaningful outcomes and develop strategies that support confidence, participation, and independence.

Edric finds deep fulfilment in witnessing people regain their voice and reconnect with others. His work is guided by respect, patience, and a belief in each person’s capacity for recovery and growth.

Heather Pinel

Heather Pinel

Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner & Registered Counsellor

Trauma-informed | Neuroscience-integrated | Relational

Heather supports individuals through:

  • Positive Behaviour Support across the lifespan
  • Trauma-informed behaviour assessment
  • Neurodevelopmental and psychosocial disability support
  • Collaborative, family-centred planning

Heather is an accomplished Behaviour Support Practitioner with over 20 years of experience supporting children and families. Her work integrates neuroscience, psychological theory, and trauma-informed practice to address complex presentations including attachment trauma, neurodevelopmental differences, and psychosocial disability.

Heather’s approach is collaborative and whole-person focused, ensuring behaviour support plans reflect both evidence and lived experience. She works closely with families and support networks to build strategies that enhance emotional wellbeing, safety, and functional independence.

Her commitment to holistic care ensures individuals receive support that honours identity, relationships, and long-term quality of life.

Charbel Azzi

Charbel Azzi

Speech-Language Pathologist

Communication | Connection | Technology-enhanced

Charbel supports children and adults through:

  • Speech and language assessment and therapy
  • Social communication skill development
  • Technology-supported communication strategies
  • Functional communication across everyday settings

Charbel’s work is driven by a passion for helping people connect more fully with the world around them. As a Speech-Language Pathologist, he supports both paediatric and adult clients to strengthen communication, social interaction, and participation in daily life.

Since 2022, Charbel has worked across diverse settings, tailoring therapy to each person’s goals, strengths, and communication style. He has a particular interest in integrating technology into therapy, using innovative tools to enhance engagement and outcomes.

Charbel brings curiosity and creativity into his practice, believing communication is not just about words, but about connection, confidence, and belonging. His approach supports individuals to express themselves more clearly and engage meaningfully with others across home, school, work, and community environments.

Nisreen El-Saidi

Nisreen El-Saidi

Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner

Grace Boutros

Grace Boutros

Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner

Shayma Sadek

Shayma Sadek

Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner

Ali Bazzi

Ali Bazzi

Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner

Areeba Chaudhry

Areeba Chaudhry

Casual Allied Health Assistant

Joana Suh

Joana Suh

Paediatric Occupational Therapist

Neurodiversity-affirming | Strengths-based | Mental health-focused

Joana supports children, adolescents, and adults through:

  • Mental health occupational therapy
  • Neurodevelopmental and developmental support
  • Sensory, emotional, and functional skill building
  • Social participation and independence planning

Joana is a Senior Occupational Therapist with a strong commitment to neurodiversity-affirming practice. She works with children, adolescents, and adults experiencing complex emotional and behavioural needs, including bipolar affective disorder and other mental health conditions.

Her experience spans a range of developmental and neurodevelopmental presentations, including autism, ADHD, and Down syndrome. Joana’s clinical focus includes building fine motor, cognitive, sensory, and emotional regulation skills to support participation in everyday life.

Joana is particularly passionate about peer-mediated, client-centred, and strengths-based approaches. Her work supports individuals of all ages to increase social inclusion, functional independence, and overall quality of life.

Rita Dagher

Rita Dagher

Psychologist | Managing Director – Affective Care & Affective Health Services

Humanistic | Systems-led | Clinically grounded

Rita supports individuals, families, and communities through:

  • Psychological therapy for children, adolescents, and adults
  • Complex mental health and psychosocial disability support
  • Leadership and service design within NDIS and allied health systems
  • Multidisciplinary team oversight and clinical governance

Rita works at the intersection of psychology, leadership, and purpose-driven care. As a psychologist and Managing Director, she brings both clinical depth and strategic clarity to every layer of service delivery at Affective Care and Affective Health Services. Her work is grounded in the belief that systems should adapt to people—not the other way around.

With a strong clinical foundation and a humanistic leadership style, Rita ensures that psychological therapy, allied health, and in-home supports remain emotionally intelligent, ethical, and genuinely person-centred. She leads teams with integrity, cultivating cultures of safety, reflection, and excellence so that practitioners can deliver their best work and clients can experience care that feels respectful and empowering.

Rita’s approach bridges therapeutic insight with organisational vision. She understands that sustainable outcomes require both skilled clinicians and well-designed systems. Through thoughtful leadership and clinical oversight, she supports services that respond to complexity with compassion, accountability, and innovation—creating meaningful, long-term impact for individuals, families, and the broader community.