Our Team
Capital Therapy Services is locally owned and operated.
Our team currently consist of 5 speech pathologists
and a Clinic Support Officer.
All speech pathologists are members of Speech Pathology Australia and are Certified Practicing Speech Pathologists.
All staff are registered to Work with Vulnerable People in the ACT.
Find out more about our team members below...
Hannah Cresswell
Clinic Support Officer
Hannah, a lifelong Canberra local (albeit a very well travelled one), joined our team in early 2021 to support our growing clinic.
Hannah loves helping others, and enjoys supporting our team to provide high quality services to our clients.
Hannah is creative and artistic, she loves to travel and enjoys spending time with her nieces and nephews.
Georgia Recchi
Speech Pathologist
Bachelor of Speech Pathology (Hons), University of Queensland
Georgia moved from her Queensland home to Canberra to join the Capital Therapy Services team in mid 2015.
Georgia enjoys working with all children with speech, language, fluency (stuttering) and early literacy difficulties.
Georgia is trained in the Lidcombe Program (for stuttering) and PROMPT (for speech sound disorders), and is experienced with the Nuffield and ReST Programs (also for speech sound disorders).
On the weekends you’ll find Georgia sewing and spending time with her friends.
Lara Smith
Speech Pathologist
Bachelor of Communications (Public Relations), Charles Sturt University
Masters of Speech Language Pathology, University of Canberra
Lara began working with Capital Therapy Services in early 2021 and enjoys working with children with speech, language and fluency difficulties.
Lara grew up in Bathurst before moving to Canberra in 2017. Lara enjoys Canberra for its nature, friendly faces, restaurants and close proximity to the ski field and beach.
Anita Wen
Speech Pathologist
Bachelor of Arts, University of Sydney
Masters of Speech Pathology, University of Canberra
Anita joined the Capital Therapy Services family in early 2021, initially as an Allied Health Assistant before graduating as a Speech Pathologist.
Anita enjoys working with children with speech, early language, language and stuttering difficulties. She speaks fluent Mandarin and English and enjoys working with multicultural and multilingual families.
Janelle Joy
Director, Practice Manager, & Speech Pathologist
Bachelor of Speech Pathology (Hons), La Trobe University
Originally from Tasmania, Janelle moved to Melbourne to complete her speech pathology degree, before continuing to Canberra in 2003.
Janelle really enjoys working with children with speech sound difficulties, including Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS).
She is experienced across many therapy approaches and programs and is trained in PROMPT (for speech sound disorders), the Lidcombe Program (for childhood stuttering) and is experienced with the Nuffield and ReST Programs (for speech sound disorders).
When Janelle is not at work she enjoys investigating her family history and spending time outdoors with her husband and two daughters.
Sam McLintock
Director & Speech Pathologist
Bachelor of Speech Pathology, University of Queensland
Sam was born and raised in Canberra before moving to Queensland to study speech pathology. She spent the following years in Queensland and England before returning to Canberra.
Sam enjoys working with children with speech sound difficulties, toddlers who are late to talk and children with language difficulties.
Sam has experience implementing a variety of therapy programs, including the Nuffield and ReST Programs (for speech sound disorders).
Outside of work, Sam plays golf and enjoys time with her family.
Could this be you?
We are always on the look out for great people to join our team.
Check out our Careers Page for more details.