We will be closed from Monday 25th December, reopening Tuesday 2nd January 2024
Our Team
Capital Therapy Services is locally owned and operated.
Our team currently consist of a number of speech pathologists, an Allied Health Assistant 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
Principal 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 The Nuffield Program and PROMPT (for speech sound disorders), and is experienced with the ReST Program (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 is trained in the Lidcombe Program (for stuttering), Sounds Write (for literacy) and the Nuffield Program (for speech sound disorders). She is also experienced with the ReST Program (also for speech sound disorders).
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 is trained in the Lidcombe Program (for stuttering) and the Nuffield Program (for speech sound disorder).
Anita speaks fluent Mandarin and English and enjoys working with multicultural and multilingual families.
Elsie Currie
Speech Pathologist
Bachelor of Education (Primary), Deakin University
Masters of Speech Pathology, Griffith University
Elsie joined Capital Therapy Services in April 2022 after relocating from sunny Queensland. and enjoys working with children with speech, language, fluency (stuttering) and literacy difficulties.
Elsie is trained in the Lidcombe Program (for stuttering), Sounds Write (for literacy) and the Nuffield Program (for speech sound disorder)
Elsie was previously a primary school teacher in Melbourne before deciding to pursue a career as a speech pathologist.
On the weekend you will find Elsie at the park with her dog or enjoying brunch at a local café.
Kate Driscoll
Speech Pathologist
Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, University of Technology Sydney
Masters of Architecture, The University of Sydney
Masters of Speech Pathology, University of Canberra
Kate joined Capital Therapy Services in January 2023 . Her personal
experience as the parent of a child who stuttered and completion of the Lidcombe Program at Capital Therapy Services, sparked a career change from architecture to Speech Pathology. Kate is trained in the Lidcombe Program (for stuttering) and enjoys working with children with speech, fluency, early language and early literacy difficulties.
On the weekends you will find Kate gardening or exploring Canberra with her family.
Chloe Pascoe
Allied Health Assistant
Chloe is a Canberra local who joined Capital Therapy Services in February 2022 as an Allied Health Assistant. She has a passion for helping children and families meet their individual goals.
Chloe works part-time while studying a Bachelor of Occupational Therapy at the University of Canberra.
In her spare time you can find her at the beach or spending time with friends and family.
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 the Nuffield Program and PROMPT (for speech sound disorders), the Lidcombe Program (for childhood stuttering) and is experienced with the ReST Program (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 is trained in the Nuffield Program (for speech sound disorders) and is experienced in implementing the ReST Program (for speech sound disorders).
Outside of work, Sam plays golf and enjoys time with her family.