Therapists
We’re proud to offer a holistic approach to supporting children’s development. Alongside our core services, we have dedicated professionals in
Speech and Language Therapy and
Occupational Therapy, providing even more ways to help your child thrive.
Tiegan Richards
Speech & Language Therapist
Tripti Desai
Occupational Therapist
Helen Coll
Occupational Therapist
Tiegan Richards
Tiegan is a registered member of the New Zealand Speech-Language Therapists Association. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Speech and Language Therapy from the University of Sheffield (UK) and has worked in the paediatric field since graduating. She is passionate about making communication accessible for all children. Working closely with families, empowering them to feel confident and supported in helping their children thrive. Her practice celebrates all forms of communication used in the home and embraces cultural and linguistic diversity.
Tiegan specialises in supporting children with:
- Autism and social communication difficulties
- Dysfluency (e.g. stuttering)
- Speech sound delays and disorders
- Language delays and disorders
- Receptive language delays (understanding of language)
- Early language development through parent coaching
Tiegan supports children in developing the thinking and memory skills that underpin effective communication and learning. She helps children organise their thoughts, improve working memory, and build the language structures needed for clear verbal and written expression. Her work often includes supporting children with written outputs, helping them translate their ideas into structured, meaningful writing for school tasks or everyday communication.
Tripti Desai
Tripti is a registered as a New Zealand Occupational Therapist. Tripti specializes in paediatric occupational therapy, providing support for children and teens from 2 to 18 years. Tripti has extensive experience of more than 20+ years practising in a variety of school settings supporting children who are neurodiverse, and children with physical and cognitive differences. Tripti uses an eclectic approach and is passionate about supporting children at their level; she believes that working holistically with all those involved in the child’s life is important for successful therapeutic outcomes.
Tripti’s areas of speciality include:
- Dyspraxia/DCD
- Sensory processing disorder or challenges linked to any diagnosis such as ASD
- Toileting linked to constipation and interoception (awareness of one’s internal state, such as a full bladder)
- Picky eating challenges based on the SOS (sensory oral sequential) and responsive feeding approaches
- Handwriting difficulties
Helen Coll
Occupational Therapist
BHSc (OT)
Helen is an Occupational Therapist who has worked with children and adults of all ages. She has a background in Neurology and has worked clients who have a range of varying cognitive and fine motor disabilities.
Before joining Kidz Therapy, Helen has amassed a wide range of experience in both public and private healthcare. She has utilised her skills in outpatient, inpatient and community settings.
Helen facilitates our Lowercase Legends and Get Sorted courses. Here, she can draw on her past experience as a guest speaker at university lectures and running various groupwork programmes to make both courses a fun and engaging experience for children.
