Robyn joined the BillyLids team in January 2024. Hailing from South Africa, she and her family moved to Australia at the end of 2022, and they spent a year in North Queensland, before relocating to Brisbane.
Robyn graduated from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, with a Bachelor of Occupational Therapy, in 2011. She spent a year working in a rural hospital, where she was the only Occupational Therapist and supported patients across the age range, with a variety of physical, psychological and developmental challenges. From there, she knew that working with children was her passion and she joined a few paediatric Occupational Therapy practices, in order to learn from some of the most experienced therapists in the greater Durban area. During this time, she trained in Ayres Sensory Integration and has since used the skills learned throughout her practice. In 2016, Robyn opened her own private practice, which was based within two primary schools in the Durban area. This practice continues to run, under the direction of different therapists.
As an OT, Robyn focuses on viewing her clients holistically, not only their areas of difficulty. She is passionate about facilitating participation in all facets of life by developing skills from the ground up. She loves to get to know each little billylids, getting down to their level and having a load of fun, while working towards achieving goals.
At home, Robyn is a wife and mother of two of her own billylids, as well as five furbabies! As a semi-professional ballerina in the past, she loves to be both active and creative. But now it is her turn to be the ballet and/or soccer mom in her ‘free’ time!