Allied Health Professionals
You’ll often find me working with people who are struggling with their emotions or thoughts. I talk with them to help manage stress, anxiety, or behaviours that are affecting their health.
Psychologist
A client slams doors, throws objects, or glares threateningly without saying anything. There is no physical harm yet, but their body language shows anger and possible danger.
Non-Verbal Aggression
Funded primarily by taxpayers and aims to provide care regardless of income.
Public Health Care
Fully concentrating, understanding, responding, and remembering what the speaker says, not just hearing words.
Active Listening
What is the only letter that doesn’t appear in any U.S. state name?
Q
I help people with hearing loss or balance problems. I often test people’s ears and fit them with devices to help them hear better. Sometimes I work with babies, and other times with older adults.
Audiologist
A client makes rude or sexual comments, touches others inappropriately, or misreads professional care as something romantic. This can make staff and others uncomfortable or unsafe.
Sexual Abuse
Often requires upfront payment. Has three incentives attached
Private Health Care
A question style that avoids limiting responses, encouraging elaboration and richer information
Open Ended Questioning
Which planet spins backward compared to most others in the solar system?
Venus
I help people improve how they move after injuries or surgeries. I often design exercise programs and may use machines, massage, or stretching to reduce pain and help with recovery. You might see me in hospitals, sports clinics, or aged care.
Physiotherapist
A person insists they are being watched, hears voices, or believes someone is trying to harm them, which causes fear, agitation, or paranoia. They may act in unsafe or unpredictable ways.
Delusional Thinking/ Hallucinations
Greater choice of specialists
Private Health Care
When you restate someone’s message differently to confirm your understanding without simply repeating them.
Paraphrasing
What fruit was once known as a “Persian apple” and is famous for its fuzzy skin
Peach
I support people who are learning how to talk, read, or understand language, especially after injury or in early childhood. I might use games or special tools to help.
Speech Pathologist
A client repeatedly stands too close, touches staff or peers without permission, or does not understand boundaries—this can feel threatening or uncomfortable for others.
Invasion of personal space
What Does PBS Stand for?
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
The combination of gestures, posture, and tone that can either reinforce or contradict the spoken message.
Non-Verbal Communication
In which country did the Olympic Games originate?
You might not see me, but I’m behind the scenes helping doctors figure out what’s wrong. I use samples like blood and saliva to find signs of infection or disease. I wear a lab coat and work mostly with machines and test tubes.
Pathology Technician/ Pathologist
A usually quiet client has recently started giving away some of their favourite items and says things like, “I won’t need this much longer.” They have become more withdrawn, avoid conversations, and suddenly seem very calm after weeks of being deeply sad. They don’t mention wanting to hurt themselves, but their behaviour has noticeably changed.
Suicidal Thoughts
Services are usually standardized and delivered in large hospitals
Public Health Care
A strategy used to resolve ambiguity by asking for more detail or repeating for confirmation.
Clarification
What animal is known as the “King of the Jungle” even though it doesn’t actually live in the jungle?
Lion