Anchored Allied Health was founded by Lori Friedman, a paediatric Occupational Therapist passionate about helping children, adolescents, and young adults build the skills, confidence, and independence needed to thrive in everyday life.

Anchored Allied Health provides mobile occupational therapy services across Sydney, with a particular focus on the Eastern Suburbs, Inner West, and surrounding areas. Therapy is delivered in the environments that matter most — whether that's at home, school, preschool, daycare, or within the community.

In addition to providing mobile services three days per week, Lori also works from Eastside Speech Solutions, a boutique multidisciplinary clinic located in Randwick. This allows families the flexibility of accessing therapy in the setting that best suits their needs.

At Anchored Allied Health, we believe therapy should be practical, collaborative, and tailored to the individual. We work closely with families, teachers, support workers, and other allied health professionals to help children and young people achieve meaningful goals and participate more fully in everyday life.

About Lori Friedman 

Lori Friedman is a paediatric Occupational Therapist with experience supporting children, adolescents, and young adults, with the majority of her clinical experience working with individuals aged 9 months to 25 years.

Lori has worked across a range of settings, including paediatric private practice, mixed community caseloads, school-based services, mental health settings, and disability support services. Throughout her career, she has supported individuals with autism, ADHD, developmental delay, intellectual disability, emotional and behavioural challenges, sensory processing differences, physical disabilities, genetic conditions, neurological conditions, feeding difficulties, and mental health concerns.

She has experience providing therapy across home, school, clinic, and community environments and regularly collaborates with parents, teachers, support workers, speech pathologists, physiotherapists, psychologists, and other allied health professionals to help individuals achieve meaningful outcomes.

Lori has a particular interest in emotional regulation, sensory processing, handwriting, fine and gross motor development, self-care skills, social participation, community access, and supporting children with complex physical and developmental needs.

Known for her warm, practical, and down-to-earth approach, Lori is passionate about building genuine relationships with the children and families she supports. She believes therapy should be engaging, meaningful, and tailored to each individual's unique strengths, interests, and goals.