Melinda Booth is an osteopath, educator, and mentor with a deep commitment to the art of connection — within the body, within teams, and within the communities she serves.

As founder of a thriving family-oriented allied health practice on the Gold Coast for the past five years, Melinda has created a space where care is both deeply personal and profoundly collaborative. Her clinical work holds a special focus in paediatric osteopathy, supporting infants, children, and families through supportive, indirect approaches that honour the body’s innate capacity to self-regulate and heal.

Before osteopathy, Melinda danced professionally with the Dutch Nationale Ballet, an experience that continues to shape her understanding of movement, rhythm, and embodied presence. This sensitivity translates into her clinical practice and teaching — where precision meets intuition, and structure meets flow.

Melinda has taught paediatrics and indirect technique at Southern Cross University, where she also co-authored the university’s indirect technique curriculum. Today, she continues to share her knowledge through paediatric mentoring programs for early-career osteopaths, helping them build confidence and skill in treating babies and navigating the complexities of clinical practice.

With three years of psychotherapy and counselling training, Melinda brings a compassionate, psychologically informed lens to every interaction — fostering clarity, empathy, and sustainable professional growth for both patients and colleagues.

Guided by curiosity and care, Melinda’s approach reflects the essence of Brave Spaces: meeting ourselves and others with presence, courage, and authenticity — in practice, in leadership, and in life.

Andrew Leitch is the Co-Founder and Lead Facilitator of Brave Spaces, where he guides individuals, teams, and organisations toward deeper connection, purpose, and embodied leadership. With more than two decades of experience in psychotherapy, movement, and human development, Andrew’s work integrates psychological insight with a grounded understanding of the body, the land, and relationship.

Over the past 15 years, Andrew has learned from and co-facilitated with Indigenous Elders in Central Australia, co-creating immersive retreats that honour ancient wisdom, community, and the power of stillness. These experiences have deeply shaped his approach — blending contemporary therapeutic practice with a reverence for presence, story, and place.

Andrew has also completed five years of psychotherapy and counselling training, and spent eight years co-owning and managing three Pilates studios and a natural therapies clinic. This unique combination of embodied practice, business leadership, and relational depth enables him to bridge the worlds of clinical care, movement, and organisational wellbeing.

Through Brave Spaces, Andrew delivers programs that cultivate self-awareness, resilience, and authentic communication — helping practitioners and teams to navigate complexity with courage and care. His collaboration with Melinda brings this work into the Allied Health landscape, supporting clinics and practitioners to reconnect with purpose and bring humanity back to the centre of healthcare.

For Teams and Individual Practitioners

The Connected Practitioner is a half-day workshop that helps allied health professionals move beyond technique, cultivating presence, resilience, and deeper connection in therapeutic care.

Outcomes of the workshop include:

• Improved Therapeutic Presence

• Identify Relational Dynamics in Care

• Tools to build Emotional Awareness & Self-Regulation

• Reconnection with Professional Purpose

• Developing Sustainable Reflective Practice

For Teams and Individual Practitioners

Beyond Technique: The Embodied Practitioner is our Flagship Program - a four-month in depth program that helps allied health professionals slow down, reconnect, and bring deeper presence and purpose to every therapeutic relationship.

Outcomes include:

• Enhanced therapeutic presence
• Deeper understanding of human relational dynamics
• Increased resilience and self-regulation
• Understanding of psychological frameworks and therapeutic responses
• Strengthened empathy and attunement
• Developed reflective practices

For Clinic Teams

Presence and Practice is a bespoke program that invites whole clinic teams to explore the deeper human dynamics that shape workplace culture, professional connection, and the quality of care delivered to clients.

Key Outcomes include:

• Strengthen Team Presence

• Enhance Communication & Collaboration

• Create a Supportive Clinic Culture

• Align with Shared Purpose

• Improve Client Care Through Team Synergy

• Embed Reflective Team Practices