Have you ever considered an appointment with a therapist, or wondered if your child might benefit with some sort of therapy at one point or another? Some of the deterrents for receiving such support could be simply not knowing where to go, or possibly, the shame associated with seeking therapy. We’re here to help!
Here is a list of centres with a range of therapies- ranging from psychological support and early intervention for both neurotypical children and neurodiverse children. There’s nothing to lose, but so much to gain from getting the support and the right diagnosis (if any), early on.
Multidisciplinary Centres
1. GrowIn Sprouts
Previously branded as Sprouts at The School, Jaya One, the whole team can now be found at GrowIn Sprouts. It is now managed by a passionate parent of a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder. GrowIn Sprouts aims to provide affordable and high-quality educational and therapeutic programs to change the directions of children’s lives.
Services offered: Early Intervention Programme (EIP), academic programmes, clinical assessment, enrichment programmes
Therapies: Speech, occupational, play
Contact: 011 – 1133 3208
Address: No 1, Jalan 11/12, Seksyen 11, 46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
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2. Oasis Place
Oasis Place is Malaysia’s has one of the country’s largest integrated intervention facilities, embracing a client-and family-centered approach. Their core intervention services include psychology, speech and language therapy, sensory integration occupational therapy, music therapy, continuous education and nutrition. The facility is equipped with modern apparatus, resources, therapy materials and assessment tools as well as a large multipurpose hall, a health café and a fully furnished apartment for the life skills curriculum. Oasis Place also provides continuous education workshops led by numerous international and local speakers to empower parental awareness and professional development.
Services offered: Assessments and Interventions, literacy programs, social communication programs, mental health training and workshops, continuing professional development training and workshops
Therapies: Psychology, speech, language, occupational, music
Contact: 03 – 2276 9111 / 010 – 900 9673
Address: Level 16 Menara Sentral Vista, 150, Jalan Sultan Abdul Samad, Brickfields, 50470 Kuala Lumpur
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3. Hatching Center
Hatching Center addresses your concerns and guides you all the way through every stage of your unique journey, offering diagnosis, intervention, education and job placement support. They use a play-based method, integrating an A‐B‐C Play‐Based Approach (Eric Lim, PhD) and Transdisciplinary Play‐Based Assessment (Toni Linder, Ed.D), for a contemporary perspective rooted in classical literacy.
Services offered: Early Intervention Programme (EIP), inclusive preschool and homeschooling programme, pre-vocational and vocational programmes, social playground, job coaching
Therapies: Speech, occupational, child, physiotherapy, developmental and educational
Contact: 011 – 1133 8518
Address: Unit A01-1, Plaza Kelana Jaya, Jalan SS7/13A, Petaling Jaya, 47301 Selangor (Head Quarter); 63, Jalan SL 4/1 Bandar Sungai Long, 43000 Cheras (Cheras Branch)
4. Growing Space
Growing Space is a comprehensive psychological service centre for families, adults and children. They specialise in psychological consultation, psychotherapy, assessment, testing and intervention. Common issues in children that would benefit from their services include (but are not limited to) school refusal, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, anger, bullying, self-harm, behavioural issues, sleeping difficulties and trauma. They also offer non-verbal modalities, such as sandplay therapy and Lego® Social Skills Program.
Services offered: Psychological assessment and testing, social-emotional coaching programme, mindfulness for children, mindful parenting
Therapies: Individual, couple, family therapy
Contact: 018 – 376 0336
Address: P-5- 3 Pusat Bandar Bukit Jalil, Jalan Jalil Utama 2, 57000 Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur
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5. Hils Learning
All children, including those that are neurodiverse, have different needs and learning styles. Hils observes every child and adapts their methodologies to suit each individual accordingly. The focus of their therapy is on progress, as opposed to an end goal of success. Support includes learning assistance for those without a specific diagnosis, as well as filial therapy- where the therapist uses the parents as the primary change agents for their own children.
Services offered: Educational testing, learning support, social thinking, home-schooling support, school entry preparation, reading mastery program
Therapies: Lego® based, play, filial, dyslexia and dysalculia
Contact: 03 – 6203 0029 / 012 – 307 6590
Address: 13-2, Jalan Solaris 4 Solaris Mont Kiara, 50480 Kuala Lumpur (Solaris branch); No 25, USJ6/2D, UEP Subang Jaya, 47610 Selangor (Subang branch)
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6. Alisther
Alisther is an intervention centre that provides holistic development support to children diagnosed with Autism, ADHD, GDD, and other developmental conditions across the special needs spectrum. They have two branches, one located in Bukit Jalil and another in Seremban, with both being led by an experienced team of multidisciplinary professionals.
Services offered: Early Intervention Programme (EIP), development screening, autism assessment and diagnosis
Therapies: Speech therapy, occupational therapy, behaviour therapy, play therapy, social skills, sensory development enhancement group, early language communication development
Contact: 03 – 9766 3398 / 016 – 611 5203 (Bukit Jalil); 06 603 6155 / 019 793 5203 (Seremban)
Address: P-3A-2 & P-3-2, Signature Shop Office, Jalan Persiaran Jalil 3, Bukit Jalil, 57000 Kuala Lumpur (Bukit Jalil Centre); No. 46, Jalan S2 D37, Seremban 2 70300 Seremban Negeri Sembilan. (Seremban Centre)
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Mental Health
1. Kin & Kids
Kin & Kids is a family-focused therapy and support centre. The therapists at Kin & Kids utilise a systemic-based approach, recognsing the interconnected and relational nature of mental health. With their child clients, parents are involved as much as possible, as they are seen as an integral part of the therapy. You can expect a big picture approach to your concerts, with the counsellors working as a team, according to different specialities to provide a coordinated assessment and treatment plan.
Services offered: Child psychology, psychological testing, parent coaching, co-parenting
Therapies: Marriage, family, play, premarital
Contact: 019 – 3800902 / 018 – 6670902
Address: 10-8, Binjai 8 Premium Soho, No. 2, Lorong Binjai, 50450 Kuala Lumpur (Kuala Lumpur branch); 5-05-03, Block 5, VSQ@PJ City Centre, Jalan Utara, 46200 Petaling Jaya (Petaling Jaya branch)
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2. The Energy Source
The Energy Source is a one-stop child development centre dedicated to supporting parents in maximising their children’s potential.
The highly qualified, international team of over 50 specialists, offer a range of services. Therapists speak multiple languages and bring expert knowledge and standards from around the world including UK, Australia and America. Under one roof, you’re likely to find all the support you need to help address your concerns.
Services offered: Early Intervention Programme (EIP), School Readiness Programme, learning support, social thinking, Bounce Back emotional resilience programme, life skills programme
Therapies: Occupational Therapy, speech and language therapy, physiotherapy, feeding therapy, psychology (clinical, educational and developmental), music therapy, play therapy and parent support and counselling
Contact: 03 – 2202 2511 / 016 – 260 8895
Address:4 Lengkok Abdullah, Bangsar, 59000, Kuala Lumpur
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Speech
1. My Little One
Founded by two highly motivated speech-language therapists, My Little One is a trilingual paediatric intervention centre that provides speech therapy and early intervention for children with speech, language and communication problems/disorders. Speech sessions can be conducted in English, BM, and Mandarin. My Little One has since expanded their services by providing occupational therapy for children with delay in the development of motor, sensory and cognitive ability, as well as Early Intervention Programme (EIP) for children between 2 to 6 years.
Services offered: Speech-language assessment session and therapy, occupational therapy assessment and therapy
Contact: 010 – 521 5001
Address: 27-1, Jalan USJ 10/1D, Taipan Triangle, 47620 Subang Jaya, Selangor
2. Amazing Speech Therapy
This Singaporean therapy centre expanded to KL in 2019, bringing their expertise and quality therapy services to Malaysia. Amazing Speech Therapy aims to make their sessions enjoyable, and for therapy to take place in a positive and fun environment. Their speech therapists are from UK, Australia and India and are trained to see both kids and adult clients. As a registered member of Singapore Centre for Social Enterprise (raiSE), they support the vision to develop a caring and inclusive society, and to genuinely care for the families they come across.
Therapies: Speech, social skills, feeding, occupational
Contact: 012 – 951 7045 / 017 – 373 5982
Address: S 23-13, Kiara 163, Jalan Kiara, Mont Kiara, 50480 Kuala Lumpur; 05-03, Ooak Suites, Kiara 163,
No. 5, Jalan Kiara 4, Mont Kiara, 50450, Kuala Lumpur
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3. Mouse and Cheese
Have a session with Marios Genethliou, who runs evidence-based speech therapy for children, adolescents and young adults. Mouse and Cheese’s scope of practice ranges from language delays and disorders, delays and disorders of articulation (speech sound production), fluency disorders (stuttering), voice disorders, motor speech disorders (childhood apraxia/dyspraxia of speech), hearing impairment, and language and communication difficulties due to a range of medical and developmental conditions.
Therapies: Speech and language (articulation, fluency, voice, motor speech disorders), hearing impairment, occupational
Contact: 012 – 382 2125 (sessions are by appointment only)
Address: Unit B-1-3, Block B, Plaza Damas 3, Jalan Sri Hartamas 1, 50480 Kuala Lumpur
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Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Centres
1. MyPhysio FiCoMo Specialist Centre
My Physio FiCoMo takes on a functional approach as opposed to a structural approach. They believe in the connection and interaction of the ‘five cores’ (Ribcage, Spine, Scapular region, Pelvic region, Feet region) for optimal stability and movement. Their paediatric physiotherapy covers rehabilitation of babies and children with neurological conditions, developmental issues, respiratory conditions and musculoskeletal problems.
Services offered: Treatment service for sensory-motor development delay, cerebral palsy, torticollis, flat foot, postural issues such as scoliosis and others
Therapies: Physiotherapy for paediatrics (amongst other therapies for adults)
Contact: 03 – 7931 8758 / 019 – 386 7434
Address: MyPhysio FiCoMo Specialist Centre, 12, Jalan 17/21, 46400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
2. Chirozone Family Chiropractic KL
The first female Webster Prenatal Certified Chiropractor in KL and Selangor specialises not only in treating pregnant women and postpartum mums, but also babies and kids. Get your baby checked out for spinal misalignment and dysfunction (which can be caused by labour), as it could lead to disruption to the nerve signals from the spine to the brain.
Excessive crying or irritability, sleeping difficulties, breastfeeding issues, difficulty in latching, a weak suck or an excessive dislike of tummy time, are common symptoms of such misalignment. A pediatric chiropractor will aim to correct the misalignments, reduce spinal dysfunction and restore proper nerve function.
Therapies: Chiropractic adjustment (prenatal, postpartum and paediatric chiropractic care, sports chiropractic, physiotherapy, rehabilitation
Contact: 017 – 2616 842
Address: 11-1, Jalan Solaris, Solaris Mont Kiara 50480 Kuala Lumpur
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3. Well Rehabilitation Centre
The services by Well Rehabilitation Centre are well-recognised by various leading doctors, hospitals and clinics in Malaysia, with the centre being a part of the PEKESO panel. Well Rehabilitation Centre caters to clients of all age ranges, from infants to the elderly, with most locations open 7 days a week and on all public holidays (except during Chinese New Year). Equipment and facilities are always up-to-date, with the rehab centre offering professional education, healthcare technology innovation and vocational training for individuals with special needs.
Therapies: Physiotherapy, occupational, speech, clinical psychology
Contact: 012 – 512 8487 / 013 – 488 3191
Address: 5 locations in PJ21 Commercial Centre, SS3 Petaling Jaya; Metro Prima, Kepong; Zeva Residence, Seri Kembangan; Eve Suite Medical Centre, Ara Damansara; Dataran Sunway, Kota Damansara
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We hope that the list above proves useful in connecting you to the right professionals and ultimately help improve your child’s health and wellbeing. If you are looking for additional resources, do check out our other articles on Getting Started with a Special Needs Child and Mental Health Support: When you need someone to talk to.
Don’t forget #makchicmumsquad – reaching out for support is a sign of strength, and you’re never alone on this journey.
