Tanya Curtis

Tanya Curtis is a Senior Behaviour Specialist, Counsellor, Author, Founder and Director of FABIC Behaviour Specialist Centre and FABIC Publishing. She is a leading authority on Autism Spectrum Disorder, developer of the Body Life Skills Program for lasting behaviour change and has in untold many cases been people’s last resort when they had all but given up.
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Sport: Healing or Harming the Soul?

Our Australian culture is very much sports-orientated. It’s a culture that can start from the day a baby is born and is often carried throughout ...
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5 Tips for Anyone Starting a Business

On Fabic's 10th Birthday... founder and managing director Tanya Curtis reflects on what she has learnt in 10 years of business...
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Do you know your Number 1 job?

Whatever your age, we all have jobs in life. They might be trivial jobs that our parents assign us as kids or they might be ...
Fabic Blog What are unwanted behaviours

What are unwanted behaviours?

Tanya Curtis' work is dedicated to supporting children, teenagers and adults to understand and change their unwanted behaviours... but what exactly is an unwanted behaviour?
Fabic Blog What Is Occupational Therapy

How Occupational Therapy and Psychology Can Support Improved Mental Health and Well-being

Mental Health Week runs during 4-10 October. To mark this event, we will share how you can support yourself or a loved one experiencing a ...
Fabic Blog Impact Of Perfectionism

Perfectionism – The Hidden Epidemic

Is perfectionism affecting your child? Do you even know the signs?
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Playing By My Rules

From the outset of a baby being born we must be aware that children are easily influenced. Children of all ages including our babies and ...
Fabic Blog Difference Between Relief and Root Cause

The difference between seeking relief and addressing the root cause

Behaviour Specialist and Counsellor Tanya Curtis introduces the difference between seeking relief from an issue and addressing the root cause. Is it possible that understanding ...
Fabic Blog What Is A Behaviour Specialist

What Is A Behaviour Specialist?

Tanya Curtis describes her work and qualification as a Behaviour Specialist, shares how this approach differs to psychology, and introduces Fabic's Body Life Skills program ...
Fabic Blog Allowing Dads To Be Who They Are

Allowing Dads To Be Who They Are

What does the role of dad ask men to be? What impact does this have on all fathers in the world?
Fabic Blog We Are All Amazing Beings

You are not your behaviours; seeing people for the Awesome, Amazing, Loveable being that they are

In this interview, Behaviour Specialist Tanya Curtis presents the importance of seeing people for the Awesome, Amazing and Loveable being that they naturally are. Too ...
Fabic Blog Perfectionism Winning Losing

How to Support People with Perfectionism and Issues with Winning and Losing

In this short 6 minute audio, behaviour specialist Tanya Curtis shares how Fabic's Body Life Skills program can support children and adults whose lives are ...
Fabic Blog Smashed Pictures

Rules, Pictures and Smashed Pictures

Tanya Curtis explains how 'rules', 'pictures' and 'smashed pictures' impact on our lives, and how becoming familiar with these is a very important step towards ...
Fabic Blog Interview with Cassie Clouser

Tanya Curtis Interview with Cassie Clouser

In this warm and engaging interview with Cassie Clouser from Ohio U.S.A, Tanya Curtis covers a vast range of topics and offers great insight into ...
Fabic Blog Children And Anxiety

Children and Anxiety

Anxiety in children is often unrecognised and misunderstood, yet it is affecting many children to different levels of intensity. Any child using any unwanted or ...
Fabic Blog Little Runner aways

Little Runaways

Going to public places can be a nightmare for some parents due to their child being a 'runner' ... running from shops, carparks, beaches, the ...
Fabic Blog Understanding Eating Disorders

Understanding The Root Cause of Eating Disorders

Too frequently in today’s society, people who have labels become identified or are identified by their labels. In reality, a label will never change a ...
Fabic Blog Sibling Rivalry

Sibling Rivalry

Too frequently we accept sibling rivalry as a norm — “That’s just what siblings do!” They sometimes fight, call each other names, are in competition ...
Fabic Blog Death and Dying

Death, Grief and Children: how much do we share?

Do I share the whole truth, partial truth or withhold the truth from my child?I've always been amazed at how much anxiety surrounds topics that ...
Fabic Blog What is Occupational Therapy

What is Occupational Therapy?

In expanding our provision of clinical services, Fabic has recently welcomed Occupational Therapist Annie to the team.What is Occupational Therapy?Simply put, Occupational Therapy (also known ...
Fabic Blog Eating Disorders

Tanya Curtis on Eating Disorders

Tanya Curtis was recently interviewed by the lovely Rachael Torise from BayFM 99.9 on the topic of Eating Disorders. In this interview Tanya gives insight ...
Fabic Blog Now Offering Occupational Therapy

Fabic is Now Offering Occupational Therapy

Fabic has recently welcomed Occupational Therapist, Annie to their clinical team. Annie provides services to both adults and children and will be offering sessions from ...
Fabic Blog Saying Goodbye at School

Saying Goodbye at School… Harder for Child or Parents?

Starting the school year and school day can bring about a degree of anxiety for children — and frequently parents too. It’s not uncommon that ...

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