Meet Jacqui

Jacqui Capel (née Shergold) graduated from Victoria University in 2011 and has spent more than a decade caring for babies, children, parents and families in Australia and overseas.

Her passion for paediatric osteopathy led her to London, where she completed a postgraduate diploma at the internationally renowned Osteopathic Centre for Children (OCC). Following graduation, Jacqui was invited to continue working at the OCC under the mentorship of its founder for a further two years — an experience that profoundly shaped her approach to caring for children and their families.

During her time in London, Jacqui worked in specialist feeding clinics alongside lactation consultants, supporting infants and families experiencing feeding challenges, head shape concerns, postural imbalances, digestive discomfort and sleep difficulties.

She also worked as part of the multidisciplinary team at Whole Child Therapy, collaborating with occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, psychologists and play therapists. This experience deepened her understanding of childhood development and allowed her to support children with a wide range of needs, including autism, ADHD, sensory and auditory processing challenges, retained primitive reflexes, postural weakness and coordination difficulties.

Jacqui is passionate about empowering parents with knowledge, support and practical strategies to help their children thrive.

Alongside her paediatric focus, Jacqui enjoys caring for people throughout all stages of life, including pregnancy, postpartum recovery and adult musculoskeletal health.

She has undertaken extensive postgraduate training in cranial osteopathy, biodynamic osteopathy, pregnancy care, visceral osteopathy, myofunctional approaches and other gentle manual therapy techniques.

Jacqui is also a qualified Health Coach through the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and has recently completed a nine-month mentorship in birth preparation and birth debriefing. This training has deepened her understanding of the physical and emotional experience of birth, with a particular focus on somatic approaches that can support women to reconnect with and better understand their bodies before and after this life-changing experience.

Jacqui now offers birth preparation sessions and birth debriefs, providing a safe and supportive space for women to explore their expectations, reflect on their experiences and, where needed, process and integrate their birth experience in a way that feels meaningful to them.

By bringing together her osteopathic experience, health coaching background and additional training in birth preparation and debriefing, Jacqui is able to offer holistic support across pregnancy, birth, postpartum and the transition into motherhood. Her aim is to help women feel informed, empowered and genuinely supported during this transformative stage of life whilst supporting their children as well.

As a mother of three energetic boys herself, Jacqui understands firsthand the joys, challenges and constant juggle of family life. She strives to create a welcoming space where patients feel heard, supported and connected to their own health and wellbeing.

When she’s not in the clinic, you’ll find Jacqui spending time with her family outdoors, travelling, enjoying theatre or finding fun ways to keep her kids moving and engaged.