Clinical Orientation.

I engage in client-centered speech therapy, and I practice evidence-based therapy techniques. I seek to provide non-ableist, culturally sensitive, neurodiversity affirming services to people across the gender and neurodevelopment spectrum. When working with children, I mostly use play-based therapy, which allows the child to feel comfortable and at ease during sessions. When first working with me, many children think they are just spending time playing, rather than engaging in "work."

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Another essential piece to my clinical orientation is parent education and empowerment.  You know your child best, and you are the expert on your child!  Therefore, I encourage parents to sit in on therapy sessions and to learn therapy techniques that are easily applied in your everyday interactions with your child.  Speech therapy does not have to feel like work!  By learning the techniques, parents can feel confident to actively take part in their child's speech-language development.  I will often send home short games/activities that can be used to extend therapy exercises into the home and community environment. Learning language is a lengthy process, and the more that therapy techniques are extended throughout the child's day, the more effective therapy will be.

When working with adults, I provide individualized treatment approaches.  I am flexible in my approach and will meet each client's unique needs and goals for communication.

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No matter who my client is and no matter how therapy sessions are conducted, I use only evidence-based practices.  I stay current on research in my field by reading publications, attending conferences, and participating in specialized workshops and trainings. I am always open to learning new techniques and theories and am happy to discuss recent research with you.