How I can help

Are you looking for an experienced, compassionate, person-centred Speech and Language Therapist with additional training in psychotherapy?

Are you or a loved one experiencing any of the following difficulties?

• Changes to communication relating to a neurological diagnosis such as stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, acquired brain injury, motor neurone disease, brain tumour or other neurological differences.
• Changes to communication and/or voice following treatment for head and neck cancer, such as surgery, radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy.
• Changes to voice or communication due to an ENT diagnosis such as vocal nodules, muscle tension dysphonia or functional voice disorder.
• Changes to communication relating to your speech fluency and rate.
• Any other changes to your communication that are having an impact on your confidence or ability to participate in the life you want, or difficulties adjusting to changes in your identity.

This may include

Aphasia/dysphasia

Difficulties with understanding or using language, or word-finding difficulties

Dysarthria

Difficulties with the clarity, strength, volume or coordination of speech

Apraxia of speech

Difficulty planning and coordinating speech movements

Voice disorders and changes in voice

A hoarse, weak, strained or uncomfortable voice

Laryngectomy

Surgical removal of the voice box, with or without voice prosthesis placement

Stammering and cluttering

Differences in fluency and/or rate

Support using alternative forms of communication

Low tech (picture-based systems, communication books) or high tech (e.g. electronic devices)