I typically work with clients 5 to 21 years of age and their families. I may be a good fit if you are seeking support for any of the following:

• Speech Articulation

  • Errors on specific speech sounds and/or reduced intelligibility

• Expressive, Receptive, and/or Pragmatic Language

  • Understanding instructions or following directions

  • Listening or reading comprehension

  • Vocabulary or word-finding challenges

  • Grammatical errors

  • Organizing and expressing thoughts and ideas

  • Higher level communication skills such as inferential reasoning and verbal problem solving

  • Navigating the pragmatic or social aspects of communication including conversational and play skills, perspective taking, and nonverbal communication

• Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)

  • Support to develop self-advocacy skills and understanding to more effectively navigate a neurotypical world.

  • Parent/family services to better understand and support a neurodivergent communicator

• Cognitive Communication/Executive Function

  • Time management, organization, planning

• Literacy (Reading/Writing/Spelling)

  • Early Literacy (e.g., phonological awareness skills, mastering letter names and letter sounds)

  • Reading fluency including speed and accuracy and/or reading comprehension

  • Spelling skills

  • Getting ideas out in written form

• Feeding

  • Picky or restricted eating habits

  • Messy or slow eating/difficulty managing age appropriate textures

    Note: I work with medically stable clients. If your child has severe feeding challenges including unsafe swallowing or failure to thrive, check with your primary care provider about referral for an interdisciplinary feeding services such as those offered through OHSU.

• Parent Coaching
  Individual therapy almost always includes parent training, and often includes some care coordination and case management. Sometimes these indirect services* are what families need most. Consultative services including parent training or care coordination without direct therapy may be appropriate for you if:

  • Your child can’t take on more direct services right now, but you’d like strategies to support communication development, increase language learning opportunities, and reduce communicative frustration during your daily interactions with your child.

  • You need help putting a team together to meet your child’s needs. Or, you’ve got a team but need help getting everyone on the same page.

  • You are trying to do everything, everywhere, all at once and are feeling totally overwhelmed. Let’s talk priorities. Interventions are most effective when the timing is right.

* Please note, indirect services without the client present are typically not billable to insurance