My Background
As a professional Speech and Language Therapist, I have worked in the NHS and in independent practice with adults in the fields of autism, learning disability, mental health, neurorehabilitation and stammering. I specialised in working with teenagers and adults with acquired neurological conditions, because my formative years were shaped by the experience of a close family member sustaining a significant brain injury and undergoing intensive neuro-rehabilitation. This lived experience underpins my desire to bring hope and maximise potential.
I strive to help my clients identify meaningful goals that will make daily life easier. In order to provide real-life opportunities to embed gains made in clinic and ensure a holisitic approach, I regularly collaborate with other health professionals (such as occupational therapists, psychologists and counsellors), family, friends and colleagues.
My desire to help people communicate originally led me into work as a linguist in various countries, before I career changed to neurorehabilitation. I do still use my language skills, when working with multilingual clients.
My Experience and Training
Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Post- Qualification Dysphagia Competencies, SEPT and BHFT, 2012
Post-Graduate Diploma in Speech and Language Therapy, City University, London, 2012, Distinction
BA Hons Modern Languages, University of Bristol, 2005, 2:1
​Over the course of my career I have attended and delivered many training courses, the following areas offer a flavour of these:
Aphasia
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
Better Conversations with Aphasia
Brief Solution Focused Therapy
Cervical Auscultation
Clinical Leadership
Clinical Supervision
Cognition
Cognitive Communication T Disorder
Counseling Skills
Dysphagia
Mindfulness
Neurorehabilitation
Motor Speech Disorders
Research Forums and best-practice forums on acquired language disorders, neurorehabilitation
- Supported Conversations (Converation Partnet Training)
Telehealth and online therapy
Therapy in the coronavirus context
Technology in Therapy
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I have experience of providing evidence-based assessment and treatment of the following conditions:​
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Aphasia - problems with language due to illness or neurological event
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Cognitive Communication Disorder
Dementia
Dysfluency/Stammering
Dysphagia -problems with swallowing, eating and drinking
Facial Weakness
Learning Disability
Motor Speech Disorders- dysarthria (slurred speech), dyspraxia of speech (difficulty saying the sounds in the right order)
Progressive Neurological Conditions
Reading and Writing Difficulties (acquired dyslexia and dysgraphia)
Stroke
Social Communication Difficulties
Traumatic Brain Injury
Please feel free to get in touch with me should you have any questions about conditions that I am able to treat.
Professional Registrations
I am a Band 7, Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist, registered member of the Health Care Professions Council, Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists and Association of Speech and Language Therapists in Independent Practice
