About Me
I love to work with children, their families and adults who stammer to encourage them to be happy, confident communicators. I am a specialist speech and language therapist in the field of stammering and I have received extensive training at the Michael Palin Centre where I worked for 8 years before moving into independent practise. I continue to support the Centre with assessments when needed and continue to learn from both them and the stammering community themselves.
Working with children/young people who stammer also means that I work with children who stammer who also have additional communication needs. I also have a smaller caseload of children who don't stammer but instead have speech sound and/or language difficulties. I'm happy to see children in homes or school settings and I love seeing them develop their skills to enhance their communication too.
Alongside my clinical skills I also provide training for teaching staff about stammering and general speech, language and communication needs.
Qualifications
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BMedSci Speech Sciences from the University of Sheffield in 2000 which gave me my qualification to practice.
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MSc in Joint Professional Practise: Language and Communication in 2012 from City University/Institute of Education which focused on psychological approaches in health and education to understand more about the needs of children with speech, language and communication needs.
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I have training and experience in CBT, Solution Focused Brief Therapy, Mindfulness and Avoidance Reduction Therapy.
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I am recognised as an Accredited Palin PCI therapist from the Michael Palin Centre.
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My work with children who stammer is recognised by STAMMA and I am listed on their website for recommended private therapists and reviews.
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I am a member of the National Stammering CEN and have recently attended the 14th Oxford Stammering and Cluttering Research Conference.
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I am registered with the Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC), the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT)and the Association of Speech and Language Therapists in Independent Practise (ASLTIP).
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I am also trained using the Nuffield Dyspraxia Programme and have experience of working with children with Developmental disorders. I am on the Natural Language Acquisition Therapist Registry following training in Gestalt Language Processing (GLP).
