I feel so lucky to love my job and the work I get to do. Over the past 15 years I have worked closely with a great many families in schools, homes and clinics in order to support their children to take the next step and further develop their communication skills.

I started out at the London Children’s Practice and now specialise in working with early years and primary aged children in and around Wiltshire. I am particularly passionate about working with speech sound disorders and also love supporting autistic children and their families to help maximise their communication through the use of visual supports, SCERTS targets and the use of the attention autism program.

I aim to bring enthusiasm, encouragement and playfulness to my therapy sessions alongside excellent clinical skills. I live in Cherhill with my husband, three small children and our border terrier called Elliedog.

For the past 12 years I have been working within early years settings, mainstream schools, colleges, and special school settings supporting complex communication as well as eating and drinking disorders. I have worked with children and young adults from the ages of 2 through to 25 delivering therapy individually and within small groups.

I am passionate and enthusiastic about working jointly with education professionals and families to ensure a holistic and collaborative approach to achieve the best possible outcomes for young people. I aim to deliver therapy in a calm, fun and personalised manner to engage the children and work towards functional and purposeful goals.

Away from work, I live in Oxfordshire and love to be outside whether walking, running, or playing hockey.

I am particularly passionate about working with young people who present with more complex difficulties alongside their communication needs including social, emotional and mental health needs, neurodiversity and autism. I feel fortunate to have such a rewarding job; collaborative working with families and settings in order to provide the best support and interventions for a child is at the heart of my practice.

I am lucky enough to have family in beautiful North Devon so you will often find me enjoying a long weekend of beach walks and sea swims.

Since graduating I’ve been fortunate enough to work with a variety of client groups across early years, primary and secondary, alongside more specialist areas e.g. Down Syndrome and Cleft Lip and Palate. Everyday has offered new or rewarding opportunities to build relationships with clients and establish strong clinical skills. With a particular love of promoting communication in the early years, working with young people who stammer and delivering staff training, I aim to be approachable and engaging in my work so clients feel at ease and motivated.

Outside of work I enjoy staying active and spending time with friends and family, particularly in my home town - Malmesbury, where I live with my husband and 2 cats.

I have been supporting early years and primary school aged children with a range of speech, language and communication needs for over 30 years.

I value the role that parents and families play in the development of their children’s speech, language and communication abilities and therefore enjoy working shoulder to shoulder with them as part of the multi-disciplinary team.

I have been fortunate to work in clinics, mainstream schools and special educational or complex needs settings. I passionately believe in being proactive and am therefore an eager and experienced provider of staff trainings on a broad range of communication-related topics. I further enjoy working with groups of parents creating awareness or running workshops to support them with strategies to enhance their children’s communication skills.

In my free time, I enjoy spending time in nature or at home with my family and a cat curled up on my lap.

I support So To Speak with scheduling, finances, invoicing and managing timetables and emails. I have a background in childcare with an honours degree in Early Years.

I enjoy working with children and I’ve worked in a number of childcare settings with the majority of my time spent in primary education.

Away from work I enjoy rock climbing and long hikes with my husband and our dog Margot.