Leadership

After graduating from Emerson College in Boston, MA, I started my career as a Speech Pathologist at Mills-Peninsula Health Center in Burlingame, CA. At Mills-Peninsula, I enjoyed working with both pediatrics and adults in inpatient and outpatient settings. I found a calling to work in Palliative Care and enjoyed working with a team of providers that cared for end-of-life patients. This work led me to specialize in swallowing evaluations and treatments while working as an inpatient therapist. My work with a geriatric population also inspired me to join San Mateo County’s Commission of Aging where I served as Commissioner for 5 years.

In 2010 I completed my MBA in Healthcare Administration and accepted the position as the lead Speech Therapist for Stanford University Hospital’s Neurorehabilitation program. I enjoyed working with a variety of Neuro diagnoses and specialized in both post stroke speech recovery and Parkinson’s Disease voice therapy (LSVT). I also worked part-time as an Inpatient Speech-Language Pathologist at Stanford Hospital where I enjoyed continued work with inpatient swallowing, speech, and language clients. Since the beginning of my career I have specialized in treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia and love working with PPA clients and their families.

In 2014 I decided to open a Private Practice after the birth of my third child so that I could continue the work that I loved and also have increased flexibility to spend time with my three young children.

I truly love the work that I do and am thankful for the opportunity to continue my work here in San Mateo with both pediatric and adult clients. I am also incredibly grateful to have to be able to collaborate with some of the most talented clinicians in the field so that we may provide outstanding services for our clientele.

Speech-Language Pathologists

Specialties:

• Pediatric therapy (ages 5-young adult)

• Autism (mild through severe)

• Language-based learning differences

• Social pragmatic therapy

• Executive functioning coaching

• Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy

 I am a licensed and accredited Speech-Language Pathologist with over a decade of experience who resides in Boston, Massachusetts with my husband and two young daughters. I specialize in teletherapy and absolutely love seeing the individualized progress that clients are able to make through their virtual speech therapy sessions by excitedly interacting with treatment activities and being able to clearly visualize their progress. Additionally, the ease of sharing resources and materials in a virtual setting with family members, caregivers, and teachers is vital in promoting the transfer and generalization of learned skills - a definite added benefit!

I began my career in 2011 at Massachusetts General Hospital, in which I humbly worked with both adult and pediatric populations with cognitive-linguistic acquired and/or developmental disorders. During my years at MGH, I learned vital skills that provided a strong foundation for my continued growth as a clinician, including diagnostic-treatment skills, multidisciplinary collaboration, and evidence-based practices. While practicing in this hospital-based setting, I was able to gain a deep understanding of the importance of building therapeutic, mutually collaborative relationships in treatment sessions with both patients and their families - invaluable skills that I have taken with me as I continue my years of practice.

In 2014, I took my next career step within a school-based setting, another great passion of mine. I learned that establishing a positive, compassionate, and genuine connection is the first and essential step to making any kind of progress with children. I take into account each child's interests, motivators, and unique personality traits in order to connect and engage with them, always creating an open pathway for communication, mutual goal setting, and progress monitoring. Additionally, I am specialized in executive functioning coaching, in which I work collaboratively with children, adolescents, and adults on functional planning, organizational, and task management activities so that they can better manage their daily lives.

I look forward to connecting with many more clients and their families near or far, and I will undoubtedly bring forth my genuine care, passion for helping others, and love for my role as an SLP to all those that I encounter. I truly believe that communication is the essence of human life, and that each individual's growth in these skills is both fluid and limitless!

Amy holds a Master’s Degree in Communicative Disorders from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is licensed in Wisconsin and California as a speech-language pathologist and holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech Language Hearing Association. She has over 25 years of clinical experience as an SLP and has provided speech-language therapy services to individuals ages 2 to adult in a variety of settings, including school , community, and home-based programs, as well as online speech-language therapy. She has provided evaluation and intervention to individuals who exhibit a wide range of disorders including articulation/phonology, receptive and expressive language, social/pragmatic, voice, fluency/stuttering, autism spectrum disorders, learning disabilities, Down syndrome, and ADD/ADHD. Amy has particular special interest and extensive experience in fluency/stuttering intervention, language disorders, and in working with children and adults on the autism spectrum (including those who are non-verbal) to help them develop their social language skills, as well as assisting with the selection and implementation of most appropriate augmentative and alternate communication systems. Another strong interest area of Amy’s is working with teens and adults to help improve their presentation/public speaking skills, interviewing skills, and overall speech intelligibility in their professional, educational, and/or social communities

Sarah is a licensed Speech/Language Pathologist (MA, ME, FL, & CA) who worked for over 30 years in a variety of on-site pediatric settings, including hospitals/clinics, early intervention, and public schools. Since moving to Florida with her husband in 2020, Sarah has been providing Teletherapy, remote Supervision, and online College Education. She has always enjoyed sharing her clinical knowledge with SLPs, parents, and educators, and thus has created and taught multiple on-site and virtual courses on topics including Social/Pragmatic Skills, Vocabulary Instruction, Evidence-Based Practices, Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Language Disorders and Literacy, Sentence Combining, and Story Grammar Marker. Sarah is particularly interested in the oral/written language connections, and holds certification in EmPOWER (writing approach), Unlocking Sentences, and Story Grammar Marker. Teaching strategies and skills to children, and collaborating with their teachers, parents, and educational team, are Sarah’s favorite aspects of being an SLP. She loves giving children the tools to communicate effectively and successfully across settings, whether it be via improved articulation, social/pragmatic skills, or receptive/expressive language!  

Sarah is a speech-language pathologist licensed in Wisconsin and California with a Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech Language Hearing Association. She holds a Master’s Degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Grand Valley State University, where she worked with children and adults in a variety of settings, including schools, hospitals, and skilled nursing facilities. Since moving back to Wisconsin, Sarah worked extensively with school age students and specialized in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), social language, articulation, expressive and receptive language. She has a passion for helping children and adolescents to enjoy learning. She shares this love of learning and has additional training in AAC, Gestalt Language Acquisition, PROMPT, and Talkies. Her personal goal is to foster authentic connections in order to positively impact others' learning and success.

Tammy Wheeler is a dedicated Speech-Language Pathologist with over two decades of experience helping children and young adults find their voice—literally and figuratively. Certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and licensed in both Massachusetts and California, Tammy brings deep clinical expertise and heartfelt care to every client she serves.

A proud native of eastern Massachusetts, Tammy earned her Master’s Degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Emerson College in Boston. Throughout her career, she has worked across a wide range of settings—including public schools, skilled nursing facilities, and private practice—serving communities both north and south of Boston.

Tammy’s clinical strengths include articulation and phonology, receptive and expressive language, fluency, cognitive-communication disorders, and social pragmatic communication. She is known for her compassionate approach, evidence-based practices, and ability to connect meaningfully with clients and families.

Outside of work, Tammy enjoys spending time with her husband and their beloved dog, Ginger, as well as with family and friends. Her favorite pastimes include reading, attending live music events, and traveling to new places.

Mary holds a master’s degree in Speech Pathology from Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. She is currently licensed in Georgia and California and has earned her Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association (ASHA). With over 30 years of experience, Mary has worked with both the pediatric and adult populations in a variety of settings such as pre-schools, public schools, hospitals, outpatient rehab facilities and private practice. Mary began working with clients remotely in the small communities of Alaska in 2005 and has since worked remotely with clients in Oregon, Georgia, and California. In addition to providing speech therapy services, Mary supervises speech language pathology assistants in California.

Mary’s areas of expertise include articulation/phonological disorders, expressive and receptive language disorders, communication skills for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, childhood apraxia of speech, auditory rehabilitation for hearing aid users, apraxia, dysarthria, dysphagia, cognitive rehabilitation, and executive function disorders/ADHD. Mary believes the therapy process not only includes the client but family, parents, teachers, and care givers. Building a trusting relationship with her clients is Mary’s priority which requires treating all parties with dignity and respect. Mary grew up in Alaska but currently lives in middle Georgia. She has two grown children who are both in the military, one in the Navy and one in the Air Force. While she adjusts to having an “empty nest”, Mary spends her time acting in local theatres and planning trips to far off lands. (She cannot confirm nor deny these trips may or may not include communities in the proximity of the bases in which her kids are stationed.)

Tracie is a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist living and practicing in New York City who has a 29-year career as a thriving Independent Consultant focused on building and achieving client success. She specializes in instruction to students and professionals striving to improve aspects of their communication skills. Her experience includes treating a very diverse clientele addressing the improvement of speech, language expression and comprehension, voice production and public speaking. This clientele includes toddlers, primary and secondary school age children and adults in various clinical, hospital, rehab, private settings and remotely.  Each client is a priority, and no two clients are alike. With her diverse background, she is readily able to individually plan, devise, treat and instruct for all communication improvement needs. Further, Tracie specializes in instructing and training to improve and enhance enunciation, intonation and inflection along with ideal pitch and voice production for optimal public speaking skills. She is also fully trained to teach and train clients to accomplish foreign accent modification if desired. Tracie believes the quality of your communication can truly determine the size and impact of your result. Tracie is also licensed in CA, NJ, DE, MI.

With over 25 years of experience as a pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist, I am deeply passionate about helping children develop communication skills that foster confidence, connection, and success across all environments.

I hold the Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, along with active Speech-Language Pathology licenses in Missouri, Pennsylvania, and California, and a California Clinical and Rehabilitative Services Credential (CA-CTC).

Throughout my career, I have provided therapy and consultation across a variety of educational settings, supporting school districts in areas such as Response to Intervention (RTI), compliance, and program development. I have also had the privilege of supervising clinical fellows and graduate students—mentoring the next generation of reflective, research-informed clinicians. Additionally, my experience as an adjunct professor allowed me to bridge theory and practice, integrating current research into meaningful, real-world applications in which I continue to use daily in sessions. 

My therapy approach combines current research and evidence-based practices with creative, “out-of-the-box” thinking to design individualized therapy experiences that are both engaging and effective—whether in private practice or school-based settings. I am grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with dedicated educators and families both remotely and in person.

My ongoing professional goal is to continually refine and evolve therapy practices to meet each child’s unique needs while helping schools deliver high-quality, compliant, and outcomes-driven speech-language services using measurable systematic approaches,

In progress and growth~  Suzanne Feagan  M.A.,  CCC-SLP

Music Therapists

Cara Gelderblom is a Board Certified Music Therapist, singer, songwriter and clinical researcher. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in Music Therapy at Berklee College of Music followed by a master’s degree in Music Therapy in South Africa at University of Pretoria. Cara currently serves clients of all ages and diagnoses both locally in her community and virtually across borders. She believes music is a channel for healing and expression that allows anyone to tap into their fullest selves. 

Jessica received her music therapy training from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA. She completed her internship at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals, SF, where she served the pediatric medical population, primarily on hematology/oncology and blood & marrow transplant units. As a music therapist, she has worked in hospice care, education, mental health, inpatient medical settings, and patients with neurological conditions. Jessica's primary instruments are guitar and piano, and she enjoys musical improvisation with her clients, having conversation through playing music. Her focus for music therapy is family-centered care, having each session tailored to what a client and family needs, as well as incorporating their strengths. Music therapy is a powerful tool, encouraging self-expression, communication, supporting mental health, as well as improving overall mood.

Dance Therapists

Sarah Schwartz is a Registered Dance/Movement Therapist (MS, R-DMT) with the Dance/Movement Therapy Certification Board of the American Dance Therapy Association. She received her Master’s degree in Dance/Movement Therapy from the Pratt Institute in New York City in 2013 and her Bachelor’s degree in dance with a minor in anthropology from Bard College in 2005. Sarah has worked with a number of client populations spanning all ages and has developed DMT programs for special needs schools, medical clinics, and rehabilitation settings.

Sarah has also worked as a dance instructor and fitness professional, basing her teaching style around her studies in various modern dance techniques, as well as ballet, yoga and pilates.

Sarah came to dance therapy though her love of dance and her belief in the power of communication through movement. Self-expression, connection, and joy are engendered by accessing parts of ourselves we didn’t know could speak. Nonverbal communication is a vital tool for relating to each other. Some of the clinical benefits of DMT include, but are not limited to, improved balance and coordination, increased movement expansion and repertoire, and expanded body/space awareness. Sarah is a mom to two terrific kids and is devoted to encouraging people to love the body they have and find the joy in movement.

Yoga Instructors

I have been practicing yoga for more than 30 years and have been teaching since 2009. I have deep compassion for those who have experienced trauma. Trained with the Veterans Yoga Project and Yoga Psyche Soul, I learned mindful resilience techniques to help those who are experiencing PTS and/or moral injury as well as anyone who has experienced trauma in their lives.

500 + hours of certifications. My training includes a 200-hour yoga instructor certification from the Pacific Yoga Teacher Training and Advanced Studies Program with Theresa Elliott and Katherine Payne; a 300-hour certification in Yoga Psychology with Ashley Turner. 

I also have 50+ hours of training in anatomy and therapeutic yoga practices and believe that anyone can do yoga regardless of limitations. Honoring your body and celebrating its capabilities is key to an injury-free yoga practice.