Meet the Therapy Tree Services Team!
Our bilingual speech therapists and administrative staff are dedicated to providing the highest quality speech, language, feeding, and literacy therapy for children in North Carolina. We are proud to have advanced training in a wide variety of evidence-based programs and approaches, including:
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SOS Approach to Feeding ‧ Beckman Oral Motor Therapy ‧ CAN-EAT Pediatric Medical and Motor Feeding ‧ Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing® for Reading, Spelling, and Speech (LiPS®) ‧ Seeing Stars® ‧ Symbol Imagery for Phonological and Orthographic Processing in Reading and Spelling (SI) ‧ The Nancibell® Visualizing and Verbalizing® Language Comprehension and Thinking (V/V) ‧ PROMPT ‧ Autism Training by TEACCH at UNC Chapel Hill ‧ Evaluation and Treatment of Bilingual Children ‧ LAMP Words for Life ‧ Inside Out Sensory Certification ‧ It Takes Two to Talk® — The Hanen Program® for Parents of Children with Language Delays ‧ Melanie Potock’s 'Your Feeding Toolkit' ‧ DIR 101 Training ‧ Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) Certification ‧ NLEP Coaching Model ‧ Passy Muir Valve Handling ‧ & more!
Meghan Bateman, MS, CCC-SLP
Owner, Speech-Language Pathologist, Bilingual Spanish
Meghan specializes in multicultural teaching techniques, offering the highest quality speech therapy to all of her families.
Carrie Cook, MA, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
Carrie recognizes the importance of collaboration with parents and families to build the foundational skills of children.
Elise Immordino-Sanderson, MS, CCC-SLP
Elise is a strong advocate of utilizing the child's natural environment while collaborating and coaching families to implement techniques in daily routines.
Speech-Language Pathologist, Conversational Spanish
Natalia Gomez, MEd, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist, Bilingual Spanish
Natalia enjoys working closely and collaborating with other professionals and parents in the home, daycare, and/or preschool environments to maximize progress.
Kim Brancaccio, MEd, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist, Bilingual Spanish
Kim believes in collaborating with families to improve communication development in both English and Spanish through daily routines.
Katie Brusa, MS, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
Katie is passionate about finding the best ways to make therapy fun for each individual child, which in turn makes the child eager to reach their full potential.
Marissa Hicks, MS, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
Marissa believes in providing therapy to children and support to their families in the most natural environment.
Rachel Rhame, MS, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
Rachel strives to provide individualized therapy through routine-based intervention and interactive, child-led, play-based therapy.
Madeline Chavez, BA, C-SLP
SLP Assistant, Bilingual Spanish
Madeline feels strongly about implementing therapy techniques that consist of interactive, play-based activities during her therapy sessions.
Kendall Peeler, MS, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist, Bilingual Spanish
Kendall believes that therapy is most effective when the child, caregiver, and therapist work collaboratively and are all active participants in therapy.
Katie Walker, MS, CFY, SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist - Clinical Fellow
Katie enjoys utilizing play-based, child-led therapy interventions within the natural environmentto ensure maximum opportunities to practice and retain what is learned.
Macey Van Savage, MS, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
Macey understands the importance of play-based interventions and is always looking for ways to empower parents through coaching.
Letitia Yap, MS, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
Letitia is dedicated to implementing evidence-based and child-led intervention approaches to support speech and language development.
Melanie Exum, MS, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
Melanie enjoys utilizing play-based therapy interventions that can be used during activities that children experience in their natural and day-to-day environments.
Corinne Monger, MA, CF-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist - Clinical Fellow
Corinne strives to provide individualized, child-centered therapy with collaboration across the care team to help her clients and families succeed.
Maura Tourian, MS, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
Maura is passionate about working with the pediatric population, specifically in the early intervention setting.
Emilia Soto-Gallardo, MS, CF-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
Bilingual Spanish
Emilia believes in the importance of connecting with children and collaborating with families while implementing intervention strategies to support their communication development.
Felicia Brady
Practice Manager
Felicia is passionate about ensuring that all children and families have access to the support and resources necessary to help their child succeed.
Josie villacorta
Bilingual Referral Coordinator
Josie enjoys working with our families in English and Spanish to ensure a smooth referral process from initiating all the steps for an evaluation to starting therapy.
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ready to get started with the therapy tree services team?
Our team of bilingual speech therapists serves families and children in Spanish and English throughout Cary, NC and surrounding areas. Contact us today to learn more about how speech, language, feeding, or literacy therapy can help your child.