Express Yourself Pediatric Therapy

Amy is an ASHA-certified Speech-Language Pathologist with over 20 years of experience. She received her Bachelor's degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from the University of Utah in 2002, and her Master's degree from the University of Utah in 2004. Amy also received her 200 hour yoga teacher training from Yoga District in Washington, DC in 2016 and is a registered yoga teacher. After completing graduate school, she worked at the Kingsbury Day School in Washington, DC. 

She then opened her own private practice and has proudly provided therapy services for military families in the DC area.

She is the co-founder of Talk Yoga™, LLC, a program that combines yoga movement, breathwork, and mindfulness into speech and language therapy. She has trained over 200 professionals in the Talk Yoga™ method. In addition, she is trained in the first level of PROMPT, and LSVT, has received training in treating myofunctional disorders, and has taken courses in Natural Language Acquisition for Gestalt Language Processors.

Amy has been working with the pediatric population her entire career and has experience in treating a variety of speech and language needs. Amy approaches all therapy sessions with a playful and child-lead focus and loves incorporating intentional movement into her therapy sessions. She strives to provide tools and strategies that will blend as easily as possible into the lives of each individual child and their family.

Amy lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, with her husband, three children, and dog Obi. In her spare time she enjoys teaching free yoga classes in the community, cooking, spending time in nature, and playing uber driver for her children!