Welcome!

Chantilly Speech Therapy was born in September 2024.  Private practice has been a professional goal for some time, but I kept making excuses as business ownership seemed too large of a hurdle. What I learned is opening a business is actually many tiny hurdles of little decisions! Tiny decisions are often harder for me as the differences are slight, and consequences can vary from big to small. I have decided on bigger topics much easier than deciding such things as what pictures to put on my wall or paint color for a room. 

Thankfully, I have mentors! I wanted to introduce my business by thanking these mentors. These are friends and professionals who helped me through these tiny hurdles and gave me words of encouragement to get over them myself. I will list my mentors by name at the end, but your guidance, example, insight, and encouragement have been vital to meeting this milestone professionally! Thank you!

Gratitude in the face of professional, personal, and health challenges and opportunities can be a cliche. I know it can be discouraging to not acknowledge difficulties and give space for negative feelings. However, gratitude is a huge ingredient for me when facing challenges, and it is a practice I want to continue to cultivate.

Thank you in particular to Bobbi Adams-Brown with Anchor Creek Speech Therapy, Louise Chamberlain of Get Talking Speech Therapy, and Jennifer Fraczkiewicz of Outside Box Therapies! Thank you for shepherding me to this opportunity for growth. Thank you to my husband and kids for their support in this venture, and my sister and brother in law for supporting me as well!