Parent testimonials

Chelsea B.
Mother

"Our family cannot speak highly enough of Esther and her capabilities as a speech therapist. When she first started working with our son at age 2, he had virtually no speech except for a few repetitive noises and cooing. Esther quickly established incredible rapport with our son, creating a close bond between the two. Through this close relationship and long-term targeted treatment, our son is now speaking 2-3 word phrases and simple sentences. She has always been our son's biggest advocate and maintained frequent communication with us regarding his progress, reassessment of goals, homework for home, etc. She was an instrumental part in our son's newly found ability to speak and for that we are forever grateful. Esther is extremely competent, skilled, and deeply passionate toward her work. We highly recommend anyone considering speech and language services to reach out to her."

Anne Y.H.
Mother

Our daughter has made such progress in such a short time while working with Esther. She encouraged me to use simple language more often, break down sounds, be more patient with Hannah and encourage her to keep trying to make hard sounds. Our daughter came to Esther with fewer than 30 words at nearly 2 years of age. She would bang her head in frustration multiple times a day because we could not understand her needs. She now uses signs for basic needs (diaper, food, drink, help, more, all done and so on) plus she can also say most of those words now since Esther started working with her. She throws fewer scary tantrums, and is a happier chattier kid. 

Charlene C.
Mother

My daughter worked with Esther for over a year. Our daughter could make sounds appropriate for her age but had issues communicating her thoughts in a coherent manner. Esther worked with her on sequencing, writing stories, and improving her communication through play. Our son also showed some speech delays at an early age and Esther worked with him to encourage him to speak to get what he wants, rather than pointing, crying or using force. We noticed a rapid improvement in our son's vocabulary soon after starting our sessions with Esther. Importantly, Esther is a lovely person who really seeks to understand each child. In this way, she is able to tailor her therapy for each individual child's needs while also providing a fun, comfortable, and safe place for children.

Josh G.
Father

We started working with Esther when our 18-month-old son needed some support in strengthening his language development. She helped us learn how to better communicate with him and took us through various stages of progress, including learning signs, pronouncing syllables, and finding ways to inspire him to communicate with gestures and words and eventually even string together words and sentences. Esther is kind, caring, and patient, and always made the time to explain to us how we could support the work from his sessions at home. We loved the play-based approach to learning and our son always looked forward to his time with her. We saw our son grow dramatically during his time working with Esther. We would highly recommend her to anyone looking to support their children in growing their language skills.

Petra C.M.
Mother

We have an immense sense of gratitude for Esther. She has supported our little one on his journey from non-verbal to verbal. She has been working with him on a one-on-one basis for over a year. At start point It was our goal to get our son to say something. He was completely nonverbal. We have come a long way from those days and Esther has guided us. Our son is now able to communicate with us, express his needs without tantrums and his vocabulary has expanded. He's currently working on his receptive language skills, expressive language skills, articulating questions and expanding his communication skills to full expressive sentences. What I love most about Esther is that she's able to see our son's perspective and meet him at his level with easy and grace. Her speech sessions are joyful, playful, and filled with learning opportunities towards my son's progress. My son loved coming to Esther's sessions every week. Esther's devotion towards her profession inspires us parents to always do our best. I have had the pleasure to observe all her sessions and from each session Esther inspires us to continue applying her techniques at home. Our little one was completely nonverbal when we started therapy and every week Esther devoted her skills, techniques, and knowledge towards his progress. I honestly don't know what I would have done if individuals like Esther would have not step forward to support us. The feeling of being lost for not knowing what to do disappeared as we received a foundation and a road map to continue increasing the progress and working with our son every day. I highly recommend Esther! Her professional skills will bring progress to any little one. I am so lucky to having met her and my son benefiting from her professional skills. Thank you so much for all your support. We would have not been able to get this far without you.

Patrick S.
Father

We were looking for a speech therapist for our son, who was gregarious, yet speech delayed. Our son has always been communicative, on many levels, but his ability to interact and follow directions had been limited by his delayed speech. Esther has simply been an incredible therapist and really helped our son advance considerably in recent months. I was very impressed not just by her focus and her personality, but her drive and determination. It was very apparent immediately that she was very dedicated to my son, and I felt her lessons, guidance, suggestions, and interactions all reinforced this drive. She was both professional and energetic, and our son very much enjoyed his time with her. I would say he made substantial progress during his time with Esther, and I'd recommend her to anybody. Sincere thanks for all your hard work with our son, we can't tell you how much we appreciate it.