Find a Speech Pathologist Near Me in Richmond, VA

I am a licensed and certified speech-language pathologist with over 25 years of experience working with children and families. I am adept at and thoroughly enjoy helping children build the foundational skills necessary to communicate effectively, as well as, working with families to foster their child's success. I provide in-home services specializing in the evaluation and treatment of children ages 12 months to 12+ years in Chesterfield, VA and nearby surrounding counties.

Gabriele Nicolet, MA, CCC-SLP is passionate about helping children reach their full potential and about helping parents reduce frustration and increase their parenting joy. The mother of two teenagers, Gabriele has 20 years’ experience serving families both with and without speech and language difficulties. Gabriele is a child development specialist, speech language pathologist and parent coach. She is the owner of SpeechKids, a private practice serving young children with speech and language needs in DC, MD and VA . She is also the co-founder of Raising Orchids, an online education and support community for parents of neurodiverse children. She speaks regularly with parents and educators on topics including social emotional development, speech and language development, setting kids up for behavioral success, and strategies for managing difficult behaviors.

Alexandra “Ally” Stahl is a speech-language pathologist with 10 years of experience working with the pediatric population. After earning her masters at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she completed her clinical fellowship at an early intervention practice in Raleigh, NC. She spent the next nine years as a pediatric speech-language pathologist at Children’s National Hospital. Ally has experience diagnosing and treating mixed receptive-expressive language disorders, expressive language delays, and higher-order language disorders. She specializes in pediatric speech sound disorders including childhood apraxia of speech and phonological disorders. Ally is trained in Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing (DTTC) and PROMPT. She is recognized by Apraxia Kids and the Once Upon a Time Foundation as a speech-language pathologist with additional training required for diagnosing and treating childhood apraxia of speech. Ally was also a part of the Velopharyngeal Insufficiency (VPI) clinic at Children’s National, assessing and treating hypernasal resonance associated with VPI. While Ally’s experience has predominantly been with pediatric speech and language disorders, she has additional training targeting accent modification with adults.