Quality of life matters for everyone

In-home and clinic speech therapy for adults and adolescents

Training for health professionals and carers

Your pathway to better health, wellbeing and connection

At Speak and Swallow, we support adults and adolescents with communication and swallowing difficulties to interact, eat and live with confidence, dignity and joy.

One of Brisbane’s first and foremost mobile speech therapy practices, our clients benefit from the care and attention, at home or in our clinic, of highly qualified Speech Therapists who believe quality of life matters for everyone.

Adults Adolescents Carers

More than just words

Working side-by-side with our clients and their carers, we assist individuals, their families and carers to overcome, ease or manage speech and swallowing challenges with a holistic, person-centred approach and proven therapeutic solutions.

For Adults

Assessment, therapy and rehabilitation for communication and swallowing difficulties (dysphagia) caused by stroke, traumatic brain injury, cancer, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease, dementia and many other conditions.

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For Adolescents

Assessment and therapy for adolescents with communication and swallowing difficulties. Navigating the teenage years is hard enough, so let us help to ease the added complexities that present with communication disorders.

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Supporting adults and adolescents to experience the simple things in life

From our youngest to our oldest clients, we strive to achieve the best possible quality of life outcomes, with treatment plans expertly tailored to their individual condition, circumstances and goals.

In-home and clinic services

Person-centred, inclusive and accessible, we provide both in-home and clinic-based services that prioritise client comfort and convenience for carers.

We work with heart, always

With endless empathy, compassion and kindness, we put our clients’ wellbeing front and centre in everything we do.

The best of care, real results

Our evidenced-based therapeutic solutions and personalised treatment plans make a positive difference to our clients’ quality of life. We strive to ensure goals are holistic, functional and achievable.

Together, we make a difference

We collaborate with our clients’ families and carers, providing the information, training and support required to put treatment plans in to action.

Our team

Speak and Swallow’s experienced Speech Therapists are devoted to providing your loved ones with professional care in a friendly, nurturing way.

Meet our speech therapists

Natasha Blackmore | Director and Senior Speech Pathologist

Juanita Leitch | Senior Speech Pathologist

Sophie Atkinson | Senior Speech Pathologist

Stephanie Alimin | Speech Pathologist

Elise Bulless | Speech Pathologist

Maddy James | Speech Pathologist

Amy Sparks | Speech Pathologist

Tayla Adams | Speech Pathologist

Emily Cummins | Administration

Imogen Thomas | Administration

Mackayla Paul | Administration

Speak and Swallow acknowledges the Jinibara & Gubbi Gubbi peoples, Traditional Custodians of the land where we work and their ongoing connection to this land.

We respect their culture and elders past, present and emerging. We celebrate the stories, culture and traditions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of all communities who also work and live on this land.