Meet Our Therapists

  • Sarah Sweeney, M. Ed., CCC-SLP, QOM

    FOUNDER + SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST

    Sarah Sweeney is a board licensed and certified speech language pathologist and qualified orofacial myolo Sarah’s specific areas of expertise are orofacial myofunctional disorders including tongue thrust, tongue ties and thumb sucking habit elimination, feeding and swallowing, voice disorders, and speech and language difficulties. She holds a Master’s degree in Communication Disorders from the University of Virginia.

    Sarah’s special trainings and methods include:

    • International Association of Orofacial Myology (IAOM)™ 

    • Neo-Health’s Orofacial Myology Certification (QOM track)

    • PROMPT (Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets)

    • The D’Onofrio Institute Diagnosing and Treating OMDs

    • Natural Play Therapy (NPT)

    • Feed the Peds

    During her spare time, she enjoys yoga, making music, researching, and spending time with her husband Luke, their son Finn, and big sweet mutt named Beau.

  • Laura Sowder, M.S., CCC-SLP

    SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST

    Laura is a board licensed and certified speech-language pathologist. She graduated from James Madison University with a Bachelor's degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders in 2018 and a Master's degree in Speech Pathology in 2020. Since graduating she has worked exclusively in pediatrics, with a particular focus on early childhood and elementary aged clients.

    Laura’s special trainings and methods include:

    • Neo-Health’s Orofacial Myology Certification (QOM track)

    • Hanen’s “It Takes Two to Talk” Parent Coaching Program

    • Using Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing (DTTC)

    She is actively undergoing the process of becoming a Qualified Orofacial Myologist (QOM).

    In her spare time, Laura loves to create speech therapy materials to use with her clients and sell to other SLPs.

    Outside of speech, Laura loves to read books, listen to true crime podcasts, and run.

  • Rachel Tuura, M.S., CCC-SLP

    SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST

    Rachel Tuura is a board licensed and certified Speech-Language Pathologist. She previously worked as a Speech-Language Pathology Assistant in Arizona while obtaining her Master's degree from Western Kentucky University in Speech. In addition to her Master's, she has an Associates degree in Early Childhood Development and a Bachelor's in Communication Sciences and Disorders.

    Rachel's clinical interests include early childhood language and development, articulation and phonological awareness, and feeding therapy. Rachel likes to take a child-led approach to treatment; meeting the child where they are at and creating a fun environment for speech and language development. She firmly believes every child is unique and that their treatment plan should also be individualized!

    She completed the Neo-Health’s Orofacial Myology Certification and is actively undergoing the process of becoming a Qualified Orofacial Myologist (QOM). Rachel plans to train to become an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC); as she has realized how much of a need there is in the speech therapy world!

    Outside of her professional life, Rachel enjoys spending time with her two young children and husband, musical theater, singing, and reading mystery novels.

What People Are Saying

  • “My son responded positively to Sarah from the very first session. She made the sessions fun and his speech improved rapidly. Sarah gave us tools to use between sessions that proved very effective, and was always available for questions. She is very knowledgeable and always learning and looking into new ways to improve her therapy sessions. I highly recommend Sarah Sweeney, and we will miss seeing her every week now that my son has "graduated."”

    Nell D.

  • “Sarah is a truly gifted speech therapist.  She connected easily with our introverted son and brought out the best in him during sessions.  She also taught us how to best support him between sessions so we could maximize their time together.  We saw rapid and drastic improvements, and we are so grateful!  Highly recommend!”

    Shannon C.

  • “The passion that Sarah puts into her care is what every parents wants for their child going through Speech Therapy! She is highly educated on speech issues and the differing treatments in ways the other SLPs that I have worked with have not been. Simply cannot recommend her enough!”

    Cassie D.

  • “The passion that Sarah puts into her care is what every parents wants for their child going through Speech Therapy! She is highly educated on speech issues and the differing treatments in ways the other SLPs that I have worked with have not been. Simply cannot recommend her enough!”

    Lenore W.