About Us

Uniqueness of our office

We provide a warm, nurturing place of work that brings together the comfort of a home, and the creative stimulation of play and discovery of a classroom. From the moment of meeting, whether by phone or in our office, our primary focus is on listening, accepting and connecting to build understanding for needs we can meet, and a climate of trust and respect. Each person is unique, and seen first as a human being who has unique combinations of capabilities and needs. Through our years of experience of working in this field, continual education, and personal growth we are able to adapt and expand our specialized knowledge and skills to meet the unique needs of our students.

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  Lynn E. Nelsen, M.Ed.,
  CCC-SLP. Clinical Director and Speech Pathologist

  Lynn graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a Masters of Education degree in Communication Disorders. She has been helping children and adults with Speech and Language difficulties for over 25 years. She has practiced a hospital setting in New York, in private schools in California, at a Community College Speech Center and in private practice for over 20 years. Lynn’s expertise is with children who are unintelligible (apraxia), children with phonological difficulties (pre-reading) and children with expressive and receptive language deficits. “Our job as Speech Pathologists is to create a therapist-child relationship that has an accepting and supportive foundation. From this solid foundation a child is able to take the risks that new learning requires. Empowerment through communication and language is our goal.”

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  Joyce Muraoka
  M.S., CCC-SLP

  Joyce has been working as a speech and language therapist since 1975. She worked in the public schools for almost 17 years, first as a special day class teacher, and later as a speech and language therapist. She then worked, in a private firm, teaching adults who speak English as a second language to help them improve their American English pronunciation. She joined Lynn in her private practice in 1996. In this setting, Joyce has been able to apply her skills in speech, language, rhythm and movement to work holistically with children. She appreciates being able to work closely with parents, teachers, tutors, and other health care professionals to help transfer and support progress in all areas of learning. She earned her Bachelors of Art Degree in Speech Pathology, and Masters of Science Degree in Communicative Disorders from Chapman College in Orange , California . She has a teaching credential for speech and language therapy in California , a California state license, and a Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech Pathology issued by the American Speech Hearing Association. What Joyce finds rewarding in her work is seeing and experiencing the connection and freedom her students exhibit as their communication skills improve. "When a human being is connected to himself, feels connected to others and to the greater Life as a whole, and has developed skills to communicate these connections effectively, his inherent gifts can flow with vitality."