Truly Heard Speech Pathology is a speech pathology clinic in the Newtown, in the Sydney Inner West that provides speech therapy services both face-to-face and via Zoom. The team at TrulyHeard are led by speech pathologist, Alex McKinlay, who has over 16yrs experience in speech pathology and clinical education. TrulyHeard helps children, teenagers and young adults who have communication or speech difficulties.
Speech therapy involves:
Assessment: To identify problems with speech and expression.
Therapy: Personalised speech & language therapy programs may include a combination of improving;
1. Improving articulation so our clients can communicate and be under more easily
2. How to explain ideas in a more logical way
3. Vocabulary and word choice
4. Social communication and understanding inference, humour, sarcasm, figurative language
5. Understanding concepts learnt at school
6. Verbal problem solving, whether that be in a social context or when writing
7. Working memory so students can expand on their ideas when talking and writing
8. Confidence when communicating at school or at work
9. Sessions conducted via telehealth (Zoom) have been proven to be equally effective to those therapy conducted face-to-face
Please get in touch to ask how we can help
Please note: There are some students whose communication struggles stem from deeper emotional and psychological difficulties. In these cases, we are always sensitive, and ethically bound, to make recommendations for complementary professional services that will serve the overall social and emotional wellbeing of our clients.