Our Story:
Enhance Speech Pathology was created in 2021 after years of dreaming. The goal of Enhance Speech Pathology is to provide individualised, holistic, effective and engaging Speech Pathology services in the areas of communication and swallowing across the lifespan: from babies to adults. To work in partnership with clients, families, carers and teams to set and achieve goals that enhance a person’s ability to participate in their life and allow them to achieve their dreams.
Values
- Holistic: We work closely with clients, families and carers to support clients achieve their goals. All intervention is client directed to enhance your life in whatever you want to do.
- Exceptional Quality: We use evidenced based, individualised therapy programs to maximise gains in skills.
- Mutual Respect and Understanding: Is the foundation to intervention, supporting clients make choice and take control of their life.
- Fun and Engaging: Passionate staff ensure that therapy is fun and engaging as this is how we learn
Meet The Team
Cristie Field:
Principal Speech Pathologist
I am a Certified Practicing Speech Pathologist with over 17 years experience working with individuals across the lifespan to assess and treat communication and swallowing difficulties. Throughout my career, I have worked in a variety of settings including hospitals, community health centres, schools and private practice. I have experience providing assessment and intervention to clients at either end of the age scale, from day old babies to those accessing palliative care, and all those in between. I have experience creating and running a variety of evidenced based group programs with children and adults, ranging from School Readiness Groups, Early Language groups, Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis and Management Groups, Social Groups, Parkinson’s Disease and Aphasia Group programs. I enjoy providing training, health promotion programs and advocacy and have provided dynamic and informative presentations to education staff, other health professionals, medical professionals, support staff and parent/carer groups.
I continually attend professional development courses, staying up to date with the latest evidence-based speech pathology interventions and believe there is no “One size fits all” approach to therapy. Therefore, all intervention provided is specifically targeted using the latest evidence available, fitting into your lifestyle and targeting your specific goals. I am passionate about working with families to provide motivating and engaging therapy to enhance communication and swallowing function in children, adolescents and adults, and have a special interest in engaging those that have previously struggled to find their “place” in therapy.
Please contact me to discuss your Speech Pathology needs.
