Gwen is a nationally certified Speech and Language Pathologist and holds licensure in North Carolina and Georgia. She completed her Master’s degree at the University of Texas – Dallas in 1998.  She has worked as a Rehab Manager and Clinical Speech and Language Pathologist.  She has enjoyed working in multiple settings including acute hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, outpatient clinics, long term care settings, and public schools.
She specializes in expressive and receptive communication delays and disorders, speech delays and disorders, cognitive deficits, swallowing disorders, voice and fluency disorders. She has several years’ experience in working with neurogenic, pathological and psychogenic disorders as well as developmental disorders.  She enjoys treating people with communication, cognitive and/or swallowing difficulties to increase their ability to communicate their wants, needs and ideas; assure the highest level of cognitive abilities which increases safety awareness/memory in their activities and extends their independence in daily tasks; and to assure people are on the least restrictive diet via treatment and diet analysis which reduces the risk of pneumonia and dehydration. She is LSVT and Vital Stim certified.  Specific areas of expertise include Stroke, Parkinson’s Disease and other progressive diseases, Dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease, Vocal Diseases and Disorders and children with speech and language developmental delays or disorders such as cleft palate, apraxia and autism.