What parents say

"Nicola was knowledgeable and reassuring from the outset. She was brilliant with our daughter and was able to identify the issue from the very first appointment. At nine months old, our daughter was unable to move her tongue laterally and couldn’t manage solid food at all. Thanks to Nicola’s expertise, encouragement and ongoing support, within six months she has gone from being unable to eat solids to happily eating three meals a day.

Nicola was the first professional who truly listened to us. She didn’t dismiss our concerns as a 'normal delayed reaction to weaning' - she heard what we were saying, recognised there was an underlying issue, and helped us get to the root of the problem. She regularly checks in to see how our daughter is progressing and has been so kind, supportive and encouraging throughout. We are incredibly grateful for everything she has done for our family."

- Jordan, 

19th May 2026

"We recently has an assessment with Nicola for our 2-year-old son, who was delayed with his speech, and we couldn’t be more grateful for her help and advice. Nicola was warm, and incredibly professional and our son took to her so naturally, which made the whole process so much smoother.
 

Nicola gave us clear, practical advice, and with just a few small changes she recommended, we’ve seen remarkable progress. In just two months, our son’s speech has improved drastically, he’s now naming things confidently and even reciting parts of his favourite books. The difference has been amazing.
 

We cannot thank Nicola enough for her expertise and reassurance. Highly recommend her to any family looking for guidance and support with speech and language."

- Jennifer,

8th January 2026

"It’s like a switch has been flicked. Since making just the small changes you suggested (to mine and Doms behaviours) he’s come on so much. He’s saying two/three words together. He’s reciting books. He doesn’t stop talking. Thank you so much."

- Jen

14th November 2025

"After some time looking for a speech therapist for my grandson who was having speech issues (not helped by his hearing problems - at that time he was wearing a hearing aid) I eventually found Nicola who first started working with Max in October 2024. At first things seemed slow - lots of work on K sounds and Max who was five at the time was very clingy, didn't want mum to leave and was not really engaging. Nicola came most weeks up until Christmas when we had a few weeks break. We then had another block of sessions and things started to improve much more quickly with Max enjoying his sessions much more. Another break over the summer and in October this year Nicola came back for another block. Max's speech has improved amazingly and his delight in seeing Nicola now is evident. All I can hear is lots of chatting and laughter. I am absolutely delighted with what has been achieved. To anyone with a child starting speech therapy sessions it might feel there is not much progress at the beginning but the outcome is well worth it. It is hard now to remember how much Max was struggling last year as his speech has improved so much. I am very happy to recommend Nicola, she has made the sessions such fun Max didn't want to stop. She is a wonderful speech therapist and a lovely kind person. Thank you Nicola."

- Jacquie

14th November 2025

"We contacted Nicola because our 5 year was struggling with 'fronting', so /k/ sounded like /t/ and /g/ like /d/ in certain words. After an initial assessment at home Nicola carried out 1-2-1 sessions at school, which were enjoyable and positively received. In just half a term all of the speech sounds were sorted and our child is much mire confident speaking to uunfanilar adults or in group situations. Thank you Nicola."

- Sarah, 

12th November 2025

"Nicola is a wonderful speech therapist. She supported our daughter (now aged 7) over a couple of years with sessions in blocks to work on different sounds. Our daughter immediately took to Nicola, who built up a great rapport with her straight away. Nicola made the sessions fun with various games and whilst our daughter had to work hard at times to really improve, Nicola quickly picked up on the right pace for her.  

Our daughter's speech has improved so much, and the sounds she once struggled with now just come naturally. We were so pleased to have found Nicola and would recommend her to anyone who thinks their child may need some support. Thanks a million, Nicola!"

- Rebecca,

21st April 2025

"Our daughter Sofia, 8  had a lisp which was effecting her confidence and communication. We were very  lucky to find Nicola who offered to come and assess Sofia to see if she could help . She was very honest saying that she would only commit to sessions if she really believed she could help Sofia and make a difference, which I appreciated.

From the onset Nicola was highly professional, helpful and supportive and most importantly built a great rapport with Sofia who looked forward to her sessions each week which Nicola made a lot of fun. Sofia was so engaged and happy with Nicola that she worked hard on her exercises and we saw a vast improvement and correction in her lisp in a matter of months. She now has more confidence in her drama work and family members have commented on how clear her speech is now. She is so happy. I would highly recommend Nicola’s services to anyone looking for support with their child’s speech issues."

- Pippa

25th January 2025

"We honestly can’t thank you enough, you’ve helped us so much....we’ve made so much progress. We’ve been putting much less pressure on it and letting Sofia take the lead. She’s been happier in her high chair, trying and interacting with a much bigger variety of foods than she was before. She’s been eating more, and has been throwing less food on the floor. She’s trying so many different things and even if she doesn’t eat everything, at least she’s trying it which makes me feel so happy and proud of her. Mealtimes are so much more fun and less stressful now.We can’t praise you enough for how much you’ve helped us in just one call. Me and my husbands mindset shifted so much after our call and it’s helped Sofia and us as a family massively. Thank you so much."

- Lauren

10th May 2024

"Nicola was recommended us for help with significant eating issues in my 4 year old boy. She was fantastic with him and immediately made him feel at ease. Nicola is very professional, kind and empathetic and I would highly recommend her to anyone."

- Amy, 

12th March 2024

"It’s hard to put into words how much Nicola has done for my son. When I first spoke to her, he was one and entirely reliant on breast milk. He wouldn’t eat or drink anything else. I was going back to work, and it was all incredibly stressful. I had been given a range of contradictory advice, nothing felt right and no one would listen to me. From our first phone call onwards, she was supportive, helpful and wonderful.

When she came to meet us in person, she was brilliant with Arthur. I went from feeling so alone to feeling supported and like we had a plan. Slowly, through implementing the strategies and advice she gave us, we started to notice a difference. Gradually, he began to discover the fun and joy of food and water. There were no quick fixes, but over time his progress has been massive. He now eats and drinks happily and regularly demands more. He’s gained the weight he lost, and is meeting his milestones. I am so glad I found Nicola when I did. If I’d have listened the the people who told me to just not breastfeed him or force him to eat, we wouldn’t be where we are today."

- Jessica,

4th May 2023

"We approached Nicola when our eldest daughter (now 16) was about 8, after years of worrying about the fact she had an interdental lisp. She was a very bubbly, funny, articulate girl and wasn’t really even aware of it herself, but we were worried that as she got older, if it was left as it was, it may become more pronounced or harder to improve and this may in turn lead to teasing.

Nicola played games with our daughter and explained how the process would work clearly and transparently. We had some simple exercises to follow and it was all done in such a way that our daughter had incentive to change but never any upset that she needed ‘correction’. After a few sessions we noticed an improvement, months after the sessions ended even more, and now years later we have even forgotten that she had this issue.

We watch old videos now and it surprises us. Her speech is very clear without a trace of a lisp. She has thanked us for the fact we undertook the therapy. About a year ago we felt our younger daughter would benefit from seeing Nicola. Her speech isn’t overly crisp with ‘t’ and ‘th’ sounding like an ‘f’ and other subtle things. We haven’t fully resolved this as it was more of a general subtle thing, but we have some tools now to use with her. Nicola is very professional, warm and friendly. We had mentioned concerns about our eldest daughter to our GP but were fobbed off. I’m so glad we made the decision to seek help and so glad we saw Nicola."

- Clare

11th January 2023

"Nicola gave me advise regarding my premature son, who was failing to wean, when no other professionals were available, this was our only help. Nicola was patient & informative from the 1st phone call we had. I highly recommend her and would call her again with any future problems."

- Emma

3rd January 2023

"We got in touch with Nicola after having some concerns about our 8 month old daughter struggling with weaning. She had a late diagnosed posterior tongue tie, and that combined with having to take oral medication twice daily (which she hates!) meant that she’d developed a slight oral aversion and was finding it difficult to manipulate food in her mouth. Mealtimes were proving very stressful and we wanted to make sure there wasn’t a physical issue for her food reluctance.

Nicola was warm, professional and very reassuring. She listened to our concerns, observed videos of our daughter eating and drinking and provided really helpful feedback on what she’d noticed. She gave us some tips on how to make progress with spoon feeding and also BLW, and we definitely all felt a lot more comfortable and confident carrying on with introducing solids after her involvement. Wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Nicola to others."

- Natasha, 

28th February 2022

"My son was diagnosed very late with tongue tie and cleft-palate - he was 6 when we finally got a doctor to refer to speech and language and they picked up what was wrong!  After having corrective surgery the speech and language therapist at the hospital diagnosed issues with certain sounds and referred to our local therapist team with a recommendation that he be seen very quickly given his relatively late age for therapy.  

I waited 7 months, constantly phoning the local team to be told that he was ‘on the list’, before I decided to go private.  I picked Nicola off a list because she was the first to phone me back and I am so delighted that it worked out that way! She was very professional at the initial assessment but also really friendly and approachable with my son and he thoroughly enjoyed his sessions with her.  We, unfortunately, could not complete our speech journey with Nicola but we were able to get back into seeing the speech therapists at the hospital (I requested not to see the local team when my younger daughter got an appointment before my son after being referred in after him!) and the cleft palate team were delighted with how far Sam had come and have been able to pick up where we left off with Nicola.

 Even now, Sam often picks the game that he and Nicola played when the therapist asks what he wants to play when practising sounds and he still says that she was his favourite therapist!  I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend her to anyone!"

- Michelle,

13th August 2019

"I contacted Nicola to help us confirm that my daughter was only suffering from tongue tie and no other swallowing disorder. This was the necessary step we had to take in order for our private consultant to perform surgery. This tongue tie had gone undiagnosed for 10 months and we has resorted to the private sector to get us some answers. My little girl was unable to eat solids and we were becoming increasingly frustrated with the system and it's fair to say pretty desperate for someone to help us.

The day that I called Nicola was pivotal in our journey to now having a healthy and happy 20 month old. To be listened to, understood and not patronised - something that had been relatively lacking until then - really did mean so much. Even that day on the phone she was professional but clearly really cares about people. Nicola then came out to see us and she was fantastic with my daughter immediately connecting with her. Her style and approach was caring and a credit to her profession. Quite simply without Nicola we would still be stuck. Even after surgery and when her job was effectively "done" she continued to care and support our family - well above and beyond the call of duty. Nicola - huge thanks to you - we will always be hugely grateful!"

- Karen

29th March 2018

"My 4 yrs old daughter couldn't make the 'c'&'g' sounds. After realising that she would need professional help, i tried contacting the NHS speech therapist helpline, but didn't get a response of any sort. That's when we decided to go private and contacted Nicola. She did an assessment with her and suggested weekly sessions. After a couple of sessions, my daughter started making the sounds correctly and we were delighted to hear them.

Nicola would visit her at the nursery for the sessions and also advised the teachers there on how to support my daughter for her speech. Playing through games she would put my daughter at ease and made the sessions very interactive and fun. My daughter showed good progress and after 3 months she could make all the correct sounds, using them in her words, sentences etc.. She came a long way in a very short time than we had expected. All thanks to Nicola...i would absolutely recommend her to anyone who needed a speech therapist for their children."

- Avani

31st October 2016

"The help Nicola gave us and our daughter was invaluable. After only a few sessions we started seeing improvements in Maria's (my daughters) speech. Nicola identified other aspects of Maria's learning and pointed us in the direction of someone who could help with her behavioural problems."

- Jonathan, 

3rd August 2016

"If you have any concerns about your child's speech just call Nicola, she is amazing! Our 4 year old daughter had difficulty pronouncing certain sounds, and became very aware of this when she started school. Nicola worked with her for a year and the results were incredible. She develops such a lovely bond with your child and as a parent she always has time to listen to your worries and concerns. I can't recommend her highly enough and we look forward to seeing you in 6 months for a review!"

- Jane,

21st July 2016

"Nicola is a lovely person to work with. I am an adult who sometimes has issues with mumbling. Nicola was really helpful at listening to me and helping me understand what might be the cause of my issue. Her approach is relaxed and helpful & I recommend her to anyone that needs help with their speech. Thanks Nicola."

- Claire

26th May 2016

"I'd just like to say that Nicola has been amazing with my 4 year old daughter Mischa, she's been struggling since she was 2 with sentences first of all, Nicola came when she was around 2 and spend time with her just playing at first and getting Mischa to recognise "boy girl", colours etc it sounds so simple but to try doing that after Nicola had gone, was a lot easier to watch than actually do, Mischa really looked forward to her coming with her bag of tricks !

Her sentences were forming a lot more, I have recently had Nicola back to see Mischa again in the last few months, for the pronunciation of her words, once again Mischa loved working with her pronouncing the sounds of the letters, and card games etc, she has really improved. Family friends and school teachers have said she got a lot better, so thanks Nicola for all your amazing hardwork.."

- Nicola

24th April 2015