Katrina Schickenberg is a California licensed, credentialed and National Board Certified speech-language pathologist specializing in assessment, speech sound disorders, pragmatics, neurological disorder, and voice therapy.  She is an experienced therapist who helps her clients see their strengths, build confidence and agency, and meet their goals. 

 

Katrina has worked as a speech-language pathologist throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, New York City and New Jersey in settings such as otolaryngology, skilled nursing, assisted and independent living, public and private school, private practice, and in the home. 

 

Katrina lives in Santa Cruz, CA with her two children. She enjoys adventuring with her kids, trail running, backpacking, singing and playing music, writing, and having a learner's mindset. 


Katrina provides treatment for clients of all ages with a variety of needs...


Speech:

  • Speech sound development in children, speech articulation
  • Motor speech disorders
  • Stuttering in children and adults
  • Speech production, accent modification

Language:

  • Receptive and Expressive Language Development
  • Comprehension
  • Organization of spoken and written narrative
  • Rehabilitation post-stroke or brain injury

Social Communication:

  • Dynamic communication and play 
  • Pragmatics, perspective taking
  • Understanding expected and unexpected behaviors

Cognition:

  • Post-stroke recovery
  • Attention and Memory
  • Daily living management amidst cognitive decline or neurodegenerative disease

Swallowing:

  • Swallow Rehabilitation due to stroke, brain injury, cognitive decline or neurodegenerative disease.
  • Functional exercises
  • Texture and consistency evaluation and recommendation

 

Voice:

  • Voice Loss, vocal fatigue
  • Functional Exercises
  • Professional voice users: singers, speakers, teachers
  • Pre and Post Laryngeal Surgery
  • Gender Affirmation Services


My Services

 

Contact Katrina to learn more: 

 

katrinaspeechtherapy@gmail.com