Meet Our Team

Our compassionate therapists have experience with all ages, from birth through geriatrics for a wide range of diagnoses.

Our team of skilled speech and occupational therapists are knowledgeable, compassionate, and eager to help you reach your therapy goals. Therapists with the area of expertise that you or your family member require will be paired with you from the very first visit, if possible, and keep you with that therapist for the duration of your treatment. If the fit doesn’t seem to be quite right after that first session, we can make a change.

Our speech-language pathologists have a master’s degree, are licensed through the State of Oregon Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, and have a Certificate for Clinical Competency (CCCs) through the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA). Additionally, some of our therapists speak Spanish.

Best of the Best of Bend award winner for adult speech therapy in Central Oregon.
Thank you for voting us Best Speech Therapy Clinic and Best Occupational Therapy Clinic!
Bend Source, "Best of the Nest" 2023 Best Speech Therapist Pathologist

Thank you for voting us Bend’s best Pediatric Speech Therapist!

Winner of the Bend Nest parenting magazine 2023 Best Of The Nest.

Areas of Specialty

In addition to their state and national certifications, some of our therapists are also specially trained and/or certified in additional programs.

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Modified Barium Swallow Impairment Profile (MBSiMP)
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Tethered Oral Tissue Specialty (TOTS)
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Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of the Swallow (FEES)
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Lessac Madsen Resonant Voice Technique (LMRVT)
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Parkinson Voice Project's SPEAK OUT!® and LOUD Crowd® programs
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VitalStim® Therapy System
Casey Collins

Casey Collins

M.A. CCC-SLP

Casey has been a Speech Language Pathologist since 2006. During graduate school, she focused on the areas of bilingual language learning in children and voice, cognition and swallowing disorders in adults.

Kristin Williamson

Kristin Williamson

M.S. CCC-SLP

Kristin has been a licensed Speech Language Pathologist since 2007. She was born and raised in Portland, Oregon and received her Master’s degree in Communication Disorders and Sciences from the University of Oregon.

Mallory Rizzio

Mallory Rizzio

M.S. CCC-SLP

Mallory has been a Speech Language Pathologist since 2020. She was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. She loves working with families and giving them the tools to meet their goals.

Amanda Rhodes Fyfe

Amanda Rhodes Fyfe

M.S. CCC-SLP

Amanda is passionate about implementing a family-centered approach to intervention to empower caregivers to optimize communication development within the child’s natural environment.

Laura Shea

Laura Shea

M.S. CCC-SLP

Laura has a special interest in feeding and swallowing impairments in infants, as well as working with kiddos with developmentally delayed speech/language skills and complex communication needs.

Cara Macedo

Cara Macedo

M.S. CCC-SLP

After years as a paraprofessional in school districts, Cara found her passion for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) by working collaboratively with speech therapists in the schools.

Marissa Fritzler

Marissa Fritzler

M.S. CF-SLP

Marissa is a Speech Language Pathologist originally from Beaverton, Oregon. She completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and Human Development at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Lindsay Gruca

Lindsay Gruca

M.Ed. CCC-SLP

Lindsay’s areas of interest include cognitive-communication, dysarthria, aphasia, apraxia, voice disorders, swallowing disorders, speech-sound disorders/phonological disorders, and gender affirming voice.

Lindsey Newman

Lindsey Newman

M.S. CCC-SLP, IBCLC

Lindsey specializes in working with pediatrics with communication, feeding and swallowing difficulties, TBI, post-frenectomy and post-frenotomy care, voice, speech sound disorders, apraxia, literacy, and stuttering.

Paige Leite

Paige Leite

MOT, OTR/L

Developing her career as an occupational therapist, Paige learned in a multitude of settings and a wide range of populations, including a specialized traumatic brain injury clinic, acute care, and skilled nursing.

Marit Brown

Marit Brown

OTD, OTR/L

Marit is an occupational therapist specializing in autism spectrum disorder, sensory processing disorder, motor planning, and praxis differences, fine and gross motor delays, and emotional regulation differences.

Melissa Navarro

Melissa Navarro

Administrator/Billing Specialist

Melissa works for Sonos remotely from the San Francisco Bay Area where she was born and raised. She brings many years of administration management and billing of Speech, OT, and Multidisciplinary clinics. She has a passion for supporting families and therapists with their needs in this field.

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(541) 604-8255

Fax (541) 706-9440

20310 Empire Ave, Suite A103, Bend, OR 97703