Charleston & Summerville, South Carolina
Speech therapy that meets your child where they are
Diagnostic, therapeutic and academic speech-language care delivered in your child’s natural environment: home, daycare, or preschool. Led by a parent who walks this road with you.
Kristina Behrens, MS, CCC-SLP · Founder & Owner
Our roots
Built by a parent, for families who need more than an office visit
Kristina is a parent of a child with special needs and personally knows the challenges families face across every setting. That experience drives everything at Therapy Talks: families are listened to and included in the entire process, from evaluation through ongoing treatment.
Our mission
A respectful, nurturing environment where children and families grow together, with the highest quality pediatric intervention in your child’s natural environment.
Our belief
Every child can grow, learn and develop with the right guidance and support. We take a personalized, child-directed approach while children are engaged in play and exploration.
What we do
Specialized pediatric therapy, two ways in
Our licensed and certified speech-language pathologists provide comprehensive evaluation and treatment to children with a wide range of speech-language needs, with family involvement as an essential part of every plan.
Speech-language therapy
Diagnostic, therapeutic and academic speech-language services in your child’s natural environment. Personalized treatment plans developed with family, caregivers and other therapists.
Feeding & swallowing
All feeding and swallowing concerns: dysphagia, feeding-tube dependency, oral-motor chewing difficulty, “picky” eating habits, and food or oral aversions. Exceptional personal care from first contact through discharge.
Community-based therapy
We bring therapy into the settings where your child actually lives and learns. Working closely with child, parents and caregivers is essential for success, from first contact through discharge.
Children we serve
Our licensed and certified speech-language pathologists provide comprehensive evaluation and treatment to children with a wide range of needs, from developmental language delay to medically fragile conditions.
How therapy unfolds here
A family is a team member, not an audience
Evidence-based methods, delivered through a personalized, child-directed model, in the places where your child’s day already happens.
Evaluation in context
Comprehensive evaluation and treatment planning grounded in how your child actually communicates at home, daycare or school.
Play-based sessions
Therapy delivered while your child is engaged in play and exploration, so treatment feels natural and progress is measurable.
Families equipped
Parents and caregivers get strategies and activities to use at home and in school settings, so progress carries over into everyday life.
Settings connected
Consultation with daycares and schools helps generalize goals across settings and communication partners, so gains stick everywhere.
The Charleston Chew program
When your child needs more than one session a week
Is your child tube-fed, or has a doctor mentioned moving in that direction? Worried about growth from not eating enough by mouth? We’re here to help with all feeding and swallowing concerns, including infants and children with medically fragile conditions.
What the intensive includes
- Two 45–60 minute feeding and swallowing sessions, daily for 10 days over a two-week period
- Vital Stimulation – NMES training and additional oral-motor techniques, led by Kristina Behrens, owner of both Therapy Talks and Charleston Chew
- Treatment focused on optimizing independence, setting medically fragile infants and children up for long-term success
- A caring partner at every step. Questions about tube-feeding transition or growth are welcome before you even book a consult
Meet the team
Clinicians who live this work
Every clinician is a licensed, certified speech-language pathologist with experience across schools, homes and clinics.
Kristina Behrens
MS, CCC-SLP · Founder & OwnerKristina began her career as a school-based speech-language pathologist serving children from preschool through high school, then moved through rehabilitative clinics to home health, where she supported infants with mild to the most severe impairments. Her expertise in medically fragile populations and feeding and swallowing disorders led her to Therapy Talks.
Hannah Steward
MS, CCC-SLP · Speech-Language PathologistHannah earned her bachelor’s degree in Speech and Hearing Science from Delta State University and her master’s in Speech-Language Pathology from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. She has experience working with children across schools, homes and outpatient clinics.
Alison Hanno
MS, CCC-SLP · Speech-Language PathologistAlison has more than 15 years of experience in speech-language pathology, trained at Boston University and Mass General Hospital Institute of Health Professionals. After years in skilled nursing as therapist and manager, she found a new passion for the 0–3 population and for teaching families about swallowing and feeding difficulties.
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