About Us

Imonina (Nina) Dafe

Consultant Speech & Language Therapist

Nina has been a dedicated Speech and Language Therapist for over a decade, working across both public and private sectors, including areas such as Brent, Southwark, Lewisham, and Harrow. Her extensive experience includes supporting children with a broad spectrum of communication needs, such as early speech and language delays, autism, ADHD, and specific language impairments. In addition to providing targeted therapy, Nina is passionate about fostering inclusive, accessible environments for every child. She delivers specialist training to school staff (teachers, learning support assistants, and teaching assistants), helping them better support children with communication needs. Nina has also actively engaged parents by organising and leading coffee mornings focused on children with Speech, Language, and Communication Needs (SLCN).

Debbie Cohen

Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist

Debbie brings over a decade of experience working with children, from nursery age through to young adults, across both public and private sectors. She is dedicated to working collaboratively with parents and carers to help children reach their full potential through fun, bespoke, and engaging therapy sessions, along with tailored strategies.

Debbie has a strong passion for supporting children and young adults with diverse needs, including Autism, social skills, language development, and speech sound challenges. She is particularly committed to fostering independence, helping children build essential problem-solving, inferencing, and social skills. Debbie also provides invaluable support to families during transitions and helps create environments that promote optimal communication and interaction.

Chloe Crudgington

Speech and Language Therapist & Neurodiversity-Affirming Autism Specialist

Chloe is an experienced Speech and Language Therapist, working with children and young adults aged 1 to 26 in home, clinic, online, and school settings. She is dedicated to identifying the most effective, evidence-based therapeutic approach tailored to each child’s unique needs, ensuring sessions are both engaging and functional.

Chloe has extensive expertise in supporting a wide range of speech, language, and communication challenges, including autism, language delays, developmental language disorder, Down’s syndrome, and speech sound disorders.

Millie Clark

Speech and Language Therapist&Neurodiversity-Affirming Autism Specialist

Millie is dedicated to delivering high-quality, tailored services for children and families, meeting their unique needs in various environments.

With extensive experience working with children aged 1-16, Millie has supported children in mainstream schools, nurseries, preschools, at home, and in clinic settings. She specializes in helping children with a wide range of communication challenges, including speech sound disorders such as Dyspraxia, Autism, Dysfluency, as well as language delays and disorders.

Jemma Phillips

Administrative and Executive Coordinator

Jemma collaborates closely with Sarah and the SL Therapy London team, managing client referrals and appointments while providing essential support to therapists with clinical records and general administrative tasks. She is highly regarded by the families and solicitors we work with, and it's common to hear: "Everyone needs a Jemma!"

Her specialist skills in supporting legal cases, including organising documentation and managing deadlines, make her an invaluable asset, particularly in cases involving SEN tribunals and EHCP processes.

In addition to her role at SL Therapy London, Jemma is the co-founder of EmpowerHer Lancashire Limited, a leading provider of holistic women's health services. EmpowerHer focuses on mental well-being, nutrition, women's health, and physical fitness programs, with a mission to empower women to take control of their health and wellness journey, ultimately leading to transformed and enriched lives.

A graduate of Salford University with a BA (Hons) in Modern Foreign Languages (French & Spanish), Jemma spent 15 years in diverse Sales, Marketing, and Administrative roles before establishing her own Virtual Assistant business.

Linda Campbell-Arthur

Chartered Clinical Psychologist

Linda is a highly experienced Clinical Psychologist with over 20 years of expertise, particularly in trauma and anxiety disorders. Her personal journey as a mother to an Autistic son inspired her to take an active role in supporting others, leading her to collaborate with the local charity, RUILS. There, she established a dedicated support service for families with Autistic children.

Throughout her career, Linda has worked with children from nursery age to young adults, both in public and private sectors, making a significant impact across a wide range of settings.

Sharon Bourla

SEN Consultant

Sharon has over 25 years of experience in helping parents and carers of children with Special Educational Needs & Disabilities to successfully navigate the complex SEND system and get their child the support they need. This has included supporting families at school meetings, meetings with Local Authorities representative, and any professional meetings with other agencies. Sharon has worked in the charity and public sectors.

Sharon has extensive knowledge of the SEND tribunal processes and has supported many parents/carers through this process, with a first-class record of success.

As a parent herself of a child with learning disabilities, primarily Speech and Language difficulties, Sharon understands first-hand how difficult it can be navigating the SEND processes, and will doggedly and passionately help parents and carers to get their child the best resources and support possible from local authorities and other agencies.

Sharon Baum

Director of Social Media & Communications

Sharon is a New York State licensed and Texas licensed Speech-Language Pathologist who has worked in the field for over 13 years and is a special education administrator for the pre-school children of NYC.

Sharon is passionate about promoting Speech and Language Therapy through the media.

Sharon has experience with the assessment of and intervention for speech-language delays of all ages from toddlers and school age students through geriatrics, including delays or challenges with expressive and receptive language, cognition, reading comprehension, auditory processing, fluency, voice, writing, executive functioning, phonology and articulation, and pragmatic language. Sharon specialises in work with adolescents and teenagers in middle school and high school with intellectual and language learning disabilities, ASD, ADHD, sensory processing disorders, and emotional disturbances.