Private Speech and Language Therapy for Children

Are you concerned about your child’s speech, feeding or communication skills and don’t know where to turn? Please contact me and we can discuss how I can help you.

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Hi, I’m Sonja McGeachie

I’m an Independent Speech and Language Therapist based in London with over 28 years experience helping babies and children with developmental delay and complex needs overcome speech, language, and feeding challenges.

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How I can help you 

I offer structured and bespoke assessments, practical and personalised support, advice, training and consultancy in response to your child’s speech and language needs.

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Speech and Oral Motor Difficulties

If your child has trouble controlling lips, tongue or jaw muscles — from talking to eating or sipping from a straw —, these are tough skills to master and I can help your child develop these skills. Your little one has a lisp or a ‘funny r-sound’? With a little time and practice we can make  it better!

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Developmental Delay

Is your child late in talking and struggling to communicate or making friends? Maybe he or she is not able to tell you their needs without a tantrum and tears? Perhaps your little one doesn’t speak at all or he/she repeats words or sentences you say? I am able to clarify for you what the issues are, what might be causing them and how to help you help your child.

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CAS (Childhood Apraxia of Speech) – working with Visual cues (pictures and hand gestures) to help my student perfect his CH sound
“Sonja is amazing at what she does!
My 9 year old daughter had a lisp and Sonja really helped with that. She taught my daughter how to create a new habit when saying certain sounds and gave us homework/advice on how to reinforce that. Every session had good structure and engaging activities set up which was always great fun.
I feel like my daughter’s speech has improved and I’m grateful to Sonja for that.
As well as being an amazing therapist, Sonja made my daughter feel special. Every session was eagerly anticipated (despite the hour long journey after school to get to Sonja).
Thank you Sonja, we’ll always remember you and appreciate your help!”
Mum of Maya
“Thank you so much for your time, and for your incredibly helpful email and tools. We found the appointment so helpful, it really felt like the penny dropped. It’s been really heartening to feel that we understand what our child needs from us a lot more.
We are channelling our inner Mr Tumble!”
Email from a mum in June 2023
“My son’s speech has improved within a few sessions and we are extremely happy. Sonja is wonderful, and adapts the teaching to the child’s needs. Highly recommend Sonja!” 
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Marsha S.
“I visited London Speech and Feeding a couple of days ago with my 8-month-old granddaughter and her mother. Sonja made us feel comfortable and at ease from our first introductions. She was able to pinpoint my granddaughter’s mum’s anxiety around weaning very quickly. She not only gave her the tools to do this successfully, but also really encouraged my granddaughter’s mum and instilled confidence that she had everything she needed to make this sometimes-difficult transition without further anxiety.
Sonja was very thorough in her initial assessment of my granddaughter’s physical milestones and her developing speech. My granddaughter felt very comfortable with Sonja and happily played along with her. Then came the big moment – trying out various foods! We were amazed to see just how easily my granddaughter, with Sonja’s expert encouragement, took to sampling the wonderful array of different delicious morsels Sonja had prepared for the session. My granddaughter even drank from a cup for the first time! Wonderful!
Sonja then emailed a summary of the session and an extensive array of resources with suggestions for my granddaughter’s mum which she has now put into action.
My granddaughter’s mum couldn’t thank Sonja enough for her caring attitude, extensive knowledge, and warm professionalism. I have no hesitation in recommending Sonja, she’s a fantastic Speech Language and Feeding Therapist!” ​
Michelle I. , Grandmother of an 8-month-old girl
“Sonja (and her lovely colleague, Sandra) were stupendous. I had brought my one-year-old son to see them as I was concerned that he wasn’t eating enough. They looked at his history and we ate together to make sure they had all the information they needed to give an accurate diagnosis. Whilst our outcome was that Henry was in fact doing brilliantly (and I just needed to chill out a bit!), I would imagine if there was something more serious going on, Sonja would make you feel just as supported and empowered as she did with us. Excellent follow-ups too. Money well spent for a bit of reassurance for a stressed out mama. Thank you, Sonja!” 
Eleanor C. , Mother of Henry Age 1
“Sonja helped my 7 year old daughter with a well established lisp and tongue thrust and after only a couple of sessions we noticed a big improvement and she has been progressing well ever since. Sonja is kind, funny and makes the speech therapy a pleasure – my daughter has been happy to go to each session and even to do all the practice in between. Thank you Sonja!” 
S. Johnson., Mother of Esme (7 years old)
“We are extremely happy and wanted to let you know, as I don’t think we’d have seen anywhere near such a rapid improvement without your help. It’s made a huge difference and I’m still using all the strategies you taught me all the time with him… I’m so thankful we found you and I can’t actually believe he’s caught up on more than a year delay in less than 6 months.”
Rachel L., Mother of Freddie (3.5 years old)
“Sonja is a very good and committed professional. She is always enthusiastic and knowledgeable. I am so glad to have found her. She came to assist Christian with eating and drinking issues. Quickly we got on with all the new recommendations she gave us. In a few weeks time he got to do most of the things expected for his age. We are all really pleased with Sonja’s support. I really recommend her.”
Claudia S., Mother of Christian (14 months)
“Sonja has been a real help for my 5 year old daughter. Due to her support, my daughter is now able to clearly and correctly enunciate ‘th’ ‘f’ and ’s’. She was also helpful in making positional changes to her seating to help her concentrate better and kept her engaged throughout all the lessons which is a feat in itself on zoom!” 
Helen S. , Mother of Catherine Age 5

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