Veronika Owen

SPECIALIST SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPIST (NEUROLOGY)

Veronika graduated with a master’s degree in Speech and Language Therapy from the University of Essex in 2014. She has worked ever since with adults with communication and swallowing difficulties due to acquired and progressive neurological conditions.

Veronika has extensive experience of working with clients and their families/carers on acute hospital wards, stroke rehabilitation wards and in community settings, including Early Supported Discharge for stroke and general community. This has strengthened her understanding of priorities and goals at different phases of clients’ journeys. Veronika understands the critical importance of working as a core member of the multi-disciplinary team and enjoys establishing rapport with patients and those surrounding them in order to create the most meaningful, holistic and functional goals to work on.

Veronika is a certified provider of the McNeill Dysphagia Therapy Programme, a systematic approach used for clients with chronic swallowing difficulties.