Grace Therapy Solutions

What inspired you to start this business?

Upon entering the field of speech-language pathology, I knew that I wanted to someday have my own private practice. In 2022, I married my husband who is in the military and moved away from my childhood home in Florida to live in North Carolina. With my husband’s job causing him to spend so much time away from home, and with our first baby on the way, I realized that I needed to find a way to stay home while still contributing income to our household. That’s what inspired me to make my private practice virtual- so that I can be a stay-at-home mom and still live out my passion of helping children improve their communication skills.

How does your faith shape your work?

I learned how to integrate my faith in my work by following the example of my mother, Gizel Abdallah. She worked for over 20 years as a Church Music Director and Music Teacher, and is currently doing so at All Saints Catholic Church and School in Sunrise, Florida. At 8 years old, I started singing with my mother in the church, whether it was as part of the school choir or as a cantor at weekend Masses, and continued singing at Masses with her as an adult. She set the ultimate example of how to use the gifts that God has blessed you with to glorify Him in return. I recognize that God has blessed me with the gift to be able to help children with communication needs. So it is my duty to be able to share this gift with families. My Catholic faith also inspired the name of my practice – Grace Therapy Solutions. As Catholics we know that the only real solution to any of our problems, difficulties or obstacles in life lies in offering them all up to the Lord because he is the Ultimate Solution. And we are only granted solutions through His loving grace. God’s grace is healing. Throughout my career I have prayed for the grace to be patient and loving during trying times. And I am constantly giving grace to my clients who struggle daily to communicate, and to parents who might be juggling countless responsibilities.

What's a favorite patron saint or scripture?

Growing up with a musical mom, our favorite saint was always St. Cecilia. She is the patron saint of music and musicians, mainly singers. She used her voice to worship and glorify God. As a speech therapist, I like to think that my helping children to use their voice is glorification to God as well.

What's one thing you'd like customers to know?

I help children to communicate functionally, advocate for their individual needs, improve academic achievement, and connect socially with peers, family & friends. Throughout my career as a speech therapist, I have worked with children of all ages who have various types of disabilities that might affect their communication, i.e. Language Disorders, Speech Sound Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Sound Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, Emotional Behavior Disorders, Learning Disabilities, etc. The treatment I provide as a speech therapist is individually tailored to each client’s needs, therefore positively impacting the ability to communicate functionally, advocate for his or her wants/needs, improve academic achievement, and connect socially with peers. So far as a speech therapist, I have helped dozens of children master their speech and language goals and graduate from speech therapy, being able to say all speech sounds correctly, perform at grade/age level in language arts, and communicate functionally with family and friends.