Speech-Language Therapy · Georgetown, DC
Speech, language, executive functioning, voice, and feeding therapy for kids, teens, and adults. Our approach is personalized to how you learn, built on genuine trust, and designed to bring out the strengths that were there all along.
Functional
skills for real life
Strengths-first
evidence-based care
Our philosophy
The world, and especially the education system, can be one-dimensional. When a child or adult doesn’t fit the mold, the problem was never the person. It’s the mold.
We exist for the bright, creative, compassionate, often misunderstood minds that don’t thrive in a one-size-fits-all path. Instead of asking you to become someone else, we help kids, adults, and families understand how they’re wired, use their strengths on purpose, and build real, lasting skills for the things that are hard.
Self-awareness is the foundation. When clients understand how they learn and communicate (their strengths and their needs), confidence follows, and progress carries into daily life.
Strengths aren’t a consolation prize, they’re the engine. We use what each person already does well as the way in to the things that feel hard.
Skills, strategies, and supports for the difficult things. Taught explicitly, practiced purposefully, and celebrated as they generalize beyond the therapy room.
How we work
Trust is the foundation of every gain we make. If a client doesn’t feel seen, safe, and understood, nothing else sticks, so we invest in the relationship first, and keep investing in it. Therapy should never feel like something done to you.
No cookie-cutter programs and no preset tracks. Goals, session length, frequency, and methods are shaped around each individual (their profile, their attention, their interests, their life) and adapted as they grow.
You are a partner in the process, never an audience to “the one right way.” Clients help set goals; families get honest, prompt communication; and we coordinate with teachers, physicians, and other professionals whenever we can.
Our licensed CCC-SLP team pairs years of specialization in language-based learning differences with evidence-based techniques and programmatic approaches, chosen and combined for the person in front of us, not pulled off a shelf.
Our three-fold approach
Every person who walks through our door is different, so we never rely on a single method. Instead, we weave together three complementary threads, tuning the balance to fit each client’s age, profile, and goals. Together they turn therapy-room gains into real-life confidence.
Underlying skills
We isolate the specific, teachable area of weakness and build it up directly. Some of these skills are rarely taught explicitly in daily life; others have been taught, but haven’t clicked yet. Either way, we use creative, visual, interactive methods to make them stick, so the foundation underneath the hard thing gets stronger.
Compensatory strategies
Skills alone aren’t always enough in the moment. So we introduce a range of compensatory strategies and supports, figure out which ones work best for each person, train their use, and then practice carrying them into the real situations where communication gets tough. The goal is independence: knowing what to reach for, and when.
Self-awareness
Progress that lasts comes from understanding yourself. We help clients recognize what they’re already great at and where they need a strategy, so motivation stays high and the right support gets used at the right time. For our youngest clients, this grows in gently; for teens and adults, it’s often the key that unlocks everything else.
Not three separate boxes, one connected plan. Skills give you something to use. Strategies give you a way to use them when it counts. Self-awareness tells you which one to reach for, and why. That’s how progress stops staying in the therapy room and starts showing up in everyday life.
What we do
Frequency, session length, and approach are tailored to each individual, including their areas of need, their attention, and their goals. Sessions are typically one-on-one, with groups when they serve the goal.
Mealtimes without the battles.
Feeding is about so much more than food. When eating is hard (extreme picky eating, sensory sensitivities, oral-motor challenges, gagging, or anxiety around new foods) the whole family feels it at every meal. We take the pressure off and make food exploration safe, playful, and child-led.
Therapy that looks like play. Because it is.
With our youngest clients, you will often find our therapists on the floor. We follow your child’s lead and use their interests (toys, books, crafts, songs, and movement) to build speech, language, fluency, voice, pre-literacy, and social skills. Play is how young children learn, and we wouldn’t dream of leaving it out.
A voice that feels like you.
Your voice is a deeply personal part of how you show up in the world. Our gender-affirming voice therapy is client-led from the very first session: you define what an authentic voice means for you, and we bring the clinical expertise to help you get there safely, sustainably, and at your pace.
Unsure whether your concerns warrant a full evaluation? A screening is a low-pressure first step toward answers. We offer grade-wide screenings for local schools annually or biannually.
Comprehensive speech-language evaluations that identify the specific nature of a difficulty and map the way forward.
We attend IEP meetings, coordinate with teachers and specialists, and advocate for your child’s communicative and academic needs.
Condensed “bursts” of therapy at a higher frequency, so skills build faster with greater carryover between sessions.
Not sure where to start? That’s exactly what the free phone consultation is for.
Call usOur team
Every member of our team is a licensed, certified speech-language pathologist chosen as much for warmth and creativity as for clinical expertise. The relationship comes first and the progress follows.
MA, CCC-SLP · Founder
Holly founded Language & Learning after several years at The Lab School of Washington, where she developed a passion for bright, energetic, often misunderstood students with language-based learning differences. She builds her students’ self-confidence by using their strengths and helping them understand themselves as learners. She believes every unique individual deserves a therapy approach, and a connection, to match. Licensed in Virginia and DC.
MA, CCC-SLP
Courtney has worked in public schools and schools for students with severe disabilities, supporting children with ADHD, autism, Down syndrome, developmental delays, and AAC users. She looks at each child holistically (sensory, physical, and socio-emotional) and follows the child’s lead so therapy is engaging, functional, and built on genuine rapport with the whole family. Licensed in Maryland and DC.
MEd, CCC-SLP
Amanda has spent most of her career with preschool through high school students, helping little ones with developmental delays reach milestones, and specializing in language-based learning differences with older students. A fellow Lab School alumna, she loves thinking outside the box and collaborating with parents, teachers, and professionals as one team working for the child. Licensed in Maryland and DC.
MS, CCC-SLP
Gena brings years of experience across early intervention, schools, private practice, and hospital settings. She provides evidence-based, empowering therapy that builds skills and confidence for home, school, and everyday life. She works closely with families and academic teams so progress carries far beyond the therapy room. Licensed in DC and Virginia.
MA, CCC-SLP
Isabelle works with students from age 3 through high school, with a background in self-contained classrooms and special education schools. She specializes in language delays and differences and in low- and high-tech AAC, including LAMP and TouchChat Go. For Isabelle, the first step in therapy is always a strong, trusting connection, which is the foundation every bit of growth is built on. Licensed in DC.
Tell us what’s going on during a free phone consultation, and we’ll match you with the therapist whose experience and style fit best.
Start the conversationKind words
We could not be happier with the bond you have created with A and the study skills and academic confidence you are helping him develop. He has declared you “the best teacher and specialist ever who actually makes learning fun. I love going to Holly every week!” I have NEVER heard A speak so enthusiastically about a teacher, coach, or specialist.
Holly has a knack for meeting a child where they are and creating a connection with them. My son really likes Holly as a person and the strategies they devise to keep him on task. I appreciate that she is always available and goes the extra mile to stay in touch, answer questions with thoughtful feedback, and work with others.
Watching Courtney work first-hand with children with a variety of diagnoses and learning differences is such a joy. She is a quick thinker, able to adapt to meet the child’s needs, and follows the child’s lead and interests to make therapy fun and engaging. The students love spending time with her and look forward to speech therapy.
Gena is patient and understanding, allowing our child to move at his own pace while giving him the tools to regulate, express, and advocate for himself. She willingly collaborates with the rest of his therapy and school team to ensure consistency across settings. We couldn’t be happier to have her as his speech therapist.
Get in touch
Not sure where to begin? That’s completely normal, and exactly why the first step is a conversation, not a commitment. Tell us what you’re seeing, and we’ll help you figure out the right next step.
Call us
(571) 386-4486Hours
Monday to Friday, 7am to 9pm
Ask us about Saturday & Sunday availability
Our office
1226 31st St. NW, Georgetown, Washington, DC
Steps off M Street, plus in-home and in-school services across the DMV.
