When my child started working with Michelle, he had under 10 words of expressive language. Now that we’ve been working with Michelle for over a year, he has a flood of language.  And, speech isn’t his main concern now. It is articulation. He has so many words and learned so many sounds all at once, that he’s having trouble making them. We have moved onto step two. I would highly recommend Miss Michelle. She is amazing!
Megan P.

“I have known Michelle Mares both professionally and personally for over 12 years. I first met Michelle Mares when she worked as a speech pathologist in Skilled Nursing and Long-Term care facilities, serving the geriatric population. She is a capable and compassionate provider, who is able to distill complex treatment plan ideas into more lay terms for people to understand easier. She is also patient with an excellent bedside manner. I would recommend her services to anyone in need of speech therapy consultations.”
Mary Ann Miranda, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC

“My son visited Michelle Mares for speech and her gentle manner and patience always impressed me. She was able to keep his attention, knew when he needed a break, and always had fun things for him to do so that he enjoyed his time with her. I would happily recommend her as a therapist.”
Anonymous Mother

“We went to see Michelle for speech therapy when my son was 2 1/2 years old. At that time he was speaking at a 1 year old level – hardly producing any words.

Michelle had a lot of patience with him and definitely helped him have his breakthrough to produce more words. She was very good at recapping their sessions (what they did, what new words he would say) and that helped me in continuing the teaching and progress at home.

It takes a lot for my son to open up or trust new people but he almost immediately trusted Michelle and looked forward to his weekly appointment with her! Thank you Michelle for everything!”
Anonymous Mother

“I will be forever grateful that my father had the opportunity to work with Michelle. She is quiet honestly a lifesaver. Michelle began working with my father after a hospital stay because of a fall. He was depressed and showing signs of dementia. He is 91 and we felt we just had to accept his condition as permanent. But that was before we met Michelle. Michelle’s expertise, kindness and patience brought my father back to normal. I can’t say enough good things about her!”
Anonymous Daughter

“Michelle Mares was the speech therapist for my Aunt Jane and Uncle Ray a few years ago. I, their niece, was handling their care so I was in the house many times when Michelle was working with them.

When I first met Michelle, it was obvious how sweet and caring she was. She was so patient with the 90+ year olds. She encouraged them with compassion to continue working on their memory work. Their memory continued to improve.  Both Jane and Ray loved Michelle and worked well with her even though my uncle was very stubborn.

“I can’t believe I’ve known Michelle for 16 years now! When we met she was a graduate student in the Department of Communication Disorders, Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic at Texas State University. She worked with my then 5-year-old son, two days a week for 8 weeks in 2004.

During those sessions we would talk afterward and I got to know and really like her. She was kind, gentle but firm, and really looked forward to becoming a speech therapist. We became friends and have stayed friends ever since. I so admire her spirit, determination, and sense of humor.

Michelle genuinely loves her profession. I recommend her highly to anyone, young or old, who is in need of speech therapy on any level.”
Anonymous Mother

“I have had the privilege of working with Michelle over the last 10 years. As the Medical Director for two hospitals, where Michelle served as a speech therapist caring for individuals with catastrophic injuries such as spinal cord injuries, strokes, and devastating trauma, I have had the ability to observe her skills and bedside manner first hand.

In this capacity, Michelle has proved to be a superb clinician with an excellent fund of clinical knowledge and skills. She has demonstrated the ability to handle patients with complex cognitive, speech and language, and swallowing deficits. She is able to provide direction to the patients, families, and nursing colleagues in a gentle but clear and positive manner. She is collaborative and focused on the team approach that is fundamental to rehabilitation.

“In November of 2018, after undergoing a total thyroidectomy, an outpatient procedure, I found myself being transferred to the Intensive Care Unit due to complications during surgery. The removal of my thyroid resulted in the occurrence of bilateral vocal cord paralysis due to trauma of the laryngeal nerves during the procedure. Instead of going home a few hours after the planned outpatient procedure, I was hospitalized for nearly a week.

When I was released from the hospital, I had doctor’s orders for nursing care and speech therapy services. My voice tone was very shallow, “breathy”, and vocalizing was very challenging. I attribute much of my progress in the recovery of my vocal cord paralysis to the amazing services provided by Michelle Mares, M.S., CCC-SLP.