About Me

Tessa Ackerman

MPhil (Psychology)
BSc Clinical Language Sciences
BA(Hons)
HCPC reg. MRCSLT

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I qualified as a Speech and Language Therapist in 1990 and worked in the NHS in Leeds until 2011. I am an experienced specialist in the treatment of adults with acquired neurological disorders of communication and swallowing.

I offer therapy to people with complex communication disorders, particularly to people with aphasia; a communication disability involving language (understanding, reading, writing) and speech which often occurs after a stroke or head injury. I have many years' experience of providing individual and group therapy to people with chronic aphasia and their families. I have done research into aphasia; published academic articles and lectured to university students. I have recently been on the committee of the British Aphasiology Society.

I have extensive experience in both individual and group therapy for people with dysarthria. I am qualified to provide LSVT; the evidence-based, intensive therapy highlighted in the NICE guidelines for people with Parkinson's.

I also have many years' experience of treating people with neurogenic or functional voice disorders (dysphonia).