Michelle Richards, M.A., CCC-SLP, TSLI, CLC, CTRP is a licensed speech-language pathologist with over 20 years experience and training in orofacial myofunctional therapy. She attended Michigan State University for undergraduate and graduate degrees in Speech-Language Pathology. She holds a Michigan Teaching Certificate as a Teacher for the Speech-Language Impaired with a minor in Psychology. She earned her Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) in 2003. She is a certified lactation consultant (CLC) to help the youngest patients improve their health, oral motor, and craniofacial development. Michelle is a Certified Trauma and Resilience Practitioner (CTRP) and is certfied in the Buteyko Breathing Method.
Michelle has a passion to help others to be heard and become their best selves. She specializes in treating tethered oral tissues (TOTs), pediatric feeding disorders, and orofacial myofunctional disorders to all ages. Michelle works closely with dentists, orthodontists, and otolaryngologists to develop the best patient outcomes.
She provides services in Rochester and Bloomfield Hills, and virtually throughout Michigan. She also provides coaching to parents, teachers, and clinicians.