a Creative Communication Studio

Communication is more than words

After 15 years as an SLP, I have refined the use of creative invitations in my communication therapy, and I am now in school for a PhD, researching the relationships between communication and creativity, specifically through multimodality.

With this, I realized I want to provide experiences for everyone that make use of art and expression: I’m like a personal trainer for your creative self-expression skill-building journey.

You have important things to say. Get your message out!

Join me. Come create, tell about, and share in what matters.

a Personal trainer for your creative expression

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Art (along with many other child-preferred activities) is used at Wordshop as a regulation tool and as an incentive.

Rooting therapy in rewarding activities builds a meaningful therapeutic relationship where deep work can safely unfold.

Using art, clients to learn skills around noticing, practicing, and understanding how they learn in order to grow and master new skills.

Using play in treatment is a fun, effective way for children to learn!

Child painting during a play-based speech therapy session at Wordshop in SE Portland
Speech-language pathologist or mother parent doing an art-based therapy activity with a young child at Wordshop or at home

Wordshop is a speech-language clinic for children with communication needs:

  • articulation (speech sounds)

  • language (speaking & listening skills)

  • literacy (reading & writing)

  • fluency (stuttering, cluttering)

  • social communication (functional interaction skills)

Therapy is always tailored to each child’s and family’s unique needs and priorities.

Heather:

“Marjorie creates a welcoming and safe place—an environment that nurtures and encourages creativity using art, play, and imagination as tools to help our child meet her communication goals,”

“Marjorie is so creative, thoughtful, and intentional with every aspect of her support for our child, and it matters to her what she is thinking, feeling, and doing.“

Take a 30-minute phone call for free—see how Wordshop can support you.

There’s no commitment, pressure, or obligation.