Tehra opened private practice in 2010 to strive for excellence in the field of pediatric rehabilitation in our community.

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Tehra specializes in pediatric feeding and swallowing disorders, with over

18 years of specialized training and education in the field.

She has an emphasis on training in neonatal and infant

assessment and treatment of breast and bottle feeding difficulties.

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Tehra is a NOMAS Certified License Provider (Neonatal Oral Motor

Protocol),

She has specific training in: Neonatal oral motor assessment,

Breastfeeding with infants with feeding difficulties, Beckman Oral Motor,

Beckman Oro-facial Deep Tissue Release, Trained provider for SOS

(Sequential Oral Sensory Approach), Food Chaining Program, and the

Medical, Motor, Behavioral Approach to Feeding disorders.

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Tehra serves as a member of ASHA’s Special Interest Group Swallowing

and Swallowing disorders and Administration and Supervision.

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Outside of work she enjoys going to the beach, listening to audiobooks

and spending time with her husband and two children

Elizabeth was born and raised on the Gulf Coast in Mobile, AL. She graduated from Auburn University for both her undergraduate and graduate degrees.

 

She has worked for Treehouse Therapies since 2013 where she has gained a passion for and specializes in working with children with feeding and swallowing disorders. Elizabeth has taken various feeding continuing evaluation courses: including SOS Approach to Feeding, CAN-EAT Approach, and Beckman Oral Motor. She is especially interested in oral motor delays and how those affect feeding and swallowing in infancy and childhood.  

Outside of her love for feeding therapy, she also serves as Treehouse’s clinical supervisor.

 

Elizabeth is married to her husband and together they have a 4 year old daughter. On her off time, Elizabeth loves to spend time with her family, travel, and go to the beach! 

Brittany is originally from Long Island, New York. She received her bachelor’s degree in speech-language and hearing sciences from Hofstra University and a Master of Science degree in speech-language pathology from Nova Southeastern University.

 

Brittany has always been passionate about working with pediatrics and the special needs population. She has experience in a variety of settings to include public schools, Headstart, and outpatient clinics.

Brittany holds national certification through ASHA and is licensed in the state of Florida. She is trained in Beckman Oral Motor techniques and has taken a variety of trainings in play-based therapy, phonological awareness, augmentative communication, and apraxia of speech.

Brittany has special interest in early language development, Autism, speech sound disorders, and phonemic awareness.

 

In her spare time, Brittany enjoys going to the beach, shopping, and spending time

with her husband, daughter and two dogs.

Abby is a recent graduate from the Communication Disorders and Sciences Master’s program at Eastern Illinois University and took her first job out of graduate school with Treehouse!

 

Abby’s interest in speech-language pathology is rooted within her passion for singing/voice and has evolved into a love for feeding and swallowing.

 

Outside of Treehouse, Abby is a member of the Fort Walton Beach Community Choir and an avid true crime enthusiast. She is also newly wed to her high school sweetheart and recently adopted a rescue pup named Raisin!

Savannah is a recent graduate and took her first job out of school with Treehouse!

Savannah is a Mississippi girl that graduated from The University of South Alabama

where she received her Master of Science degree in Speech-Language Pathology.

 

She is passionate about empowering and working with children of all ages and their families.  Savannah has a special interest in speech sound disorders and early language

development.

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After graduating, Savannah and her husband, Tanner, moved to the panhandle of

Florida. She spends her free time scrapbooking or enjoying the outdoors, specifically

hiking and enjoying the beach!

Education: Doctor of Occupational Therapy from Creighton University 

 

Maddie is from St. Louis, MO. Maddie’s interest in occupational began at an early age. Two of Maddie’s brothers have Autism and ADHD and they received OT services as children. 

 

Maddie is a recent graduate and took her first job out of school with Treehouse! She enjoys working with kids with sensory processing disorder, primitive reflexes, and visual perceptual difficulties.

 

Outside of Treehouse, Maddie enjoys spending time at the beach and going paddle boarding and surfing. 

As a military child, Kat lived in Texas and Louisiana, with her family settling in Florida!  

She attended University of West Florida for her undergraduate studies, and FAMU for her graduate studies. 

 

Her clinical interest is working with children with sensory processing difficulties, fine motor delays, neurodevelopmental delays, coordination/strength difficulties and social-emotional development delays.  She believes children learn best through meaningful and play activities.  

 

On her off time, she loves to spend time with family and her two Belgian Malinois whose names are Sadee and Jester!

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Physical Therapy; Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration

 

Kerri joined Treehouse Therapies shortly after her family moved from Arkansas to Freeport in June of 2020. Kerri is an experienced Pediatric Physical Therapist with over 20 years of extensive work treating children with special needs from birth to age 5. She loves children and is passionate about serving them and their families, believing in a team approach to treat the whole child.  She gets sheer enjoyment out of helping children reach gross motor milestones like taking those first steps. 

 

Kerri is interested in keeping up with and recommending the latest rehab equipment and orthotics to assist kiddos with sitting, standing, walking, and moving throughout

their environments. She has recently been interested in how a weak core adversely affects all aspects of development and has begun to incorporate treatment methods into her therapy sessions to strengthen core muscles.

 

Outside of work, Kerri enjoys all things outdoors, especially the beach, which is what drew her and her family to Northwest Florida. She loves to bike, hike, paddle board, look for seashells,

and hang out with her family and friends at a local restaurant with a beach view or on her back porch. Her hobbies include: listening to music, playing the piano, arts and crafts, painting, and traveling.

Trisha was born and raised in Michigan where she picked up an interest in Physical Therapy. Trisha studied at the Indiana University School of Medicine where she received her Bachelors in Science. 

 

After school she lived in Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Maryland. Along her travels she became fluent in Spanish.  

 

Trisha has over 20+ years experience in Early Intervention and specializes in early developmental delays, Torticollis, and Plagiocephaly. 

Trisha has lived in Navarre for four and a half years, and we are so lucky she chose to call Treehouse her home! 

 

In her free time she is an avid baker, travel enthusiast, quilting extraordinaire, and loves to read! Most of all she loves to spend time with her husband, 3 kids, 3 grandkids, and 3 kitties! (Three just might be her lucky number!)

Everyone who enters through our front door has or will meet Tina! Tina manages the ins and outs of our busy office, and has been here since it opened. Her favorite part of working here is meeting all of our amazing patients and their families! 

 

She was born into the military life- and grew up in Armuchee, Georgia she has even lived in England. The Air Force brought her to this area in 1996! 

 

Tina is happily married to her husband Mike, and together the have two adult sons- Chris & Ryan! She is a grandma to Kingsley, 4 Grand Dogs, and 4 Grand Goats. 

In Tina’s free time she has some pretty cool hobbies! They include Glamping with her Friends, Riding with her husband Mike on His Harley, and binge-watching True Crime Shows.