Speech Therapy in San Francisco

Helping kids, teens, and adults build the path to effective communication with empowering, personalized, and evidence-based approaches.

Providing children and adults the skills to effectively share their thoughts, convey their feelings, and develop meaningful relationships is at the heart of our practice. We believe in the power of teamwork and partner with our clients and their families to formulate and achieve personalized and functional goals. We also work collaboratively with other disciplines to promote generalization of skills.

The Speech Path offers in-home speech therapy in San Francisco, as well as telehealth services throughout California.

Toddler playing with toys during speech therapy session

Ages 1-21 years

  • Articulation Disorders

  • Autism

  • Childhood Apraxia of Speech

  • Social Communication Disorders

  • Speech and Language Delays

  • Stuttering

A young woman and man are seated across from each other at a table and are happily working together while referencing a document on a laptop.

Ages 18+ years

  • Accent Modification

  • Autism

  • Professional Speaking

  • Social Communication Disorders

A speech-language pathologist and a parent are seated next to each other during a speech language pathology consultation session. Both women are smiling and taking notes.

For caregivers, SLPs, educators, and allied health professionals

  • Autism

  • Childhood Apraxia of Speech

  • Speech and Language Delays and Disorders

A mixed gender group of young adults is talking and smiling. They are spending quality time together to further develop their friendship.

For kids, teens, adults, and caregivers

  • Play groups for children

  • PEERS® for Adolescents

  • PEERS® for Young Adults

  • It Takes Two to Talk® for Caregivers

Ready to get started?

  • 1. Contact Us

    Contact The Speech Path via email, our website contact form, or by phone. Our team will reply within 48 hours to discuss your or your child’s communication needs. We understand your schedule may be busy, so you can also directly schedule your free phone consultation here.

  • 2. Schedule an Intake or Evaluation

    We will schedule a time to meet for an intake or evaluation based on your or your child’s communication needs. During this time, we will conduct a detailed review of communication strengths and areas for growth. We will work together to develop personalized communication goals. A full evaluation may not be needed if you or your child have recently been evaluated by a licensed speech-language pathologist, and you’re able to provide us with the signed evaluation report.

  • 3. Start Therapy

    We’re ready to start speech/language therapy! Services may be provided in your home, your child’s daycare/preschool, or via telehealth. The frequency of therapy will be determined based on the client’s needs. Therapy sessions may be conducted 1-3x/week for 30-60 minutes. Individual and group therapy sessions are available.

Reviews

“[The team] is always continuing to try new methods providing an individualized treatment plan that is optimized for my son personality and his mode of learning…”

“I feel so lucky that we were referred to Shivani and I’m so proud of what she’s been able to do with our son. I highly recommend Shivani and her practice.”

“…one of the best experiences I ever had with therapists.”

Shivani Patel speech-language pathologist

Dr. Shivani Patel is the founder of The Speech Path Speech and Language Therapy Inc. We are a San Francisco based, neurodiversity affirming speech-

language pathology practice serving the Bay Area. Our team is committed to using evidence-based

practice to help clients of all ages meet personalized, functional communication goals.

Shivani Patel, PhD, CCC-SLP