Who We Are

Carolyn Berson M.Ed., CCC-SLP

Carolyn is a graduate of the University of Georgia and has a Masters degree in Speech Language Pathology. She is licensed with the American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA). Carolyn was certified by the National Center for Speech Telehealth in 2015. She has 27 years of experience providing services to children and adults with communication and swallowing disorders. In her free time she loves gardening, hiking, skiing, and exploring the beautiful outdoors!

Elisabeth Boersma M.S., CCC-SLP

Elisabeth graduated with her Masters Degree in Speech-Language Pathology from The University of Wyoming. She has over 11 years of experience working with children in both the school and clinic setting, and 10 years with adults in acute and out patient rehab treating: swallowing (Vital-Stim cert.), motor speech, aphasia, cognition and voice (LSVT LOUD cert). On the weekends you can find her in the mountains running, skiing, biking, and backpacking.

Karen Richard, M.S., MT-BC, CCC-SLP

Karen Richard has been a speech-language pathologist since graduating from the University of Wyoming in 2011. Prior to this, she served as a Board-Certified Music Therapist (MT-BC) in the Denver-Metro area for several years. She is a Registered MBSImP Clinician and holds voice therapy certifications in Lee Silverman Voice Therapy (LSVT) LOUD and LSVT eLOUD. Karen has served populations in a variety of school based and medical settings, both in person and via telepractice. She is an active member of the Wyoming Speech Language Hearing Association, having served as Telepractice Committee Chair and currently as President Elect. In her free time, you will find Karen enjoying nature, creating music, making pottery or knitting.

Crystal Shamsi M.S., OTR/L

Crystal graduated from San Jose State University with her Bachelors of Science in Kinesiology (Exercise and Fitness Specialization) in 2007. She graduated with her MS in Occupational Therapy at Nova State University, graduating in 2013. Crystal specializes in the areas of sensory integration and processing, oral motor dysfunction and feeding, ocular motor and functional vision, handwriting, primitive reflex integration, self-regulation, and social skills. She has completed her training in the H.O.P.E. (Harper’s Optimal Protocol for Enrichment) Method, Therapeutic Listening Program, the S.O.S. (Sequential Oral Sensory) Approach to Feeding, and the Zones of Regulation and Social Thinking programs. In her free time Crystal enjoys spending time with her family, rock climbing, snowboarding, and running.

Erin Page, M.S., CCC-SLP

Erin graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Moderate-Severe Disabilities from the University of Kentucky in 2007. With this degree program, Erin gained experience working with children as a paraprofessional, therapeutic recreation counselor, and finally as a special education teacher. During her time as a special education teacher, Erin developed a passion for helping her students develop and maximize their communication skills. To further purse this passion, she obtained her Master’s degree in Speech Language Pathology (SLP) from the University of Wyoming in 2014. She received her Certificate of Clinical Competency from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) in 2015, and maintains licenses to practice in the states of Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming and Alaska. She has provided and supervised SLP and SLPA services in Part C (ages birth to 3), Part B preschool (ages 3-5), public school (K-12), and University and private clinic settings. She is experienced in conducting in-person and telepractice evaluation and therapy sessions with individuals of all ages. Professionally, Erin’s particular areas of interest include school-age expressive and social language skills, speech sound development, and use of augmentative/alternative modalities for functional communication. In her free time, Erin prefers to be hiking in the beautiful mountains surrounding her Laramie, Wyoming home. She also delights in fishing, yoga, and healthy cooking.

Brett Eavenson Ed.S., NCSP

Brett graduated from Westminster College in Fulton, MO with her Bachelors of Arts in Communications in 2003. She received her Masters of Education in Curriculum and Instruction in 2008, her Masters of Education in Counseling in 2009 and her Certificate in School Psychological Examiner in 2015 all from Stephens College in Columbia, MO. In 2017, Brett completed her Specialist in Education in School Psychology from Emporia State University in Emporia, KS. Brett’s career in education has included teaching, counseling and school psychology services. Brett specializes in emotional and behavioral regulation, social skills training, psychosocial education, cognitive behavioral therapy, trauma informed care, mindfulness training, and psychoeducational assessment. Brett is a member of the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) and is recognized as a Nationally Certified School Psychologist (NCSP). Brett is married to a high school special education teacher and they are busy raising two boys, ages 8 and 5. In her free time, Brett enjoys spending time with her family snowboarding, biking, traveling, and being on the water.

Amanda Rohde, M.A. CCC-SLP

Amanda is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign with a Masters Degree in Speech-Language Pathology. She has 6 years of experience working with children grades K-12 in school, private practice, telehealth and home healthcare settings, as well as experience working with the geriatric population in a skilled nursing facility. She is licensed with the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), and is licensed in California, Wyoming and Colorado. In her free time she loves to mountain bike, ski (snow and water), climb and travel.

Diana Sperry B.A., PT

Diana graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Therapy in 1985. She has over 35 years of experience working with infants up to young adults. She started her career at Boston Children’s Hospital then moved back to her home state of Colorado and worked in a private practice in Longmont which also provided services to the local school system. She moved to Steamboat Springs, CO with her husband and 2 boys in 1998 and started the pediatric physical therapy program at Yampa Valley Medical Center and assisted with starting the hippotherapy program at Humble Ranch. In her spare time she enjoys, hiking, skiing, playing pickleball, knitting and quilting.