Meet Our Staff

From Our Founder
I’m Erin Bernett, MS, CCC-SLP, and I founded Monkey Mouths because I wanted to do what I love in a family-centered environment that fosters growth throughout the therapy team in children, parents, therapists, and families. My incredible staff and I are honored to serve families in the greater Dallas/Ft. Worth area, improving families’ lives through support and collaboration.


When I started Monkey Mouths, my desire was to provide excellent, innovative care to each patient and family. While Monkey Mouths has grown from a small team of dedicated therapists to a large practice with 6 locations, we strive to preserve our ‘families first’ culture. My “why” behind what I do has always been family and faith–which drives my mission and the mission of the company: Love Others Well. We do this by following biblical principles such as honesty, humility, service and care–in a way that is welcoming and loving to all. Our mission statement is taken from John 15:12 which says, “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.”
As a therapist for 25 years, I have training and specialization in the following:
Language:
Applied Verbal Behavior Analysis with Vincent Carbone PhD, BCBA
Michelle Garcia Winner’s Social Thinking
Visualizing and Verbalizing/Seeing Stars/LIPS by Lindamood Bell
Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)
Tamera Kasper Sign to Talk
Apraxia/Articulation:
Sound Card System: Developer/Presenter
PROMPT therapy/Advanced PROMPT Bridging
Talk Tools Oral Placement Therapy
Kaufman Apraxia System
Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing (DTTC) with Edyth Strand PhD, CCC-SLP
Pediatric Vital Stim
Langmore Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES)
Myofascial Release Therapy
S.O.S. Feeding Therapy
Lori Overland Feeding Therapy
Beckman Oral-Motor Therapy
CAN-EAT Approach to feeding
Oralfacial Myofunctional Therapy (OMT):
Coarsework through: AOMT , IAOM, Simon Says
Tethered Oral Tissues (TOTS trained)
Functional Assessment and Remediation of TOTS/Talk Tools
Voice:
Presenter for Vocal Cord Dysfunction (VCD)
UT Southwestern Singer’s Symposium
Welcome!


Nikki Wensel Rustad, M.A., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist , Monkey Mouths Asst. Director, Monkey U Co-Founder
Location: Fort Worth


Tricia Jenson, OT
Provider Type: Occupational Therapist, Director of Occupational Therapy Services
Location: Hurst, Coppell

Valerie Jones-Greene, M. Ed., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Frisco Clinical Director
Location: Frisco

Talicia High, OTR
Provider Type: Occupational Therapist, Coppell Clinical Director
Location: Coppell

Karen Pieters, M.S., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist, Hurst Clinical Director
Location: Hurst

Rebecca Lamke Sas, M.S., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: AAC Specialist, Speech-Language Pathologist, Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist, Ft. Worth Clinical Director
Location: Fort Worth

Randi Thomas, M.S., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist, Southlake Clinical Director
Location: Southlake

Vy Phan, M.S., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist (Vietnamese), Hurst Assistant Clinical Director
Location: Hurst

Kristi Erhart Rollins, M.A., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Southlake Assistant Clinical Director
Location: Southlake

Megan Sordini, M.S., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist, Ft. Worth Assistant Clinical Director
Location: Fort Worth

Alexandra Torget, M.Ed., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Coppell Assistant Clinical Director
Location: Coppell

Rhonda Wilson, M.S., CCC-SLP, CLC, ASDCS
Provider Type: Speech Language Pathologist, Certified Lactation Counselor; Assistant Clinical Director
Location: Hurst


Caitlin Hespe, OTR
Provider Type: Occupational Therapist/Lead OT Southlake
Location: Southlake

Ashley Partridge, OTR
Provider Type: Occupational Therapist/Lead OT
Location: Hurst, Southlake

Mary Brezik, M.S., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Lead Feeding Therapist, Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist
Location: Fort Worth

Patricia Gurinsky, M.A., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist, Community Outreach Coordinator
Location: Hurst


Natasha Boylan, M.S., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist, Frisco Assistant Clinical Director
Location: Frisco


Catherine Callahan, M.S., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist
Location: Southlake

Emma Carlson, M.S., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist
Location: Southlake

Kaja Carpenter, M.A., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist
Location: Fort Worth, Stephenville

Daniela Centeno, M.S., CCC-SLP, C/NDT
Provider Type: Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist (Portuguese/Spanish), Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist
Location: Coppell


Danielle "Dani" Darragh, M.S., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist
Location: Coppell


Hannah Ellis, M.S., SLP Intern
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist Intern
Location: Hurst

Paige Faulder, M.S., CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Certified Auditory-Verbal Therapist
Location: Fort Worth, Southlake



Grace Gerbing, M.S., SLP Intern
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist Intern
Location: Southlake


Alicia Hindman, M.A., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist
Location: Hurst




Elizabeth Kasbaum, M.S., SLP Intern
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist Intern
Location: Hurst




Nancy Lopez, M.S., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist (Spanish)
Location: Coppell



Noelle Montague, M.S., CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Listening & Spoken Language Specialist
Location: Southlake

Catherine Moore, M.A., CCC-SLP, ASDCS
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist
Location: Hurst, Fort Worth


Vanessa Parkinson BSc. Hons, CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist
Location: Southlake




Emily Roy, M.S., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist
Location: Southlake

Tasha Rudel-Barton, M.S., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist
Location: Fort Worth


Jamie Sandoval, M.S., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist (Spanish)
Location: Hurst, Fort Worth

Grayson Sentell, M.S., SLP Intern
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist Intern
Location: Fort Worth


Jonathan Suarez, M.S., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist (Spanish)
Location: Hurst






Kirstin Warren, M.S., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist (Spanish)
Location: Hurst

Ariela Wilkins, M.S., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Speech Language Pathologist, Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist
Location: Southlake, Frisco


