Meet Our Speech Therapists

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Sharilyn Gugliotta, MS CCC-SLP

Sharilyn moved from South Florida to Forsyth County, Georgia in the summer of 2007. She graduated from Nova Southeastern University in Florida with a Masters in Speech-Language Pathology. Sharilyn has worked with a variety of disorders including articulation/phonological processes, apraxia, autism spectrum disorders, PDD, central auditory processing disorders, receptive and expressive language disorders, as well as working with children diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, and genetic disorders. She has been working with the pediatric population since 1995. When not working, Sharilyn spends time with her husband and their two children; busy with her son’s high school band activities and enjoys spending time with her daughter when she’s not away at college. She loves traveling, spending time outdoors, reading, and relaxing with family and friends. 


 
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Kathy Brunner, M. Ed. CCC-SLP

Kathy earned her degree at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and has worked as a speech/language therapist in a school system and as a developmental specialist in a neonatal intensive care unit and developmental follow-up program in a metropolitan hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She owned a private practice in Pittsburgh for over twenty years, specializing in treating high risk children with communication disorders and those with autism and autism spectrum disorders. Kathy relocated to Georgia in July of 2004. She has given workshops across the country training individuals to use Melodic/Multi-Phonemic Intervention which she has developed and used with success for many non-verbal and low verbal individuals.

Kathy specializes in treating individuals with developmental delay including autism, PDD, genetic disorders, auditory processing, and apraxia, and individuals with a range of oral motor and feeding disorders.  She is also one of our certified Fast ForWord providers.

She is a member of the ASHA, and has presented at Autism One conferences, as well as the Georgia Speech, Language and Hearing Association conferences.

 

Anna Kallas, M.ED. CCC-SLP

Anna earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Speech Pathology and Audiology at University of Tennessee and her Masters Degree in Communication Disorders at Valdosta State University. She has pediatric experience in both the private practice and public school settings, evaluating and treating a variety of disorders. She is trained on Visualizing and Verbalizing. Anna has experience working with a variety of disorders including Autism Spectrum Disorder, Apraxia of Speech, Social Pragmatics, Phonological disorder, and Expressive and Receptive language disorders. When not at work Anna enjoys playing tennis, going to concerts, traveling, hanging out with friends, and spending time with her husband Daniel and dog Miller.

 

Courtney Bohrer, M.Ed. CCC-SLP

Courtney earned her Bachelor’s degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders, while minoring in Child and Family Development from the University of Georgia and her Master’s in Communication Disorders at Valdosta State University. She has pediatric experience in both the private practice and public school setting, evaluating and treating a variety of disorders. She is PROMPT trained, Orton Gillingham trained, attended various AAC trainings, and has some Talk Tools training. Courtney loves working closely with parents and other disciplines in order to maximize progress and skill carryover for each client. Outside of work, Courtney loves spending time with family and friends, going to the beach, exercising and being outdoors.

 

Kennedy Williams, M.Ed. CCC-SLP

Kennedy is originally from Cumming, Georgia. She earned both her Bachelor’s degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders, with a certificate in Disability Studies, as well as her Master’s in Communication Disorders from the University of Georgia. She has pediatric experience in both the private practice and public school setting, evaluating and treating a wide range of disorders. Kennedy has worked with a variety of disorders including articulation/phonological processes, apraxia, autism spectrum disorders, and receptive and expressive language disorders. 

Outside of work, Kennedy loves traveling, practicing yoga, and spending time with her family, friends, and puppy Louie.

 

Gessyka Young, M.A. CCC-SLP

Gessyka earned her B.A. in Psychology, a B.A. and her Master's in Communication Disorders from the University of Central Florida. She spent 21 years in Orlando, working in a variety of settings, including a skilled nursing facility, the public school system for several years, home health and outpatient therapy clinics. Working with a diverse population, she developed her therapeutic skills with a variety of disorders, such as cerebral palsy, down syndrome, and autism, to name a few. Growing up in a Spanish speaking home, Gessyka loves to work with the bilingual population, which was useful with such a large Hispanic population in Florida. 

She started her family in Orlando, with her husband Chris of 26 years, and moved to the Milton area in 2012, where she stayed at home to raise their then 4 year old son, Evan and 7 year old daughter, Bella. Fast forward 10½ years, with a senior graduating high school and a freshman, it seemed like the right time to get back into it and found In Harmony Pediatric Therapy to be a great fit. Gessyka enjoys spending time with her family, working out, running, listening to live music and weekends at the lake. She is excited for this next chapter.