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About Us!

Supporting your child's speech and feeding journey with personalized care and family involvement.

Meet Our Therapists

Get to know the faces behind the care, their experience, and what makes them passionate about helping you.

Tiffany Barber, M.S., CCC-SLP, CLC

Hi, I’m Tiffany—co-founder of East Nashville Speech and Feeding Therapy! I’m a pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist with 18 years of experience helping babies, children, and families thrive. After graduating from East Tennessee State University in 2008, I built my career working with children across a variety of settings before returning home to Tennessee. I’m honored to serve the families of East Nashville and the surrounding communities, and I look forward to partnering with you on your child’s journey.

My Training

My Experience

My clinical practice has taught me so much! Most importantly, I’ve learned that feeding and communication are whole-body and whole-person activities. Swallowing and talking aren’t jobs for the mouth alone. Furthermore, we don’t eat or communicate in a vacuum. This understanding leads me to take a holistic, family-centered and trauma-informed approach to therapy. I love providing education and training to parents, since they are the ones who support their kids through every milestone. I have lots of knowledge and skills, but they are the experts on their children

While I attended the Medical University of South Carolina I had the chance to learn at two great children’s hospitals. I gained valuable experience in the neonatal and pediatric intensive care units. These clinical placements gave me an appreciation for the medical side of speech pathology. I haven’t lost my love for learning over the years! You can still find me geeking out over the latest research or signing up for a new training course.

My Passion

For most of my career I worked for a hospital system. As a result, I’ve cared for patients across many settings, including inpatient, outpatient and home care. My job incorporated time in radiology doing pediatric swallow studies. I’ve supported premature babies in the special care nursery and helped medically complex children thrive after leaving the hospital. I’ve worked with children of all ages who rely on equipment including trachs, ventilators and feeding tubes.

I’m honored to be invited onto your family team. I look forward to seeing you in the therapy room or the classroom!

After many years spent supporting babies with their feeding, I wanted to do a better job helping with breastfeeding. For this reason, I pursued lactation training. I expected that becoming a certified lactation counselor would advance my skills with breastfeeding dyads, and it did. What I didn’t realize was how much my new counseling skills would improve the care I give all of my clients.

Tanya Barber, M.S., CCC-SLP, CLC

Clinic Owner, Speech-Language Pathologist

I’m Tanya, a speech-language pathologist and co-founder of East Nashville Speech and Feeding Therapy. I’ve been working with babies and children with communication and feeding challenges for over 20 years.

My Training

My Passion

My Experience

Pediatric feeding and swallowing disorders
Tethered oral tissues (tongue tie and lip tie)
Orofacial myofunctional disorders
Tube feeding and weaning
Medically complex infants and children

My passion for helping infants and children with feeding challenges led me to expand my training beyond traditional speech-language pathology. While working with babies with feeding disorders, I realized that supporting families often requires a more in-depth understanding of feeding from infancy onward. To better serve families, I earned my Lactation Counselor Certification, allowing me to provide better support for breastfeeding, infant feeding, and early feeding development.

In addition, I have completed advanced training in the evaluation and treatment of:

This specialized training allows me to provide comprehensive, family-centered care that supports feeding, speech, and overall development from birth through childhood.

Throughout my career, I have worked in private practice, school-based, and home health settings, but my focus has always been with babies and kids. I have extensive experience supporting children with a wide range of speech, language, feeding, and swallowing disorders.

I believe that development is interconnected. Speech, feeding, sensory processing, regulation, and motor skills all influence one another. My collaboration with occupational therapists over the years has deepened my understanding of child development and taught me the importance of meeting each child where they are. This whole-child approach helps me create individualized treatment plans that support meaningful progress and lasting success.

Helping children communicate, eat safely, and build confidence is truly what I love most. I am especially passionate about early language development. I love working alongside families to foster communication from the very beginning. Whether I’m helping parents recognize and encourage early communication skills, supporting a baby through feeding challenges, or helping a child improve speech clarity, my goal is always to empower both the child and their caregivers.

Additionally, I have a special interest in orofacial myofunctional therapy. My training in orofacial myofunctional disorders has helped me understand that speech and feeding skills are influenced by the broader oral, facial, and respiratory systems. This perspective allows me to take a comprehensive approach to evaluation and treatment, addressing the underlying factors that may impact a child’s success.

I believe every child deserves to feel confident, understood, and supported—and I feel privileged to be part of that journey. I can’t wait to meet you and your little one! 🤍