Lucy Strawford

She is a UK-qualified Speech & Language Therapist. She graduated from Leeds Metropolitan University, where she was awarded the Jenny Lambert Award, in 2009, for achieving the highest in personal and professional training in her field.

Her specialty has always been working with adults. Her experience so far has included working both in the UK and the UAE, where she has practiced in acute and community hospitals, specialist rehabilitation units, outpatient clinics, outpatient group sessions, and even in the client’s homes.

Strokes have been a keen focus of mine and she is proud to be a specialist in the rehabilitative and therapeutic treatment of stroke patients. She has worked in acute stroke wards, with post-acute stroke rehabilitation teams offering intensive daily therapy alongside an expert multi-disciplinary team. She has had great client outcomes in this field in the United Kingdom, and she look forward to delivering this care here in Dubai.

In the United Kingdom, she enjoyed being part of the “Giving Voice” campaign for Adult Dysfluency from the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists, which endeavours to raise awareness and provide education about all conditions impacting on communication.

Locally, she has run the area services for adults who stammer, where she offer one-to-one and group therapy sessions. In 2013, the UAE’s The National newspaper featured me hera story that advocated for “International Stammering Awareness Day.”

She enjoys running outpatient clinic sessions and home therapy sessions for a wide range of clients with communication and/or swallowing difficulties.

She has completed introductory courses in Art Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, all of which provide further strategies to offer her clients in a range of therapy models that she believe deliver strong results.