Honey Bear Speech Therapy

Honey Bear Speech Therapy focuses on the child and family centered, whole-person, and play-based floor therapy approaches. We believe that therapy can be fun while also being effective. We utilize everyday toys and routines to create a more naturalistic environment allowing for the family to learn and feel more confident independently using the speech strategies with their child throughout the week. It is our goal to empower our clients to be successful and achieve their individualized goals. Serving areas in Cupertino, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Los Altos, Santa Clara, Campbell, Saratoga, and parts of Palo Alto and West San Jose. - - - - - - - - MEET MELISSA JOSEPH M.S. CCC-SLP Melissa loves working with the pediatric population and has experience working with a variety of speech and language needs as well as interdisciplinary teams in both the clinical and home settings. She was born and raised in Washington State and is one of two sets of twin sisters in her family. Melissa grew up around speech pathology; her mother and aunt were also speech pathologists. She was able to learn from a young age how important effective communication is, not only for the child and family members, but also for the speech pathologist who is working with these families. Melissa enjoys bringing a playful, understanding, and effective approach into therapy and continues to be thankful she gets to work with this joyful population. - - - - - - - - "My twins LOVED Melissa! Before we started our sessions with her, they had zero interest in talking and we had no success on our own. Every time Melissa came to our house the kids would be so excited to see her and she was able to grab their interest through games and toys which made a huge difference! Melissa was very flexible when we needed to rearrange sessions on our end, and she was always on time and very dependable! I whole heartedly believe if it were not for Melissa our twins would still be struggling with their very basics of speech. We are so happy that we found her and would 100% recommend her!" - Jennifer C. (Parent) "Thank heaven I found Melissa. She was the biggest blessing of my life as a mom thus far. My daughter was 18 months old and was not even saying Mama. Melissa was so gentle with my fragile emotional state and taught my daughter and I both SO much! We were with her for about a year. It’s an absolute miracle we found Melissa because I needed her as badly as my daughter needed her. She is so knowledgeable and kind. I just can’t say enough good things about my experience, and now my daughter is three years old and I am trying to figure out ways to find quiet alone time because she talks A LOT hahah! Thank you so much Melissa for helping my daughter find her voice and for helping me find my confidence again." - Angelique H. (Parent) "Melissa is awesome and anyone who has her as an SLP is lucky! She was the first speech therapist for my daughter and we were fortunate to have her for 15 months. Although our sessions were virtual due to covid, she connected greatly nonetheless with my child. I appreciated her flexibility during days we couldn’t meet, as we were able to do a phone call for updates and questions. She is easy to talk to, provides so many tips, and is in general a sweetheart! I am forever grateful for her, as she helped my daughter find her voice. We miss you, Ms. Melissa!" - Breanne T. (Parent) "Melissa has worked with my kids for the past couple years. She has an incredible gift of relating with children and making them comfortable with her. She is a pro at identifying and correcting any speech issues they have. My kids looked forward to their speech sessions because they had so much fun with her. Melissa incorporates games and activities while she has the child isolate the sound they need to work on. She is incredible at hearing the exact area of concern and figuring out how the child can position their mouth to correct it. She would explain her strategy to me, so that I was always kept up to date on the progress of each of my kids. It was great to see their progression from week to week. I truly believe Melissa is one of the best speech therapists in the business." - Jennifer H. (Parent)