reawakening your light

​​​​My background

I was born and raised in a bicultural, multilingual home of hard-working immigrant parents in the Midwestern U.S. Throughout my childhood, as the oldest of four, I enjoyed observing the world around me, gathering information, analyzing, taking care of those around me and being of service – ultimately to learn more deeply about our humanness. I would also easily spend hours of my time creating and drawing “from my imagination,” sketching images of strangers I’d somehow see only in my mind’s eye, many of whom I’d meet decades later in life.

 

Although I didn’t fully understand it when I was younger, I would effortlessly see imagery when I’d close my eyes throughout the day, or regularly experience lucid dreams at night, at times in languages I did not speak yet somehow intuitively recognized. My childhood interests and curiosities naturally guided me to become both a linguist and an artist, eventually connecting me with the more specialized field of speech-language pathology in the most aligned timing.

 

One theme that has stood out to me since childhood is the seemingly contradicting philosophies and teachings we experience when they are actually meant to harmonize: the Eastern and the Western, the holistic and the clinical, the yin and the yang, the feminine and the masculine, Ego and Spirit.

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My training

In 2011, I graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pittsburgh with my bachelor’s degree in communication science and linguistics, and in 2013, I graduated summa cum laude from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with my master’s degree in speech-language pathology. I then completed my clinical fellowship at a private practice clinic which primarily serviced local school districts.

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In 2015, I became “The Traveling SLP” and published about my experiences, mentored fellow SLPs on transitioning into the travel speech therapy field, and practiced in a diverse range of medical and school settings across the U.S. These included acute care hospitals, subacute rehabilitation, outpatient rehabilitation, skilled nursing facilities, and PreK-12 schools.

 

In 2020, I organically formed my business practice as The Holistic SLP, LLC, and soon experienced how my intuitive abilities became more center-stage during speech therapy sessions and family/parent trainings. I also experienced my first reiki session at that time and my intuition guided me to learn reiki and incorporate energy work into supporting individuals and families more fully beyond the traditional, clinical model.

 

I studied reiki intensively, including formally with the International Center for Reiki Training in Michigan, and I became a certified reiki master/teacher in the methods of Usui/Tibetan reiki, Holy Fire®, and Karuna Reiki®. I also trained formally through the College of Psychic Studies in London to deepen my clairvoyant mediumship abilities, which allow me to be a unique bridge for families — and especially the neurodivergent, highly sensitive, intuitive child connected to the other side — in navigating and understanding their experiences.

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As a leader in the holistic speech therapy movement, The Holistic SLP, I integrate a sharp clinical skillset with my strong intuitive abilities, inherited from my great-grandmothers and ancestors of the Eastern world. I am here to guide and nourish families and individuals across the lifespan through a creative harmony of the clinical and intuitive, while also serving as inspiration to all like-minded, holistic speech therapy professionals across the world.

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I am honored to be doing the work I get to do. I look forward to connecting with you and being of service.

 

Sherri Huang 黄楚明

The Holistic SLP, Founder/Owner