Kristina Frimmel
M.A. CCC-SLP, Owner
My name is Kristina Frimmel and I have been a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) for 18 years. I wanted to become a SLP since I was about 12 years old and babysitting a cousin who was delayed in motor speech development! I would work on trying to get him to imitate me and my mom told me that I could have a career in doing just that! I went to Michigan State University for both my Undergraduate and Master's degrees in Speech Language Pathology.
I began working at Beaumont hospital as a SLP from 2003-2008. In 2008 I became supervisor of the department and continued to manage the team as well as treat patients until 2020. My areas of expertise started out as focusing on motor speech delays, Childhood Apraxia of Speech, and early language development. When I had my middle child prematurely 12 years ago, my experience with infants with feeding problems led me to expand my interests towards swallowing disorders with children and their families.
What I value the most as an SLP is being able to help families and their children learn how to communicate when a child has a delay. I love to help a child develop their voice and abilities.
To rephrase an age-old saying:
“When life handed me some lemons during the pandemic,
I decided to make lemonade and began creating Fundamental Therapies!”
I am so delighted to be able to open in the Summer of 2021, and look forward to working with families that are interested in finding a caring, nurturing staff that will work with their child and family dynamics in a clean, family-like setting. My mission is to be able to reach out to as many families as possible in order to help their children succeed in life with a plan that is specifically designed for them.
At Fundamental Therapies we bring the fun to a child’s hard work, helping them achieve the voice, dexterity and mobility they need for a functional life!