355 – From SLP to Patient: A Journey That Will Change How You Practice – Vanessa Abraham, M.S., CCC-SLP
Swallow Your Pride Podcast
Theresa Richard, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S
4.8 • 899 Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of medical trauma, depression, and suicidal ideation. One minute she was living her dream as a school SLP. The next, she was using eye gaze to communicate in the ICU… In this deeply personal episode, Vanessa Abraham, M.S., CCC-SLP shares her profound journey from school-based SLP to ICU patient, […]
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| 0:00.0 | On this episode of the Swellier Pride podcast, we have Vanessa Abraham. She's a certified |
| 0:04.8 | SLP, author, and passionate ICU advocate with over 15 years of experience and helping individuals |
| 0:10.5 | overcome speech and language disabilities. After facing her own medical journey that left her with |
| 0:15.5 | upper body paralysis and unable to speak or safely swallow food, she underwent months of intensive swallowing therapy |
| 0:21.7 | as part of her recovery. This experience, combined with her time as a patient in the ICU, |
| 0:27.1 | gave her a unique perspective on the field of speech therapy, and deepened her understanding |
| 0:31.4 | of the challenges patients face in regaining these vital functions. Vanessa combines professional |
| 0:36.9 | expertise with the invaluable insight |
| 0:39.2 | of having been a patient. Her personal experience has made her a compassion and empathetic therapist, |
| 0:45.0 | one who truly understands the physical, emotional, and psychological complexities of recovery. |
| 0:50.6 | Vanessa now runs a business focused on helping others heal from neurological disorders using |
| 0:54.7 | innovative therapies, including direct current electrical stimulation through a device called |
| 0:59.2 | the newbie. The cutting edge technology is designed to help stimulate the nervous system and |
| 1:03.3 | accelerate the recovery process. Vanessa is passionate about integrating this advanced approach |
| 1:08.4 | into her therapeutic practice, offering patients a holistic, |
| 1:11.2 | comprehensive plan for recovery. Vanessa is also an author who shares her insights and personal |
| 1:16.9 | journey to inspire others facing similar challenges in her book, Speechless, how a speech therapist |
| 1:22.1 | lost her ability to speak and her silent struggle to reclaim her voice and life. Her writing emphasizes the power of hope, perseverance, and the importance of a patient-centered, |
| 1:31.5 | multidisciplinary approach to rehabilitation. |
| 1:34.8 | Outside of her practice, Vanessa is a dedicated advocate for post-intensive care syndrome, |
| 1:39.9 | PICS, working to raise awareness about the long-term physical, cognitive, and emotional effects |
| 1:44.8 | experienced by patients following critical illness and intensive care. |
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