About the Team
Sligo Speech Therapy was established by Faye Godsell in 2012. Since then, it has provided assessment, therapy, training and consultation to families, schools and organisations such as the HSE and Tulsa.
In order to support the growing numbers of families and organisations that are benefiting from the service, we welcomed Speech and Language Therapist Aisling Burke to the team in April 2020.
Faye Godsell - Owner Manager
I’m Faye Godsell, Speech and Language Therapist and Owner of Sligo Speech Therapy.
I graduated with a BSc in Speech and Language Pathology, from Queen Margaret’s University, Edinburgh, in 2003. Since then I have been working with children, of all ages, who present with a wide variety of speech, language and social difficulties. I began my career providing supports to teachers and SNA’s in schools for children with a diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum Disorder. The sea and the mountains drew me back to Sligo where I began work for the HSE Early Intervention Team, playing a key role in establishing this team alongside my esteemed colleagues. My role as a Senior Speech Therapist, enabled me to provide assessment, therapy and parent training to many families over the years.
On the journey for a more balanced life for myself and my family, I set up my private practice in 2011 and feel so blessed to now work in this role, supporting children and their families, in a space where we can work at a pace that is needed for each individual. I have a particular passion for taking the time to listen to parents describe their journeys, needs and concerns in relation to their children’s wellbeing and communication. In doing so, I can provide a tailored approach for all, and can support parents to become confident in developing their children’s communication skills in the context of everyday family life.
My love of my job, training and experience over the years lead me in the direction of working with both children and adults, particularly those with speech and/or language disorders, intellectual disabilities, attention and social difficulties and those that are Autistic.
I am a full member of CORU, the Irish Association of Speech and Language Therapists (IASLT), past chairperson of the Independent Speech and Language Therapists of Ireland (ISTI) and most importantly, a mummy of two young boys.
Aisling Burke – Speech & Language Therapist
I graduated from the University of Ulster, Jordanstown, in 2007 with a BSc in Speech and Language Therapy. I also have a post-graduate Masters in Language Sciences, with specialisation in language development, from University College London and hold a post-graduate certificate in Aural Rehabilitation from the University of Wisconsin.
I have lived and worked across three different countries, Ireland, the UK (London) and Canada (Toronto) and have over 12 years of diverse clinical experience administering assessment and providing evidence-based intervention in a variety of settings including community clinics, mainstream and special schools.
I have mostly worked with the Paediatric population in early intervention and primary schools, including children with attention deficits, speech sound delays and disorders, language impairment and play and social interaction difficulties.
I have specialised in the field of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and have spent many years working as part of an Autism and Related Disorders team within the NHS in London, assessing and diagnosing ASD and providing specialist training for parents and education staff about ASD.
I’m a member of the Irish Association of Speech and Language Therapists (IASLT), the Independent Speech Therapists of Ireland (ISTI), the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT). I’m a registered therapist with CORU and the HCPC (UK).