Alethea Karras

M.S., CCC-SLP

Charlottesville, Virginia

4.94 / 5 avg

12 Reviews

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About me

Hello, I'm Alethea! I became a licensed speech-language pathologist (SLP) in 2018 because I wanted a career that would allow me to empower and connect people in a significant way. I believe that communication is one of the most important tools humans have, and it is hugely important from early development, all the way to end of life. I wanted to choose a profession that would allow me to facilitate everyday functioning and connection between people, and improve others’ quality of living. I have worked in a variety of clinical settings, including schools (grades K-12), early intervention (birth-3), independent and assisted living, and skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). My special trainings include selective mutism and pediatric/adolescent stuttering. I attended a week-long CommuniCamp workshop with Dr. Elisa Shippon-Blum for Selective Mutism as well as the FRIENDS conference for stuttering in children and teens. I would describe my clinical style as client-centered, functional, and individualized/personalized.

Practice details and specialties

states licensed to practice

Florida

Pennsylvania

Virginia

languages spoken

English

Education and training

M.S., La Salle University

B.S. and B.A., University of Pittsburgh

specialties

Adult Articulation

Adult Cognition

Accent Modification

Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Childhood Apraxia of Speech

Down syndrome

Pediatric Articulation/Phonological Disorder

Pediatric Receptive-Expressive Language Disorder

Pediatric Dysphagia/Sensory Feeding

Pediatric Fluency/Stuttering

Pediatric/Adolescent Social-Pragmatics

Adult Social-Pragmatics

Aphasia

Executive Functioning

Parkinson's

Traumatic Brain Injury

Voice

Acquired Apraxia

Dysarthria

Aural Rehabilitation

Adult Fluency/Stuttering

Early Language Development

Pediatric Cognition

Other interests

Outside of speech-language pathology, I love reading, hiking, and rock climbing, as well as cooking and eating new foods!

Patient Reviews

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12 reviews

Miss Alethea always has the best activities prepared to help encourage my son to talk and verbally participate. She remembers and notices progress from session to session, and has great follow up strategies!

A.H./Jun 7, 2025

Alethea is great with (my son). She has a way of getting him to engage in conversations, which is carrying over into every day life. We are extremely grateful to have Alethea as his speech therapist.

O.M./May 4, 2025

Our baby loves her therapist. She is only 4 and able to pay attention with little redirection. Shes showing amazing progress with sound production despite a history significant oral trauma. We are so grateful to Ms. Alethea!

L.C./May 2, 2025

Alethea Karras is very dedicated therapist our soon looks forward his time with her

A.M./Apr 27, 2025

A.H./Apr 23, 2025

[My spouse] enjoys working with Alethea and he is more verbal than I thought possible. [My spouse] is working with his iPad and Alethea in tandem with great results

H.V.H./Mar 2, 2025

Alethea is wonderful at connecting with my son and making the therapy accessible for him.

A.B./Jan 30, 2025

Althea is amazing with (my child). (My child) is only 3 but manages to do therapy by herself because Althea is so engaging. She looks forward to every session!

L.C./Jan 24, 2025

Alethea does a great job of connecting with (my son), even when he is jittery. She always has a new engaging activity for us to try!

A.H./Dec 24, 2024

The introduction was was nice I hope we can get some sessions in and see how it goes and looks in the future

A.H./Dec 16, 2024

O.M./Dec 12, 2024

Very helpful

J.C./Dec 6, 2024

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