Our Story

Rooted in central New Jersey, focused on you

Speak Easy Clinics was founded to close a gap we kept seeing: families and adults who needed skilled speech-language therapy but struggled to find a practice that combined clinical rigor with genuine warmth and flexible scheduling.

What began as a single therapy room in Bridgewater has grown into two full clinics — Bridgewater and East Brunswick — serving toddlers through adults with articulation, language, fluency, voice, and social communication needs. What hasn't changed is our commitment to treating every client as a whole person, not a diagnosis.

Today, our team of licensed speech-language pathologists brings specialized training in pediatric feeding, apraxia, stuttering, accent modification, and adult neurogenic communication disorders — all under one roof.

A Speak Easy Clinics therapist working with a child during a session
Our Mission

Speak Easy exists to provide high-quality, ethical, and collaborative speech-language therapy that empowers individuals to communicate effectively across home, school, clinic, and community environments.

We prioritize interdisciplinary collaboration with ABA providers, occupational therapists, educators, and families to ensure every individual receives cohesive, functional, and stakeholder-aligned care.

Our Vision

To build speech therapy clinics that are clinically excellent, ethically grounded, and fully integrated within multidisciplinary care — where communication development is supported through intentional collaboration.

We envision a system where:

  • Providers work together, not in silos
  • Goals are unified across disciplines
  • Stakeholders are active participants
  • Communication generalizes beyond therapy rooms
What Drives Us

Our approach

We prioritize:

01

Interdisciplinary Collaboration

We work alongside ABA providers, occupational therapists, and educators so every discipline is pulling in the same direction.

02

Unified Goal Development

Treatment goals are aligned across providers and settings, not built in isolation.

03

Stakeholder Engagement

Families, teachers, and other providers are treated as active partners in every treatment plan.

04

Ethical & Evidence-Based Practice

Every recommendation is grounded in current research and made with full transparency.

05

Generalization Beyond Sessions

We measure success by how skills transfer to home, school, and community — not just the therapy room.

Communication is not built in isolation — and neither is our care.

Meet the Team

Licensed clinicians who care about your progress

Our speech-language pathologists bring decades of combined experience and specialized certifications across pediatric and adult populations.

Mahvish Gilani, BCBA

Mahvish Gilani, BCBA

Cofounder

Mahvish cofounded Speak Easy Clinics to bring together behavioral and communication expertise under one roof. As a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, she helps guide the practice's strategic vision and operations across both locations.

Hiba Naseem, CCC-SLP

Hiba Naseem, CCC-SLP

Cofounder & Chief Clinical Officer

Hiba began her career in 2016 as a RBT and has since provided speech and language services across Michigan, California, New York, and New Jersey supporting clients from early childhood through adulthood. Her experience includes conducting evaluations, developing individualized treatment plans, and mentoring incoming clinicians. Her specialty includes leading social groups and working on individualized social communication skills.

Victoria Bohling, CCC-SLP

Victoria Bohling, CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist

Victoria has experience providing speech and language services to both pediatric and adult populations across a variety of settings. Her areas of experience include speech, language, cognition, social communication, fluency, gestalt language processing (GLP), AAC, and feeding therapy. Victoria believes in the importance of deep listening and family-centered care, working closely with clients and their families to develop individualized, meaningful goals. She is dedicated to creating a supportive and engaging environment where clients feel heard, understood, and empowered to communicate.

Dariana Castillo, CCC-SLP

Dariana Castillo, CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist

Dariana earned her Master of Science degree in Speech-Language Pathology from Seton Hall University. Throughout her clinical career, she has gained experience supporting articulation, language development, social communication, AAC, and feeding skills through individualized, play-based therapy. She is passionate about collaborating with each child's caregivers and interdisciplinary team, and believes that ongoing education and collaboration are essential to creating meaningful outcomes.

Lauren Vanasco, CF-SLP

Lauren Vanasco, CF-SLP

Clinical Fellow, Speech-Language Pathology

Lauren earned her Master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology in May 2026. Her graduate clinical experiences included working with individuals across the lifespan in public schools, private practice, and hospital-based inpatient and outpatient settings. Her clinical interests include AAC, expressive and receptive language disorders, speech sound disorders, and feeding. She is passionate about providing compassionate and engaging therapy!

Let's Build Communication That Lasts.

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