Founder, Owner & Executive Director
Amy Bland is the founder, owner and Executive Director of Phoenix Speech Therapy, LLC, now doing business as Phoenix Therapies+ in Forest Hill, MD. Amy began in 2019 as the sole provider, and has since grown a multi-disciplinary team that serves children and teens of all abilities in her Forest Hill clinic, off-site daycares, preschools, private schools, and virtually.
Amy is a Maryland licensed Speech Language Pathologist with over 22 years of comprehensive expertise, including acute care, the outpatient clinic at University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health, and sub-acute and long-term care facilities, prior to founding and operating Phoenix Speech Therapy. Amy has worked extensively with adults and teenagers with ADHD and post concussive syndrome to address organization, planning, time management, and task initiation. She directed the interdisciplinary concussion team and was a driving force in the development of the outpatient voice programs at University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health.
Amy graduated with her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from McDaniel College (formerly known as Western Maryland College), and earned her Master of Science in Speech Language Pathology from Loyola University in Maryland. She is certified in LSVT LOUD® (a program designed specifically for people with Parkinson’s disease), and trained in FEES (fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing), laryngeal videostroboscopy, myofascial release, and Buteyko breathing. Amy is also proud to have served as a clinical instructor for the graduate speech language pathology program at the Loyola University Clinical Centers for the voice and fluency rotation for 2 years.
Amy specializes in executive function coaching related to ADHD and/or concussion for students in middle school, high school, college, and adults, and is a certified ADHD Rehabilitation Services Provider. She also specialized in voice rehabilitation, including vocal cord dysfunction and remediation of hoarseness.