Christi Kobelan, M.S., CCC-SLP

 

Christi was born and raised in Texas.  She received her Bachelor and Master Degrees in Speech Pathology at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.  She has worked at From the Heart Therapy Services since 1999.  Before coming to FTH, Christi worked with children and adolescents with emotionally disturbed difficulties at treatment facilities in Austin beginning in 1982.  She holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association and a Texas License to practice speech pathology.  Christi is trained in P.R.O.M.P.T. and Hanen Parent Training. She has specialized training in MNRI(Masgutova Neurosensorimotor Reflex Integration), eating/feeding disorders to include food aversion and Shelia Frick's Therapeutic Listening. Christi also has training in Beckman Oral Motor Therapy, Kaufman Speech to Language Protocol, and craniosacral therapy.  She has years of experience working with children and adolescents with sensory processing disorders, and children with Autism.

 

Christi has four boys of her own, Walker, Wyatt, Dodge, and McCord, with two of them still in college. She adores her two pet dogs, Macey and Malibu who swim at the drop of a hat. Christi enjoys almost all athletic activities. She will workout anytime she can, loves Zumba and has taken up road cycling as her most recent accomplishment. Christi likes to sing and often sings her way through therapy. She plays the piano albeit not very well. Christi loves the sun and the ocean and will go to the beach any chance she gets.