Speech & Occupational Therapists in Lakewood

Amanda King

Speech Language Pathologist CCC
Georgia State University

Melanie Wiseman

Clinical Director
Speech Language Pathologist CCC
Northeastern University

Bilingual Speech Language Pathologist CCC
Northeastern University

Lauren Apple

Occupational Therapist
Creighton University 

Lauren earned her Doctorate degree in Occupational Therapy from Creighton University, and her
undergraduate degree in Human Development and Family Studies from Colorado State
University. Lauren has clinical experience across the lifespan; including working with
individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities for 10+ years, as well as experience
working with adolescents and adults with eating disorders. Lauren recently completed her
Doctoral Capstone working with children and adolescents with a mental health diagnosis. Her
focus was to better understand how pediatric outpatient services can support children and
adolescents to prevent future inpatient psychiatric admission. In her free time Lauren enjoys live
music, cooking, and spending time outside with family, friends, and her dog Samson.

Julie Bernsen

Speech Language Pathologist CCC
University of Colorado – Boulder / Utah State University

Julie received her undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado – Boulder, and graduated from Utah State University with a Master of Arts in Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education. Julie has spent her professional career working with children and adolescents in private practices in Salt Lake City, Utah as well as Houston, Texas. She has clinical experience in the areas of articulation, phonology/phonological awareness, receptive and expressive language disorders, early language delays, feeding, apraxia/motor speech disorders, and social pragmatics. She is particularly passionate about evaluating and treating individuals with fluency disorders, as well as working with children with hearing loss who utilize a Listening and Spoken Language approach to communication. Julie loves working in the private practice setting as it allows her to work closely with parents, form a close bond with her clients, and help to achieve meaningful and long-lasting communication success. When Julie is not working, she loves enjoying Colorado’s beautiful outdoors with her husband and daughter. 

Bailee Cavos

Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant
Pueblo Community College

Bailee is a Colorado native and a Certified Occupational Therapist (COTA), who has always had a passion for working with children, helping them to build knowledge and self esteem, through environmental and self-exploration. She spent 6 years as an Early Education Teacher working with children ages 0-12. She went on to earn her certification as a licensed massage therapist to further her pursuit of serving others, through the life span, in a holistic way. She then received her Associates of Applied Science as an Occupational Therapy Assistant and graduated from Pueblo Community College in 2021. Bailee works to build strong therapeutic relationships with her clients and their caregivers and to incorporate the patient’s hobbies and interests into their sessions; all to ensure the greatest therapeutic outcome possible. Her hobbies include spending time in nature with her family and dog, gardening, kayaking and participating in the world of arts and crafts.