Trisha Hillman ms ccc-slp
Speech Language Pathologist, Owner

About Me

Trisha Hillman is a certified speech-language pathologist with many years of experience supporting young children and their families. She holds a Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology from Marywood University, is certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and has been practicing in New Jersey since 2012. 

Trisha provides compassionate, play-based therapy in her Cedar Grove office and at select local daycares throughout Essex County, NJ. She specializes in helping children build strong communication skills through personalized, engaging sessions that focus on speech sounds, language development, and social communication.

As both a professional and a mom, Trisha understands how important it is to create a supportive and friendly environment where children feel confident and empowered.

Mission

Trisha's mission is to for your child to engage, express themselves, and be empowered, through personalized and evidence-based speech therapy sessions. She is dedicated to helping children of all ages improve their communication skills by creating a supportive environment where they can confidently express themselves in whatever manner works best for them. By fostering meaningful connections and promoting self-empowerment, Trisha aims to make a positive impact on every child she meets. 

Approach

Children learn best through meaningful and fun interactions. Whether we are working on first words, answering questions, learning concepts, improving speech sounds, or building speech fluency strategies, sessions are centered around engaging books and playful activities.

Shared reading supports language growth in powerful ways. Books help children build vocabulary, understand sentence structure, develop comprehension skills, and strengthen attention and listening. Reading together also encourages conversation, imagination, and early literacy skills that support long-term academic success.

Play brings these skills to life. Trisha uses a thoughtfully selected arsenal of toys, games, and play-based activities that are adapted across a wide range of speech and language goals. Play skills are essential at every age, and the benefits of playing games are endless — turn-taking, problem solving, compromise, flexible thinking, and learning how to handle winning and losing are naturally incorporated into therapy regardless of the specific targets.

Trisha’s clients have fun while they learn — and they always want to come back for more.