Meet Our Therapists

 Dr. Pfeiffer is a founding partner of Therapy Bridges. Beth has worked clinically with children and adults with sensory processing differences and developmental needs for over 25 years. She is committed to high quality therapy with stakeholder engagement and parent support embedded in all of her services. She is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and the Director of the REACH lab at Temple University.  

  Jen graduated from New England Institute of Technology in Rhode Island and has been practicing as a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant since 2013. She has experience in Early Intervention, outpatient and private clinic pediatric therapy and as a school therapist. Some of the OT specific areas she enjoys learning about and practicing are sensory feeding, sensory processing, visual motor/oculomotor exercises and self-regulation.  Jen has been working with Therapy Bridges since January of 2018.

 

Tina Cirafesi is a speech pathologist with a Bachelor of Science degree in communication disorders from the Pennsylvania State University and a Master of Art degree in speech pathology from Kent State University. She holds a PA license in Speech, the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) Certificate of Clinical Competence, and PA teaching certificate.  Tina's employment history includes working adult inpatient and pediatric outpatient care at Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital, as well as multiple nursing homes.  The last 14 years she has been an independent contractor focusing on school age children.  Tina's areas of expertise include speech/language diagnostics; therapeutic remediation of speech/language disorders specific to articulation, fluency, pragmatics, language processing, and expressive and receptive language skills; and consultation with parents and interdisciplinary team members.  Tina was a homeschool mom for 10 plus years and lived in Brussels, Belgium with her family for two years.  She is currently in love with her grandson and the game of Pickelball. 

 Heather Stauffer graduated in 1998 with an Associate of Applied Science degree from the Occupational Therapy Assistant program at LCCC. In 2003, she earned her Bachelor and Master of Health Science Degrees in Occupational Therapy from Misericordia University. Heather began her career as a therapist in 1998, working in a preschool setting and then transitioned to practice in early intervention and private practice in 2003. Heather was one of the originating founders of Therapy Bridges, LLC in 2009. Currently, she works with children ages’ 5-21 providing school based and private therapy services with a focus on sensory integration, executive functioning, and handwriting skills. Heather has experience providing services to children in public, private, cyber charter school, and Waldorf educational settings throughout the Lehigh Valley. She enjoys blending her love of art into daily occupational therapy practice. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her husband, three kids, and mini labradoodle. During warm months, you will find her paddle-boarding, bike riding, exercising, and enjoying nature.  

Jennifer graduated from Temple University with a B.S. in Occupational Therapy in 2000. She received a master’s degree in occupational therapy in 2009 with a specialization in pediatrics and sensory processing. She received her certificate in sensory processing disorders in 2005. She has been working in pediatrics for over 13 years in schools, early intervention, and outpatient clinic settings. She is trained in using the therapeutic listening program, handwriting without tears program, SOS and AEIOU feeding programs, treatment tools for executive functioning skills, and vision treatment. She is certified to teach Handwriting Without Tears program to teachers and therapists. Jennifer is also certified in performing the Sensory Integration Praxis Test. She is participating in a journal publication for AOTA, which will be published this October 2012. Jennifer has experience lecturing teachers, parents, and therapists on SI and sensory processing. Jennifer is happily married and lives in Allentown with her family. She is the mother of a toddler named Elizabeth, who was born weighing one pound, nine ounces. She enjoys camping, boating, swimming, and being physically active with her family. Jennifer also enjoys travelling in the states and internationally.

 Katelyn earned her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Duke University in 2009. She has 12 years of experience as a pediatric physical therapist and has worked in the outpatient, early intervention, and school settings. She loves working with children and has 3 daughters of her own. In her free time she enjoys cooking, reading, playing all types of board and video games, and spending time with her family.  

 Terre Moyer is a graduate from Kutztown University with a BS in communication disorders. She has been working in early intervention and with school-age children for over 30 years. She also has experience working with deaf and hard of hearing children and teaching sign language. Terre’s employment history includes teaching speech and language to small and large groups at the Hillside School for 10 years. She did both outpatient and homebase therapy with Easter Seals for 30 years. She also worked with Carbon Lehigh Intermediate Unit. She is currently an independent contractor also with Sunrise Pediatrics, working with 0- to 5-year-old and school-age children.  Terre’s therapeutic experience includes evaluating, writing goals and treating children with autism, expressive and receptive language delays, articulation delays, fluency disorders, processing and pragmatic delays, deaf and hard of hearing children, apraxic, dyslexic and children with down syndrome. When enjoying time off she likes to visit her children and grandchildren in California and West Virginia. She also enjoys art, puzzles, gardening and reading a good book.  

 Kiersten Nice is an occupational therapist who graduated from Salus University in 2021. Since graduating, she has worked full time as a school-based OT. She has experience working with kids aged 6-21, as well as adults, in the outpatient setting, with a focus on concussion rehab. She chose OT because of the holistic approach it takes to help clients work towards independence. When she is not working, she loves being outside, spending time with friends and family, and baking!