Dr. Sonika Van Der Riet

Sonika Van Der Riet is a speech language pathologist with a Master of Arts from the University of Pretoria, South Africa. She has nearly three years of clinical experience across hospital, educational, and government settings, working with both children and adults. She is fluent in English and Afrikaans.

She treats a wide range of speech and language conditions, including articulation disorders (difficulty pronouncing sounds), childhood apraxia of speech (difficulty planning speech movements), language delays, stuttering, and social communication difficulties. She also has expertise in paediatric dysphagia (swallowing difficulties in children) and has supported children with autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, cerebral palsy, and Down syndrome. Her special interest is adult neurogenic communication disorders such as aphasia (language loss after stroke) and dementia-related communication changes.

Sonika takes a patient-centred approach and works across clinical, educational, and community settings. She is a good fit for families seeking a female speech therapist, children requiring tailored speech support, and adults managing acquired communication changes.