Joan Chomak and Associates
Laurie Amador, MS CCC-SLP. is a practicing speech language pathologist and myofunctional therapist specializing in thumb-sucking (or finger sucking) elimination programs.

She consults and treats her patients from her private office, Joan Chomak and Associates, in Orinda, California. An accomplished practicing speech language pathologist, her love for the human smile and passion for her profession led the way to further studies in myofunctional therapy.

Laurie graduated from California State University with a Master’s of Science degree in Speech Language Pathology and Audiology. She then pursued studies in orofacial myology at the Academy of Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy in San Francisco, California. She attends monthly seminars and online groups to bring awareness of the benefits to orofacial myofunctional therapy to the community