Mrs. Errika Dimitrakis, CCC-SLP, COM

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Get to know Speech-Language Pathologist Errika Nathenas-Dimitrakis, who serves patients in Flushing and Astoria, New York.

Errika is a licensed speech-language pathologist and an IAOM-certified orofacial myologist with over 22 years of experience. She provides orofacial myofunctional therapy, as well as speech, language, and feeding therapy to children and adults at her private practice, Family Speech Center in Flushing and Astoria, New York. There, she strives to help children and adults unlock the skills to successful relationships with family, friends, and co-workers.

Errika has extensive experience in the treatment of orofacial myofunctional disorders, swallowing difficulties, apraxia, dysarthria, muscle-based oral motor difficulties impacting feeding, articulation disorders, and receptive-expressive language disorders. Additionally, she has served as a provider to many agencies as well as public and private schools. Errika serves as a supervisor and mentor for graduate students from various universities.

Errika is a member of the American Academy of Private Practice in Speech Pathology and Audiology, the International Association of Orofacial Myology, the New York State Speech-Language-Hearing Association, and the Long Island Speech-Language-Hearing Association. She also holds multiple ACE Awards from the American Speech–Language–Hearing Association for lifelong learning/continuing education.

Errika earned her Bachelor of Science degree in speech-language pathology from St. John’s University. She then went on to earn her Master of Science degree in speech-language pathology from Southern Illinois University. 

Speech-language pathology is a field of expertise practiced by a clinician known as a speech-language pathologist or a speech therapist. Speech Language Pathologists, like Errika, treat and diagnose speaking disabilities. They help patients with articulation, stuttering, fluency, the rhythm of speech, and more. Additionally, they may treat patients who have difficulty with language and swallowing. Patients see Speech Language Pathologists for a variety of reasons, including relearning language after an accident, overcoming a voice disorder, enhancing social communication skills, as well as improving speaking clarity.

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