Who we are
Patricia Zarate – Founder
Bilingual Speech Language Pathologist
Essential Therapy Services, located in the heart of Miami Lakes, Florida was founded in 2007, by Patricia Zarate. Essential Therapy Services specializes in speech therapy, occupational and physical therapy for both children and adults with autism, developmental delays, disabilities, and other special needs.
Our speech, occupational and physical therapists are motivated, youthful, and highly trained, offering compassionate and high-quality treatment for kids and adults in need of speech, language, occupational, and physical therapy treatments.
At Essential Therapy Services, our one on one approach in our services offered through therapy ensure an experience for our patients that promote positive and measurable improvements in their speech, language, articulation, academic performance, behavior, and physical state over only a short period of time. It won’t take us years to see the improvement you hope for, it will be there in a matter of months.
Patricia Zarate MS, SLP is the founder and President of Essential Therapy Services Inc. Patricia Zarate has over 20 years of experience and expertise in both pediatric and adult speech pathology.
Mission
The mission Patricia had in mind upon Essential Therapy Services Inc. inception was to meet the growing demand for mental health services for both adults and children whether residing in assisted living facilities, or at home. Patricia wanted to provide a high quality all-inclusive one-stop shop for those who needed multiple therapy services no matter where they resided, or what type of therapy they needed.
Our mission at Essential Therapy Services, has always been to provide a combination of therapy to receive the best possible result. We strive to make progress and see improvements in our therapy sessions. At Essential Therapy Services, we have not only the compassion and skill set to help your loved ones thrive but to succeed. We are able to do this through our cutting-edge therapies which help create and produce a long-lasting change.
Essential Therapy Services strives to be better every day through advances in technology and continued learning every day. We are constantly advancing, using new up and coming technology, and continuously learning through research that pours in from accurate and credible resources in the different therapy departments we provide.