Meet Our Team

Bethany S. Krek | M.S., CCC - SLP

Speech Language Pathologist and Founder of Anchored Therapy Services

Bethany founded Anchored Therapy Services in 2022. She decided to use her passion and experience for helping individuals learn how to communicate to serve the growing needs in Wilmington. Bethany believes that purpose, success, and happiness is found in connecting and engaging in caring relationships at home, school, and in the community.  She believes that every child deserves and is able to communicate and connect to a caring community.
She has18 years of experience providing therapy to individuals ages birth through eighteen in a variety of settings. Bethany has helped many children with a wide array of abilities and disabilities, including Autism, ADHD, Deafness, Hard of Hearing, Specific Learning Disabilities, Intellectual Disabilities, Traumatic Brain Injuries, Speech Language Impairments, Emotional Disabilities, and Other Health Impairments. Bethany has extensive experience working with young children and families to improve overall functioning and language skills. Bethany and her team will help you to set personalized treatment goals, drawing from evidence-based practices and therapy models.

Christine W. Sibona | M.S., CCC - SLP

Speech Language Pathologist

Christine became aware of communication difficulties while growing up in a diverse neighborhood that included children and adults with communication needs including stuttering, unintelligible speech, and narrowed skills due to Down Syndrome, M.S. and Parkinson’s Disease. Always curious about these differences, she became an SLP given her interest in language development and loss. She has joined Anchored Therapy Services after 30 years of service where she cherishes the opportunity to weave speech language therapy into functional life opportunities, whether that is at school, around the dinner table, or at the neighborhood ball field. She has relevant understanding and expertise in treating children who have disorders of articulation, speech fluency, language expression, and complex communication needs in addition to service to adults with motor speech and swallowing difficulties. Her particular interests include phonology and speech development, sentence structure development (syntax), spelling, and multi-sensory reading instruction.
Christine W. Sibona
Dawson Cooper
Dawson Cooper | M.S., CF - SLP

Speech Language Pathologist

Dawson is a recent graduate from North Carolina Central University, where she earned her Masters degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders. She received her undergraduate degree in Linguistics and Speech and Hearing Sciences from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As a Wilmington native, she was eager to return to her hometown and provide speech and language services to individuals in the community. With clinical experience in both school and private practice settings, Dawson is dedicated to providing compassionate, individualized care to support each person’s communication goals, and to ensure every individual has a voice. In her free time, she loves playing pickleball, going on long walks with her dog, and unwinding with a good book by the beach.
Jane Houseal Johnson | M.S., CCC - SLP

Speech Language Pathologist

Jane is originally from Iowa but has been a North Carolina resident for over 25 years. She has more recently been living in the Elizabethtown N.C. area where she has been working as an SLP for almost eight years now. She has spent the majority of her time working with all ages of children in the schools; while also working with adults and children in the private care sector. Over the last several years Jane has gained a wide range of experience assisting both children and adults in increasing communication skills while addressing areas such as: Speech and Language Delays and Disorders, Specific Learning Disabilities, Intellectual Disabilities, and obtaining and implementing use of AAC devices (Augmentative and Alternative Communication Devices). In her spare time Jane is also a professional vocalist and pianist and enjoys performing in the Bladen County and New Hanover County areas whenever she can find the time.

Education Background:

  • B.A. in Communication Studies – University of NC Wilmington
  • M.S. in Speech Language Pathology – NOVA Southeastern University
Kristi Board

Office Assistant

Hi! I’m Kristi Board. I’m originally from Burgaw, NC. My husband Coleman and I lived in Raleigh for 7 years before moving to Hampstead, NC in 2021. I have 3 boys Ryder, Rivers, and Rigley. I graduated from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.  I worked in Education in Wake County for 6 years as a Kindergarten teacher, and worked 1 year in New Hanover County as a Special Education Teacher – that’s where I met Bethany! I started working at Anchored Therapy Services in September of 2023. I have enjoyed watching it grow, and I am excited for the future. 

Misty Grow | CPPM, CPCO, BHT

Compliance Consultant

Misty is passionate about radical transparency as a way to foster healthcare administration reform. She believes the only way to repair a broken system is to challenge and change it from the inside out. Most of her time is spent working as a Practice Manager at a local special needs clinic. She is the owner of Grow Innovations, which provides consultative support to other allied therapy offices. When she is able to slow down and have free time she enjoys hanging out with her rescue dog Sir, trying new food spots with friends, and going to the beach. 

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