Are you or your child struggling with picky eating, texture sensitivity, or trouble chewing and swallowing? This therapy supports children and adults who have difficulty manipulating food in their mouths, chewing, and trying new foods.
Our Pleasanton, CA, feeding therapy for cautious eaters supports individuals in expanding food choices, improving mealtime behaviors, and building confidence through structured, family-guided feeding strategies.
Sensory Sensitivities
Introduces new tastes, textures, and temperatures slowly through guided feeding exercises, which helps individuals get used to them.
Narrow Food Range
Encourages individuals to try new foods and slowly add them to their daily meals, which leads to increasing their food repertoire.
Mealtime Stress
Focuses on habits and feelings that can make people anxious or unwilling to eat, leading to calmer and more enjoyable meals.
Chewing and Swallowing
Boosts safety and oral motor coordination by teaching skills that help people chew and swallow more efficiently.
Feeding Transitions
Helps with the transition from bottles to cups or from purees to foods by teaching skills that are right for the child’s age.
Growth and Nutrition
We help identify barriers to adequate nutrition and create plans to support healthy weight gain.
Our Feeding Therapy Approach
We provide specialized therapy for a wide range of feeding challenges.
Step-by-Step Eating Strategies
Speech Bloom focuses on helping individuals become more comfortable with food through guided interaction at their own pace. This process encourages small, manageable steps that build toward tasting and eating.
Exploration through exposure/play
Sensory-focused techniques
Gentle progression at each stage
Family-Guided Support
Feeding challenges can affect daily routines and family dynamics. With the guidance of our expert feeding therapists in Pleasanton, CA, parents receive tools and support to create consistent, positive mealtime experiences.
Caregiver involvement in sessions
Practical mealtime tools for home
Techniques to reduce mealtime stress
Reduce Mealtime Battles with Expert Guidance
Get practical feeding therapy in Pleasanton, CA, backed by clinical experience. We help you build consistent, calm routines that work for you or your child.
