We love Nerissa! She is amazing with our child, ever encouraging yet putting challenges and goals to get her patient to commit to the treatment and exercises. Very knowledgeable, Nerissa worked very well with our orthodontist and oral surgeon to coordinate a treatment plan, and helped us with our post-surgery recovery. We highly recommend her!

My 8 year old son began working with Nerissa to address a tongue tie that impacted his orthodontics. Within a month of meeting with Nerissa we noticed improvement in my son’s jaw line and cleaner eating habits. Since my son’s tongue tie surgery, he has full range of motion with his tongue and the exercises Nerissa taught him have helped him maintain full tongue ability. Thank you, Nerissa!

Since, I attended Nerissa breathing seminar, I’ve learned so much! She has helped me Sleep a lot Better! I recommend you reach out, and ask to teach you breathing techniques! It works for me!…. it can work for you, too.

Nerissa is very thorough and she easily relates to kids at different age levels. My son learned a lot from Nerissa and he made great improvement before and after surgery, thanks to her.

Nerissa is an incredibly kind, knowledgeable and passionate practitioner. My son was tongue tied and she has guided his process and therapy through a frenectomy. My son actually looks forward to seeing her each week for his treatment! She knows her stuff and her work has been transformational in my son’s development

Healthy breathing and sleep are fundamental elements of self-care. We learned that through myofunctional sciences we can take our personal approach to our work to a higher level. Advance Peace works to create healthier, safer and more just communities. We can’t do this effectively if we are not breathing well, eating well, sleeping well, and living well. If you are engaged in self-care activities without this correct basic human function, you are engaging in fundamentally flawed practice. Thank You Nerissa for working with us to improve safety in our communities.

Nerissa is awesome! She is super patient and professional. My daughter was reluctant to start orofacial therapy, but Nerissa was able to connect to her, and the results are fantastic! We did a combo of in-person and zoom sessions. Nerissa is a truly nice person and I enjoyed getting to know her.

I was introduced to Nerissa for 1 part of my journey with an upcoming jaw surgery that will allow me to breathe better. 50+ years of mouth breathing with inefficient breaths up high in my chest had me all messed up. Nerissa has been life changing for me! I never knew that something as simple as breathing could be done inefficiently, and the snowball effect of other health issues as a result, blew my mind! Thank you, Nerissa!

Nerissa has been so great for my son and my whole family. We sought myofunctional therapy for my son both before and after his tongue tie release. Nerissa worked seamlessly with our surgeon, ensuring a comprehensive approach. The therapy helped resolve his tongue posture issues and aided in maximizing the benefits of the release. She went above and beyond and made each appointment engaging for my son. I also learned so much from her and she has helped both my husband and daughter with other breathing related issues. We are thankful for her expertise and friendly approach!

Nerissa is one of the most kind, positive, compassionate, and knowledgeable healthcare practitioners we have ever worked with! Both my kids did myofunctional therapy with her and not only have we had excellent results, but she made the whole process fun and positive. She worked around our schedules and was beyond thoughtful each week, making sure she had special prizes, stickers, toys, and incentives based on my kids particular interests to keep them engaged during appointments. She has a genuine love for working with kids and even got my son a special present for his birthday! She is a wonderful person and highly skilled in her specialty. I can’t recommend her enough! I am so beyond grateful to Nerissa, she really has changed my kids lives and given us the tools we need to keep healthy airways!! T hank you, Nerissa!!!!

My daughter (currently 6 yrs old) has suffered from chronic respiratory infections from almost dying of RSV when she was 1.5 to 2 months of pneumonia just recently. A dentist friend from the East Coast starting asking me questions about my daughter’s health and told me to find a myofunctional therapist. I had never heard of such a thing and I am eternally grateful for the recommendation and finding Nerissa.

All of the respiratory struggles my daughter was having had a solution and Nerissa was the quarterback of the entire process. The work Nerissa is doing has forever changed my daughter’s health outcomes and there are no words to describe the incredible blessing and gratitude I have for Nerissa. Thank you so much.

I was referred to Nerissa by my orthodontist for tongue thrusting. I went into my first appointment with Nerissa thinking that I would only be receiving therapy to reduce the tongue thrusting and improve my tolerance to the orthodontic work, but I ended up learning so much more and seeing many other benefits! Along with myofunctional therapy helping my tongue thrusting, it has also helped me sleep better and more deeply throughout the night, breathe better, and become more aware of how my habits impact my orofacial development. I wouldn’t be where I am today without Nerissa! Very grateful that I was referred to her and am so happy with the results of the therapy.

We have had the best experience with Nerissa! My daughter has learned so much from her. Nerissa has always been kind and professional in her approach and we definitely chose her over another company based on this! She has tried and true tricks that really make it easy to remember where your tongue should be at rest and how to keep your core engaged! We absolutely love Nerissa and highly recommend her to anyone looking for orofacial fitness!