About Us

Empowering Voices and Fostering Connections

At Communication Therapy Associates, we pride ourselves on creating a warm and inclusive environment where every individual feels valued and supported. Our dedicated team is here to help you or your loved ones thrive in speech and language development, ensuring a positive and engaging experience.

Our Story

Welcome to Communication Therapy Associates, a leading speech and language private practice located in Western Massachusetts. Since our founding in 2003 by Abigail B. Jaffe, M.A., CCC-SLP and Carla Bernier, M.A., CCC-SLP, we have been dedicated to providing exceptional services for children, adolescents, and adults. CTA has continued this mission under current ownership with Marcil J. Boucher, Ph.D., CCC-SLP since 2013. Our team of experienced professionals offers a variety of tailored therapies to meet the unique needs of each client. We are committed to helping individuals enhance their communication skills and achieve their personal goals.

Letter provided to families August 11, 2025

Dear Families,

I’m writing to share an important update about CTA. After careful consideration over the past six months, I have made the difficult decision to scale back our caseload this fall.

This change is due to significant financial challenges we have encountered under the current administration, which have affected our service contracts, reimbursement rates, insurance processes, and overall sustainability for small pediatric practices like ours. While this decision has not been made lightly, it is necessary to ensure that CTA can remain open in a limited capacity and continue to serve children and families in the long term.

This change will go into effect on Monday, August 25, 2025. It has been a pleasure to work with your child(ren) and your family. Please know that this decision is not made lightly. I will sincerely miss my connections with everyone.

I truly appreciate your understanding, flexibility, and trust during this transition.

If you have any questions, please contact me directly. I will do my best to support you during this change.

With gratitude,

Marcil J. Boucher, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Meet The Team

Marcil J. Boucher, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Owner & Speech and Language Pathologist

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Marcil is a licensed, certified Speech-Language Pathologist. She has been evaluating and treating individuals with communication disorders since 2009. She completed her doctoral program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2013. Marcil has worked with children and adolescents and has developed expertise in a number of clinical treatment areas. Her clinical interests include pragmatics/social communication challenges, motor speech disorders, literacy, and childhood speech and language disorders. She completed the Social Thinking Clinical Trainee program in 2016. Marcil joined Abby as a partner at CTA in 2014. At home, Marcil is currently a mom to three children. In 2018, she and her wife welcomed two siblings into their home through foster care and adoption, followed by a new baby in 2020. Marcil enjoys volunteering with her two therapy dogs, including participating in the Bradley Buddies program at Bradley International Airport. In her downtime, you will find Marcil reading a book!

Tiffany C. Ehle, M.A., CCC-SLP

Speech and Language Pathologist

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Tiffany is a licensed, certified Speech- Language Pathologist who has been evaluating and treating clients since 2004. She completed her undergraduate and master's degree programs at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Tiffany has worked in multiple settings and returned to the CTA team in 2018. She has experience treating a diverse caseload of speech, language and cognitive disorders for clients of all ages. Tiffany has special training in the Lindamood-Bell reading programs. Her clinical interests include treating articulation disorders, phonological processing disorders, oral and receptive language deficits, developmental and injury-related cognitive disorders, and social communication challenges. Tiffany and her husband are the proud parents of four school-aged children. When she's not providing transportation to team sporting events or piano, horseback riding, and swim lessons, Tiffany enjoys drinking a hot cup of tea while listening to well-narrated audiobooks and playing competitive games of Quiddler with her husband.

Lauren Schattin, M.A., CCC-SLP

Speech and Language Pathologist

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Lauren is a licensed, certified Speech-Language Pathologist who earned her Masters of Arts degree in Speech-Language, and Hearing Sciences from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2008. Lauren has expertise providing assessment and intervention to children and adolescents in preschool through high school with a variety of communications needs including: Speech sound disorders, motor speech, receptive/expressive language, speech fluency, phonemic awareness and phonological processing, and social communication and pragmatics. Lauren is passionate about working with children and families helping them to achieve their goals and increase their independence. Lauren is a native of the Pioneer Valley who lives in the area with her husband and two spirited, active children. In her free time Lauren enjoys being outside walking her dog, hiking, biking, going to see live music, and reading. Lauren is honored to join CTA and continue to serve the communication needs of children and their families in the Pioneer Valley.