Chelsea Therapists
Meet Our Chelsea Therapists Team
Ginger Martin
Ginger is a licensed Registered Behavioral Therapist. She has experience in the school system setting as well as in home and clinical settings. She is originally from Philadelphia PA.
Ginger currently is the Admin Lead for Today’s ABA at Hoover clinic, as well an RBT. She is passionate about working with children and their families to help them achieve their goals. In her free time Ginger enjoys photography , reading, gaming, painting, and paddle boarding. In her free time Ginger enjoys spending time with her husband and the animals on her farm.
Jessica VanNest
Jessica graduated from the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia and has been a licensed and registered pediatric Occupational Therapist since 2002. She began her career working for seven years in a private school for special needs children in New Jersey, followed by five years in early intervention while her three daughters were young.
From 2015-2023, Jessica worked in the same elementary school that her daughters attended as a private contractor. From 2023 to 2025, she worked in a preschool program in the public schools.
Jessica has three daughters: Ava, age 20, studying at Auburn University and identical twin daughters, Brynn and Reese, who are 17. Jessica has 2 English Bulldogs, Bocephus and Luke who are her fur babies!
After seeing how happy their oldest daughter Ava was attending Auburn, followed by Brynn and Reese’s strong interest to follow their sister’s love of Auburn, Jessica and her husband decided to pursue job opportunities in the Birmingham area.
Jessica, her husband, and their 3 daughters love visiting family in Saint Augustine and Disney World. She enjoys everything that has to do with being outdoors, plants, and gardening. Family is the most important part of her life, and she believes that home is wherever her family is.
Laura Lee
Laura Lee is a physical therapist who has been with Child’s Play Therapy since 2015. She has been practicing in the pediatric physical therapy setting since 2005 and was an inpatient rehabilitation therapist prior. Laura earned a master’s degree in physical therapy from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2003 and has an undergraduate degree in Biology from the University of Mississippi.
Laura is currently seeing clients in both the Hoover and Chelsea locations as well as working in a local school system. Laura enjoys working with children from birth to young adulthood who present with developmental delay, neurological deviations, and orthopedic concerns. In treating clients, Laura utilizes Neurodevelopmental Treatment techniques learned in continuing education coursework and is also competent with primitive reflex integration, therapeutic taping, vestibular integration therapy, and physical therapy treatment for neuromuscular disorders arising from chronic illness.
Outside of work, Laura has a husband and 3 school-aged children who enjoy traveling and spending time outdoors. She also gardens, reads, and does lots of laundry. Email Laura
Mivi Briley
M.S., CF-SLP
Mivi is a Speech-Language Pathologist born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama. She attended Auburn University where she received her Bachelor of Science in Specch, Language, and Hearing Sciences. She then attended The University of Alabama where she earned her Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology. War Eagle!
Mivi is passionate about helping children and their families reach their communication goals. In her free time, Mivi enjoys spending time with her friends and family, needlepointing, and watching movies!