Tina Babajanians (The Voice Stylist) calls into the studio from Newport Beach, California.
You can find Tina on Instagram and on YouTube, and on her website: https://thevoicestylist.com/
Tina owns a private practice where she focuses on gender affirming voice therapy, and discusses how as SLPs, assisting our clients in moving forward into their own authentic voice to express themselves allows them to show to the world more of who they truly are, and to be heard, seen, and known.
Mentioned in the show: Pitch App, The Human Rights Campaign, GLAAD, Voice and Communication Therapy for the Transgender/Transsexual Client book (Adler and Hirsh).
Tina discussed the following:
What are vocal warmups you do for most sessions?
What should SLPs know about being gender affirming in sessions?
Can you share an example of a client who has had a negative experience with previous speech therapy?
What happens when you hit a stall point in therapy?
Can you share why SLPs may see more clients for voice feminization than for voice masculinization?
What are questions you ask during your first session with a new voice client?
After the assessment is complete, what skills do you work on first?
Where can SLPs get more resources to learn more about transgender voice therapy?
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