TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mills,Matthew
AU  - Stavropoulos,Natasha
TI  - Navigating trans voicing: 50 tips, techniques and fundamentals for speech and language therapists 
T2  - Navigating speech and language therapy
SN  - 9781032289243
U1  - 616.855 600 867 MIL S 23/eng/20240227
PY  - 2024///
CY  - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Voice Training
KW  - Voice Disorders
KW  - rehabilitation
KW  - Transgender Persons
KW  - Health Services for Transgender Persons
KW  - Voice
KW  - physiology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; List of Figures

List of Tables

Foreword by Barbara Aster

Foreword by Megan Berrisford-Green

Acknowledgments

 

Introduction

            You, the Readers

            We, the Authors

            Book Features

 

50 Key Points 

 

I: Setting the Scene

1.       The Non-Binary World of Sex

2.       The Non-Binary World of Gender

3.       Starting with You

4.       Terms to Help and Guide

5.       A Damaging History of Pathologisation

6.       The Harm of Othering

7.       The Power of Owning

8.       Author Dialogue ‘Under the Microscope’

II: The Risks of Visibility

9.       Coming Out & Safety 

10.   Transitions & Temporality

11.   To Name Change or Not to Name Change?

12.   Author Dialogue ‘The Dark Before Dawn’

III: Transphobia & Community Response

13.   Widespread Erasure 

14.   Pride & Trans Joy

15.   Author Dialogue ‘The Pearl in the Oyster’

 

IV: The Advocate Bridge

16.   Life Commitment

17.   Why Pronouns?

18.   Actions Towards Allyship

19.   Author Dialogue ‘Walking with and Taking the Hit’

       V: Overview of Gender-Affirming Medical Interventions

20.   Hormones & Surgeries

21.   Author Dialogue ‘Please Listen to Me’

 

    

 VI: Fundamental Principles of Gender-Affirming Voice Therapy

22.   Vocal Journeying

23.   Vocal Authenticity

24.   Vocal Plurality

25.   Vocal Collaboration

26.   Vocal Pedagogy

27.   Therapeutic Affirmations

28.   Author Dialogue ‘Trans Voicing’

 

      VII: The Therapeutic Journey & Relationship

29.   Skills and Conditions

30.   Know the Drama

31.   Author Dialogue ‘In the Boat Together'

      VIII: Orientation to Gender-Affirming Voice & Communication Therapy

32.   Coaching Ethics

33.   Your Voice Development in Action

34.   Your Voice Expansion in Action

35.   Author Dialogue ‘The Sphere and The Cube’

36.   Motor Learning Principles

37.   Practical Pedagogy

38.   How to Coach an Exercise

39.   Author Dialogue ‘Imposter Syndrome to Vocal Belonging’

40.   The Initial Appointment

41.   Author Dialogue: ‘Meeting the Client’

42.   High-Bright-Thin Therapy

43.   Low-Chest-Thick Therapy

44.   Non-Binary Voicing

45.   The A+B=C of Practice

46.   Population Considerations

47.   Author Dialogue ‘Outcomes That Matter’

      IX: Summary – The Trans-Affirmative SLT

48.   Professional Crisis? 

49.   Doing the Work: Affirmations & Learning Statements

50.   Author Dialogue ‘Be the Future’

Appendix of Resources

Bibliography

 

Index
N2  - "This book is a resource for those new to the field of trans voicing. It summarises 50 key points needed to work collaboratively and effectively with trans and non-binary people, covering sections on Trans cultural knowledge, sensitivity and awareness Vocal pedagogy and the therapeutic relationship Fundamental know-how and voice therapy principles and exercises in trans voicing Written and developed by both a leading consultant speech and language therapist in trans voicing, and a psychologist and counsellor from the trans community, the book centres a unique collaboration of clinical and lived experience expertise and is deeply trans-affirmative in approach"--
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