The Voice Book for Trans and Non-Binary People: A Practical Guide to Creating and Sustaining Authentic Voice and Communication

Description

For a lot of trans and non-binary folks, the sound of their own voice can cause them to feel dysphoric. Being able explore their authentic voice is one of the ways in which the gender-nonconforming community have to express their gender identity.

The Voice Book for Trans and Non-Binary People is a thorough guide on how speech and communication therapy can help you find your true voice. From articulation to pitch and more, this book has easy to follow exercises and features inside accounts from trans and gender diverse individuals on their personal explorations of voice. This is a great resource for the gender variant and also therapists who want to make their practice more inclusive.

Written by two specialist speech and language therapists, this book explains how voice and communication therapy can help transgender and non-binary people to find their authentic voice. It gives a thorough account of the process, from understanding the vocal mechanism through to assimilating new vocal skills and new vocal identity into everyday situations, and includes exercises to change pitch, resonance and intonation. Each chapter features insider accounts from trans and gender diverse individuals who have explored or are exploring voice and communication related to their gender expression, describing key aspects of their experience of creating and maintaining a voice that feels true to them.

This guide is an essential, comprehensive source for trans and non-binary individuals who are interested in working towards achieving a different, more authentic voice, and will be a valuable resource for speech and language therapists/pathologists, voice coaches and healthcare professionals.