She is also experienced in working with clients who do not have any obvious voice diagnosis from ENT but for whom their voice is working sub-optimally and not meeting performance-level demands. Carolyn offers services in speech and language therapy, voice therapy, voice manual therapy and stammering therapy. “I am skilled at identifying how individual clients and groups of professional voice users may unwittingly be placing limitations on their vocal potential, and I look forward to finding out what the voice means to you and how we can help you reach your goals”.  

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I offer skilled assessment, treatment, and ongoing support for people experiencing voice, speech, or communication difficulties. This includes adults, children, and young people with voice disorders that may cause vocal fatigue, pain, or changes in voice quality, as well as those with singing voice problems, articulation difficulties, fluency issues, or upper airway disorders, such as chronic cough or ILO.

My approach is holistic, evidence-based, and tailored to each individual. Whether your challenges stem from anatomy, technique, or lifestyle, I combine training in vocal performance (singing and spoken voice) with advanced clinical voice therapy to help you regain confidence and control in your voice. Therapy may include detailed assessment, discussion, manual palpation, acoustic analysis, and behavioural approaches to support lasting change.

I specialise in helping elite and professional voice users optimise breath, phonation, resonance, and articulation – ensuring the voice functions freely, efficiently, and expressively. Sessions are available online or face-to-face, depending on your needs.

Common conditions I work with include:

· Muscle Tension Dysphonia

· Vocal nodules, cysts, and polyps

· Vocal trauma and fatigue

· Dysarthria, lisps, stammers, and clarity difficulties

· Chronic cough, globus, hypersensitivity in and around the larynx

I also provide manual therapy to release tension in the muscles of the neck, jaw, and larynx, supporting more balanced and efficient vocal function.

My background blends clinical expertise with creative insight. Before qualifying as a Speech and Language Therapist, I trained in Singing (and Flute) at Birmingham Conservatoire, then studied Popular Music Performance in Liverpool before performing professionally across the UK. I’ve recorded in studios, toured theatres, music venues and festivals, led choirs, and taught singing to people of all ages – experiences that give me a deep understanding of the performer’s world.

Alongside my private practice, I bring 14 years of NHS experience, including over a decade in joint ENT/SLT Voice Clinics at Wythenshawe Hospital (South Manchester), Queen Elizabeth Hospital (Birmingham), and Birmingham Children’s Hospital, as well as community and outpatient services in Worcestershire.

If you’re experiencing challenges with your voice, or simply want to protect and strengthen it, I’d love to hear from you and discuss how I can help.

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She offers skilled assessment and treatment for people with speech, language, communication and swallowing disorders. This includes but is not limited to adults with speech and articulation disorders and voice disorders.

Her MFA in Voice Studies has given Clarissa the skills and qualifications of a voice coach and teacher and she specialises in helping elite voice users with breath, phonation, resonance, and articulation. Online or face-to-face sessions are available, tailored to your needs.

Problems and conditions helped with include manual therapy for the release of tension which may be impacting voice, vocal nodules, cysts and polyps, spasmodic dysphonia, muscle tension dysphonia, dysarthria and apraxia, vocal trauma or loss, lisps and stutters, poor articulation and clarity, accent softening and dialect coaching.

Clarissa has experience working with trans clients who wish to work on their voice.

Clarissa is a singer and non-professional actor herself. She works closely with professional actors and singers on the West End and in TV and Film as well as professional voice users. Clarissa has also conducted research into the importance of providing voice training for teachers as standard as part of initial teacher training.

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Krystina is experienced at the assessment and intervention of voice disorders, prevention of voice disorders / vocal health care and projection support.

Krystina is part of the ‘More than Speech Therapy’ team and works primarily within North West England (including Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire); however, with improvements to accessing digital and video appointments they can now offer online services UK wide.

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Lucy gained her degree in Speech and Language Pathology from Manchester University in 1990, before working in the NHS for 22 years, seeing both adults and children with a variety of speech and language difficulties. Her practice covers assessment of voice problems, referral to ENT, and therapeutic interventions including laryngeal manual therapy (LMT) and Speech and Language Therapy exercises. She is experienced in voice care and vocal cord pathology prevention, and helping patients with vocal cord pathology and those undergoing therapeutic intervention. She provides services in person and online.

Lucy maintains her registration with HCPC, the Association of Speech and Language Therapists in Independent Practice and the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, as well as being a member of the British Laryngological Association and a certified member of the British Society for Lifestyle Medicine. She is also a certified Buteyko Breathing Practitioner.

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Lydia works for the NHS including the Joint Voice Clinic at Wexham Park Hospital, with leading laryngologist Declan Costello, and privately at the . This involves assessment and management of a range of voice disorders, from muscle tension dysphonia to vocal cord paralysis.

Lydia is dedicated to developing her knowledge and experience in fields outside of Speech and Language Therapy, in order to provide holistic, biopsychosocial care. She is currently undertaking a Diploma in hypnotherapy, and has undertaken training in manual therapy for singers and professional voice users. She is experienced in breath work, including training in Buteyko Breathing Method, and is also undertaking training in Reiki.

Lydia can help with issues relating to dysphonia or aphonia of any structural or functional origin, singing voice issues, laryngeal hypersensitivity, chronic cough, globus, throat clearing, nasal airway issues, dysfunctional breathing, breathlessness and poor breath control. She offers video assessment and treatment sessions for speech therapy and in person assessment for manual therapy/vocal massage.

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Pemma is also a singer, songwriter and musician and knows from experience how challenging it can sometimes be to have your vocal instrument in top condition. From an early age she has been inspired by singing, music and the benefits these bring. Her own journey to overcome vocal challenges in her early twenties was the catalyst to embarking on a degree course in speech and language therapy.

She has been a Speech and Language Therapist since 2000, graduating from City University London in Clinical Communication Studies/Speech and Language Therapy. Wishing to deepen her integrated approach to voice intervention, in 2010 to 2012 she completed training in a postgraduate course in Mindfulness from Aberdeen University. She has also trained with the Mindfulness Association. She is interested in the art and science of voice and wellbeing, and maintains an interest in continually learning about this.

Pemma has a wealth of experience in improving people’s voices and rehabilitating vocal difficulties and problems. For many years she was the Specialist Voice Speech and Language therapist in Tunbridge Wells NHS, and has worked in the NHS and with independent clients for many years.

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Patient referrals have to come from an ENT surgeon having viewed the larynx first. NHS referrals may be made via the GP to UCLH’s ENT voice centre and then if the ENT refers on to SLT they will be seen by that service. However, it is not possible to request a specific clinician within the UCLH SLT team.

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In her NHS role she is Clinical lead for Voice at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, where she see’s patients in voice therapy clinics, joint voice clinics and in a dedicated Performer and Professional voice user Clinic, with laryngoscopy and stroboscopy alongside an ENT Consultant with special interest in voice and a Vocal Rehabilitation Coach and Singing Specialist. She also sees patients privately online and for face-face sessions.

Sally can help with issues relating to assessment of voice and factors influencing the presenting difficulties, including medical history, auditory perceptual analysis and laryngeal manual palpation and assessment of the extrinsic laryngeal musculature; voice care advice / vocal health; voice therapy for Muscle Tension Dysphonia, functional dysphonia, vocal nodules, vocal polyps, vocal paresis/paralysis/palsy, presbyphonia, spasmodic dysphonia, vocal fold haemorrhage; pre and post-operative therapy and rehabilitation for vocal cysts and polyps, sulcus, papilloma, and vocal fold palsy/paresis; laryngeal manual therapy; SOVTE (Semi Occluded Vocal Tract exercises), including LAX Vox, Doctor Vox, and active SOVTE’s; accent method techniques to address factors impacting on vocal biomechanics, function, fatigue, stamina, vocal projection and vocal range such as working on optimising postural alignment, breath patterns for voice, laryngopharyngeal postures, efficient use of resonance and articulatory patterns.

Sally engages in continued professional development and training so that she can offer effective intervention with her clients and patients. She arranges learning events for Voice Specialist Speech and Language Therapists for the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapist North West Clinical Excellence Network, and has been invited to present at national conferences and study days (Association of Teachers of Singing (AOTOS) and British Voice Association (BVA). She is a guest lecturer at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) where she offers training on vocal health and vocal mechanics. She arranges supervision for voice Ä¢¹½tv SLT’s and vocal coaches and singing teachers with an interest in vocal health.

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