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Comprehensive, hands-on training workshops designed for speech therapists, singers, and voice coaches to build expertise in the Integrated Voice Therapy approach.

Dates for SLT Workshop : Now scheduling for 2026

Dates for Singers Workshop :  Now scheduling for 2026

Training Webinars for Voice Specialists (English)

Integrated Voice Therapy Training workshops aim to train graduate speech therapists, training ENT doctors, singers and voice coaches in the principles of applied Voice Therapy techniques, either for clinical rehabilitation of the voice (speech therapists) or artistic voice training (singers and voice coaches).

The training is practical, comprehensive and is developed in 3 levels, over the three x 2-day on-line webinars.

Webinar group sizes are limited to 12 participants so that the practical nature of the training is secured with 1-1 and team practice!

The dates and times of each workshop are commonly Friday-Saturday , 10.00-17.30. Dates and times can be modified to suit the specific circumstances of each group (eg. Thursday-Friday, instead or Friday -Saturday)

Each level is complete with:

  • on-line prep material prior to the start of each level
  • complete manual, detailing the techniques we cover in each workshop
  • during the workshop, abundant practice time for each new technique we learn, with individual and group practice
  • video recording of individual and group practice during each workshop, that is distributed to the participants after each workshop, used as preparation for the next level
  • examples of real cases so that we see the actual clinical application of the techniques
  • for the speech therapy workshops, creation of complete management plan for real cases
  • live demonstration of the application of the techniques for therapy

What the Integrated Voice Therapy training workshops lead to

The techniques developed within the framework of the three levels (1,2,3 ) constitute a comprehensive and holistic person-centered approach to the training of the developing Voice Specialist.

The Integrated Voice Therapy approach brings together information and techniques from a broad spectrum of disciplines. The Mind-Body-Emotion viewpoint of the voice considers the total person in both the therapeutic and the artistic application of the work.

Speech Therapist

The workshops are ideal for Speech Therapists who want to specialize in the field of Voice Therapy and are keen to develop a deep understanding of all the complexities of voice therapy and expertise with practical, therapeutic voice therapy skills.

With completion of the training the Speech Therapist will have a thorough grasp of  all aspects of the Mind-Body-Emotion approach to the voice. The theoretical understanding will connect with all the hands-on therapy skills. The developing voice therapist will be able to create and apply a holistic management plan for every class of dysphonic cases, including functional, organic, psychogenic, post-op trauma and neurological cases.  Besides typical dysphonic cases, the approach is also successfully applied to cases with dysphagia, Parkinsonism, dysarthria, hypernasality and stuttering.

It is understood that, despite the comprehensive training,  the multifaceted nature of the techniques and the complex needs of all cases with dysphonia, require from the training voice specialist continuous practice and engagement and persistence with the techniques, primarily on himself but also on third parties. Mastering the techniques takes time, persistence and lots of practice!

Singer – Voice Coach – Voice Specialist

With completion of the training the Singer and Voice Coach will have become scientifically literate in the workings of the voice mechanism, for all voice and singing styles.   Singing technique will be enriched far beyond more traditional understanding of the voice mechanism.

The Mind-Body-Emotion approach will demystify the intricacies of voice production and ensure a safe, versatile and efficient voice for any  type of voice use.

The artistry that the singer achieves will be explored in terms of the anatomy and physiology involved with voice production for all genres of singing. The singer will become familiar and will achieve mastery of the specific parts of the body and vocal mechanism that are involved with voice production. The Voice Coach will be assisted towards being able to guide the singer students towards safe and efficient voice use, based on pure scientific knowledge!

Relating the emotional world to the artistic voice will help the singer unravel the difficulties associated with stage-fright, stress, fatigue, medications, etc.  In short, vocal artistry and vocal science will be in total communication!

Basic Principles of the Integrated Voice Therapy training workshops

The IVT approach to voice rehabilitation considers the person through the prism of the dynamic interplay between the Mind-Body-Emotion synergy.  Dysphonic problems are considered as an imbalance of this synergy. Voice therapy aims at rebalancing the total person.

The person with voice difficulty is trained for mechanical mastery of a wide range of options for safe and efficient voice use.  The person in trained to become mindful of all three parameters of voicing – the Mind and how the body is trained to deliver actionable habits,  Emotions and the interplay with the mind – body connection, the Body and total bio-mechanical control of the physiology of the voicing mechanism.

At the level of the Body, the learner masters how to detect and physically manage the sensations created at various parts of the body.  Mechanical expertise of the vocal mechanism is achieved with modified versions of the biomechanical techniques developed by Jo Estill and Alison Bagnals’ Voicecraft approach.

At the level of the Mind, the learner becomes aware of subconscious instructions that manifest as habitual movement patterns and learns how to redirect and reorganize these habits.  Principles of learning theory are applied to understanding the clinical application of the techniques.

At the Emotional level, the person becomes aware of the emotional patterns related to both the mind and body aspects of the voice. The approach to emotional aspects of vocal difficulty is informed by developments in the scientific filed of affective neuroscience.

As a result of the training, voice production becomes predictable, easy and safe! It is no longer a function of the body that is beyond the person’s control, it is no longer unsafe or mysterious. Is is fun and is recognized by the learner as a tool with which s/he can listen to what the self needs in order to remain in balance!

Level 1 - Introduction

(This workshop is a 2-day workshop for both speech therapists and singers / voice coaches)

Level 1 Workshop is aimed at speech therapists, training ENT doctors, singers and voice coaches  who are interested in mastering the basic function of their own voice and the principles of the Integrated Voice Therapy approach to voice rehabilitation and training.

Workshops catering to speech therapists and ENT doctors focus on the clinical application of the approach.  

Workshops catering to singers and voice coaches focus the same techniques on artistic voice training.

The training requires foundation knowledge of laryngeal physiology and anatomy, but does not require clinical experience with rehabilitation of voice difficulties.

Content of Level 1 Workshop

  • Practical understanding of vocal function and dysfunction
  • Introduction to the principles of voice therapy with the Integrated Voice Therapy approach
  • Hands-on voice therapy techniques for management of vocal fatigue and discomfort, laryngeal muscle pain, tonal range, hypernasality, post-op trauma, functional difficulties and organic lesions:
    • Constriction-Release of laryngeal and body tension – understanding the science, developing skill for management
    • Management of laryngeal height
    • Application of 4 voice onsets
    • Management of the velar port
    • Effort – how and why effort is involved with vocal hyperfunction, how to become mindful of effort
  • Principles of learning theory applied to the voice therapy setting
  • Techniques for managing nasality and resonance
  • In-depth understanding of the phoniatric case and formulation of a complete rehabilitation program
  • Understanding voice and emotion and how emotion relates to the dysphonic case
  • Creating a management plan

(Workshops for singers and voice coaches combine the content of Levels 2 & 3 into one 3-day workshop)
  •  All Level 1 techniques progress to further depth of understanding
  • Understanding muscle activation, effort and motor control and muscle elasticity
  • Stabilizing the body and the laryngeal mechanism
  • Developing tongue control, how the tongue is critical for controlling voice skill
  • Step-by-step skills for Sob technique and modifying the Sob for therapeutic intervention and vocal artistry
  • Step-by -step skills for Twang technique and safe vocal projection in speech and song
  • Compare, contrast and control each variation that the voice can produce
  • Understand the emotional aspects of voice management
  • Create intervention plans for clinical cases and incorporate all the skills learned up to this point
  • Demonstration of the application of the techniques

  • Extending Twang and Sob for vocal rehabilitation
  • Incorporating total body muscle activation for further stabilizing the laryngeal mechanism
  • Understanding the value of balance, posture and habitual movement patterns
  • Step-by-step skills for understanding and unraveling the technique for Belting
  • Step-by-step skills for understanding the Classical voice
  • Applying Belting to voice rehabilitation and to the artistic voice
  • Understanding laryngeal endoscopy and diagnostic parameters
  • Extending clinical management plans
  • Live demonstration of the application of the techniques