Quite simply, I am passionate about all things to do with the human voice.
When working with someone, I’m keen to help them understand their own voice and explore how they can embody it.
Everyone’s voice is unique; our voice is our fingerprint and says who we are and how we are.
Voicing is a somatic experience and needs the kind of nurture we would give to our whole body.
I work with people from all walks of life and from all sorts of professions, and with those who simply wish to find or develop their voice and the confidence to use it.
My particular interests are how voice enhances our sense of self through the breath, vocal wellbeing and ageing, and safe character voices.
Since 2007 I have developed my practice as a vocal coach and voice trainer and have worked in a variety of settings with individuals and groups from a wide range of professions. I have the ‘MAVS’ qualification – the Masters in Voice Studies: Teaching and Coaching (Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London) with placements at RCSSD and East 15 Acting School (Loughton) during the course.
My other postgraduate qualifications include training in The Accent Method, Vocal Profile Analysis and the Estill Voice Training System (Levels 1 and 2). I run a variety of courses for voice and speech (previous work at The Actors Centre, London and the Courtyard Theatre Training Company, London); I teach voice modules on yoga and counselling training courses, and vocal health to teachers in schools. I see clients in their place of work or performance, and at The Albany Centre for Personal and Professional Development in St Albans, Hertfordshire.
I have a Linguistics and Phonetics degree from Hull University and worked with voice as a speech and language therapist (City University) for over two decades; I’m registered with the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, the Health and Care Professions Council, and I am a member of the British Voice Association and the British Laryngological Association.
