14 & 15 April 2026
Course details
- Duration: 2 days
- Fees:
- £400 before 14 March 2026
- £450 after 14 March 2026 - Venue: South Kensington campus
- Contact us
This two-day course delivered with Christina Shewell MA, FRCSLT, ADVS aims to equip participants with a range of approaches and techniques to provide holistic and individualised treatment for clients across a spectrum of voice disorders.
Specific course content includes:
- Overview of common voice disorders and evaluation
- Perspectives from Psychology and Physiotherapy to optimise voice therapy
- Introduction to 6 areas of management and therapy tools
- Practical voice care techniques
- Techniques for release of excess muscle tension
- Breath techniques
- Voicing techniques
- Techniques for care of the client’s emotional state
- Mindfulness and Imagery techniques
- Experiential individual and pair-based practical work
- Comprehensive support material
More information
On the first day, there will be contributions from an ENT consultant, speech and language therapists, a psychologist and a physiotherapist, all with the focus on the management of voice disorders. There will be opportunities for questions and discussion with panel sessions.
The second day will be led by Christina Shewell, author of Voice Work: art and science in changing voices (2009, 2025). She brings many years of experience working as both a speech and language therapist, lecturer and workshop leader, and voice teacher in the theatre and public speaking field. She will offer a wide range of practical techniques and exercises under six headings from her Voice Skills Toolbox – an approach which was very successfully delivered in two previous Imperial College courses, in 2017 and 2019.
Provisional schedule
| Time | Session | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 09.30‑10.00 | Registration and refreshments | |
| 10.00‑10.30 | Introduction and Welcome | |
| 10.30‑11.30 |
ENT Anatomy and common disorders | |
| 11.30‑11.45 | Coffee | |
| 11.45‑12.45 | SLT & ENT Voice assessment in the clinic - panel | |
| 12.45‑13.45 | Lunch | |
| 13.45‑14.30 | Optimising airflow management and respiration for voice | |
| 14.30‑15.15 | Optimising mindfulness and well being facilitators for voice | |
| 15.15‑15.30 | Coffee | |
| 15.30‑16.30 | Panel discussion | |
| 16.30 | Finish |
| Time | Session | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 09.00‑09.30 |
Daily Voice Care – practical techniques |
|
| 09.30‑11.00 |
Excess Muscle Tension Release – practical techniques |
|
| 11.00‑11.15 | Coffee | |
| 11.15‑12.15 |
Breath – practical techniques |
|
| 12.15‑13.15 | Lunch | |
| 13.15‑14.00 |
Voicing - practical techniques |
|
| 14.00‑14.45 |
Care of Feelings – practical techniques |
|
| 14.45‑15.00 | Coffee | |
| 15.00‑16.30 | Mindfulness and Imagery - practical techniques | |
| 16.30 | Finish |
This course aims to equip participants with techniques to provide individualised and holistic treatment for clients with a spectrum of voice disorders.
This course is primarily designed for speech and language therapists interested in beginning to work with voice, or in extending their repertoire of techniques. We also welcome participation from voice teachers, singing teachers and vocal coaches interested in knowing more about the management and treatment of the disordered voice.
Following the course, participants will be able to:
- Explore a range of approaches to optimise voice evaluation
- Select from a range of voice therapy ideas and techniques, to design appropriate voice work for individual clients
- Integrate principles of voice therapy with knowledge gained from practical experiential voice work, to enhance their own 'therapy technique toolbox'.