In this thought-provoking episode, Stephen King returns to explore the deep links between psychology and voice. How can we integrate body psychotherapy into our lessons without a psychology degree? And how can we respond when we don’t have all the answers? This episode invites you to rethink what it means to really listen.
WHAT’S IN THIS PODCAST?
2:40 From vocal coach to psychotherapist
16:30 How can singing teachers play a positive role?
41:01 What exercises from Body Psychotherapy can teachers apply in the lesson?
50:50 What was Stephen’s first experience of massage?
53:25 Are we frightened of ‘touch’ as teachers?
57:05 What is a ‘relational’ approach?
1:02:06 What can we expect from ‘The Handbook of Vocal Massage?’
About the presenter click HERE
RELEVANT MENTIONS & LINKS
Singing Teachers Talk Ep.32 The Bio-Psycho-Social Model
Singing Teachers Talk Ep.90 Help! I’ve Got a Voice Problem
Singing Teachers Talk Ep.128 Considering the Whole Self in Singing and Teaching Singing
Singing Teachers Talk Ep.147 TV Vocal Coach: Behind the scenes on ITV’s Mamma Mia
Singing Teachers Talk – Ep.199 The Truth About Muscle Tension Dysphonia
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van Der Kolk
Singing Teachers Talk – Ep. 160 Tuning into Trauma: Strategies for Singing Teachers
Character Analysis by Wilhelm Reich
Singing Teachers Talk Ep.52 Getting to Grips with Vocal Acoustics
Singing Teachers Talk Ep.171 A Guide to Vocal Self-Massage
ABOUT THE GUEST
Over the last decade, thousands of people have trusted Stephen with their voice problems. He is qualified in four different disciplines: Voice Pedagogy, Integrative Therapy, Manual Therapy and Medical Acupuncture, with his research published in peer reviewed journals. He co-wrote the best selling books, “Help! I’ve Got A Voice Problem” (now in 4 languages), “The Handbook of Vocal Massage, a relational approach” and “Relational Acupuncture For Voice” as well as book chapters in other texts related to voice pedagogy and voice health.
In his role as the director of the award winning VOICE CARE CENTRE, he has learned from, and led a multidisciplinary team of many practitioners over the years, including ENT surgeons and registered healthcare professionals in both the medical and non-medical components of voice disorders. It is within this framework he pioneered the creation of the ‘voice care’ model, helping to establish para-medical, holistic voice clinics across the UK and Europe through training practitioners in Vocal Massage.
A passionate lecturer and presenter, Stephen has delivered trainings across the UK, Europe, China and Japan and keynoted or spoken at many academic conferences in the field of performing arts medicine and voice science. He formally transferred his passion for communicating this work by co-founding Vocal Health Education. This not-for-profit organisation in the UK has trained almost 4,000 practitioners to think biopsychosocially about the diagnosis and treatment of voice problems.
Registered with the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy and the Body Psychotherapy Network, he now works on complex cases of voicelessness and voice problems online from where he lives in North Devon, UK.
Instagram: @voicecarecentre
