Growing Comfortable in Your Speaking Voice: A Workshop for Transgender Individuals

Hi everyone,

I wanted to pass on this great opportunity to attend a voice coaching workshop that local gender therapist John Thomas is hosting at his Falls Church office. Private voice instructor Anne Hurley will be featured at the session. Several of my clients have spoken highly of both John and Anne. Reach out to John directly if you are interested in the workshop.

To being fabulous!

Elizabeth Taylor (Beth)

This is the email I received from John:

Hi Beth,

I wanted to let you know I’m hosting a voice coaching workshop at my office featuring Anne Hurley, who does excellent voice training/coaching for transfeminine and transmasculine folks in the community.

This will take place one evening this summer at my office in Falls Church (tbd based on response). I’ve expanded my space and can comfortably accommodate up to 10 participants for this event.

The workshop is about an hour plus I’ll be providing light refreshments for anyone who wants to stay afterwards to socialize, network and make friends in an affirming environment.

Scroll down to read more details about Anne and her work for the trans community.

If you know anyone who might be interested in this event, please forward this to them.

Warmly,

John Thomas

http://www.GenderServices.com

703-665-7000

Growing Comfortable in Your Speaking Voice:

A Workshop for Transgender Individuals

Anne Hurley is a soprano soloist and private voice instructor with a studio in Fairfax, Virginia. She has 35 years of experience teaching singing and providing coaching for the speaking voice for adolescents and adults.

Over the past few years, Anne has developed custom-designed speaking voice training for transmasculine and transfeminine clients to help reduce dysphoria surrounding speaking and support them in finding and developing their authentic voice.

Her speaking voice training/coaching focuses on:

changing accents,
addressing vocal health issues,
increasing range,
improving clarity of speech, and
erasing vocal fry

Anne’s full bio is available at her website: http://www.annehurley-cole.com.

Ask Beth: I’m ready to talk to a gender therapist about who I am. Can you help?

29 Mar

How do I know if I’m really transgender? What should I do with all these feminine feelings?

Question: Beth, I’ve done several makeovers with you and absolutely love them. I feel beautiful and myself when I’m dressed and when I see my photos. But I’ve been nervous about really unleashing my feminine side and letting her go nuts. I’m sometimes afraid she’ll take over, and I don’t know how to feel about that. How do I know if this is just a part-time thing for me or if I should go full-time? How do I know whether I’m transgender? How do I figure out what to do with what I discover?

-Conflicted

(Question adapted from conversations with many of my friends and clients over the past five years.)

Answer: Dear Conflicted, It sounds like you’ve got a lot to think about and process about who you are and where you want to go. A talented LGBTQ-friendly therapist can help you explore your gender identity and all the related feelings and decisions.

I have several therapists listed on my website under my links including Falls Church Counseling (John Thomas), Shawn Rubin, Laurice Counseling Services (Shervon Laurice), and Jacqueline Lubovich. I’ve met each of these therapists, and they each have shown their long-term dedication to the LGBTQ community including people exploring their gender identity.

You may also benefit by discussing your feelings with peers in a support group setting. Several transgender support groups meet regularly in the DC area including MAGIC in Falls Church and Second Friday in Fairfax at MCC NOVA.

Best of luck on journey, and let me know how I can help!

Beth

Testimonial: Dianna Experiences the Woman inside Her

22 Sep

I’ve spent over fifty years of my life as what is referred to today as a transgender person (secluded). When I was little I was considered a freak, called a “retard” and spent many years in child psychologist’s offices. When they made me “all better” I spent the next thirty years, sometimes denying but always hiding who I am. Still hidden, I’ve spent the last ten years in counseling learning about my true self and working through the choices I have at this late point in my life and to undo the previous forty years.

Albeit ever so cliche, in one afternoon Beth led me to experience the person who has always lived inside me, the woman I now know I’m able to be. The makeup lesson allowed me to share a weekend with my life partner as this amazing person. Beth even got me outside for the first “real” time to take a couple of photos. Beth is really an amazing, caring, compassionate, and extremely talented person. The worst part of the whole experience … the weekend ended!

My sincerest thanks Beth, please keep “being fabulous!”

See you soon,
Dianna

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