Services.
Voice and Speech Therapy.
Clarissa provides assessment and management for people with voice, speech and swallow needs. These include but are not limited to:
Vocal nodules, cysts and polyps
Muscle tension dysphonia
Sulcus and scars
Vocal paralysis
Spasmodic dysphonia
Aphonia
Gender Affirming Voice Therapy.
Clarissa has spent many years working with trans and non-binary clients, both in Gender Identity Clinics and privately. She provides specific and tailored coaching to help each client to find their true, authentic voice. She equips her clients with the skills to increase their vocal flexibility, including increasing or decreasing pitch, shifting resonance and altering vocal fold weight.
Professional and Public Speaking.
Clarissa offers private voice coaching for actors, singers and professionals who wish to improve the quality and overall sound of their instrument. Clarissa’s sessions are individualised to the client’s needs and include specific coaching on:
Convincing storytelling
Confidence and empowerment
Posture and effective use of breath
Vocal tone and timbre
Projection skills skills
Pitch and speech preparation
Voice Training for Teachers.
Clarissa offers tailored voice training in schools and other professional environments on how to keep the voice safe at work. Training includes:
How to project safely
Vocal care
Diet and lifestyle for optimum voice
Meditation and stress management
Vocal warm-ups
Accent and Dialect Coaching.
Clarissa is an accent and dialect coach, specialising in all accents. She has a passion for helping actors and performers to produce an authentic and convincing accent in a way that is respectful to cultures and traditions of the accent’s origin.
Accent Softening.
Accents are a huge part of our identity, but some people may feel that their accent is holding them back and that people see them differently because of how they sound (or do not sound). Clarissa can help clients to shift their accent in a respectful and sensitive way, that still maintains the person’s identity.