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Applications of Voice Therapy in Your Practice: Therapists speak on how Voice Therapy has impacted their practice. (Total running time: 2:14)  Play |
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CE Credits:
Voice Therapy Training: Level 1 qualifies for 12 hours of continuing education credit. Alliant International University is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Alliant International University maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Alliant International University is also approved by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (provider #PCE234) and the California Board of Registered Nursing (provider #CEP11235) to sponsor credit for marriage and family therapists, social workers, and registered nurses. |
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- Background and Theory Development
- Steps in Voice Therapy: Video Illustration
- Basic Assumptions and Goals of Voice Therapy
- Exercises to Help Identify the Voice
- Intake Interview and Initial Session
- Voice Therapy as Applied to Addictions; includes video excerpts
- Interactive Exercises to Role-Play Voice Therapy
- Therapist Personal Development
- Voice Therapy as Applied to Depression and Suicide; includes Video excerpts
- Facilitating Change in Couples
- Voice Therapy as Applied to Couples and Problems in Sexual Relating
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 Voice Therapy techniques bring internalized negative thought processes to the surface with accompanying affect in a dialog format such that a person can confront alien components of the personality. It is so named because it is a process of giving language or spoken words to negative thought patterns that are at the core of an individual’s maladaptive or self-destructive behavior.
- From Combating Destructive Thought Processes
 How Was Voice Therapy Developed?
Voice Therapy was originally developed as a laboratory procedure to investigate how people defend themselves and to understand the structure and function of the negative thought process that underlies defensive, maladaptive behavior. It has also been used as a psychotherapeutic methodology that combines cognitive, affective, and behavioral components into an integrated treatment strategy.
The principal technique of Voice Therapy involves an individual’s verbalization of their negative thoughts in the second person format. Clients are asked to use “You” (rather than “I”) as though another person were addressing them. This methodology is important for two reasons: (1) this is the form in which most people think critically about themselves or experience negative internal dialogue (2) this technique usually brings out considerable affect, leading to meaningful emotional and intellectual insight.
 What are the steps in the therapeutic process in Voice Therapy?
The techniques of voice therapy consist of three components: (1) eliciting and identifying negative thought patterns and releasing the associated affect; (2) discussing insights and exploring reactions to verbalizing the voice; and (3) counteracting self-destructive behaviors regulated by the voice through the application of appropriate corrective suggestions. In this phase of treatment, client and therapist attempt to interrupt maladaptive behavior patterns through collaborative planning and suggestions for behavioral change that are in accord with each individual’s personal motivation.
How does Voice Therapy differ from cognitive-behavioral therapy?
The emphasis on exposing negative thought processes in voice therapy overlaps cognitive-behavioral therapies to a certain extent. However, this approach is very different in that the methods deal more with the expression of feeling than with the analysis of logic or illogic.
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- Our research has led to the development of the FAST and FASI, instruments used by clinicians to assess self-destructive behavior and suicide intent.
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