Gender Affirming
Voice and Communication Therapy
I strongly encourage individuals seeking gender affirming voice and communication services to seek services with trans speech language pathologists first.
If you are unable to find services in your state, within your means, or that match scheduling needs, you can reach out for services at Brain Life Connection.
As always, an initial consult call is free and Minal can help you navigate which options are right for you and seek services best suited to you.
Gender Affirming Voice and Communication Therapy includes guided support from a trained and licensed speech language pathologist to change your voice and communication to best reflect your gender. This can include safe and sustainable changes to the pitch of the speaking voice, assessing word choice and implementing changes that are authentic to you, addressing non-verbal communication, and more.
Gender Affirming Speech Therapy is not only for trans men or trans women, but may be appropriate to any person whose communication does not reflect their gender, including non-binary and gender non-conforming people.
Commitment to Trans Justice
Trans individuals are often forced to either pay exorbitant amounts for medical treatments or forgo them all together due to the gross failure of insurance companies to recognize gender affirming care as “medically necessary”.
At Brain Life Connection, we believe that gender affirming voice and communication care should be as accessible as any speech, language, or voice therapy of any kind. To do our part to ensure access to care for transgender individuals, BLC provides gender affirming voice therapy at a cost comparable to the cost of a traditional co-pay.
This means, $0 for an initial evaluation, and $20 for each subsequent follow up.
As with any treatment at BLC, the frequency of therapy visits is dependent on YOUR need and ability. This means you can see your therapist 2x/week or 1x/month or even for sporadic consults, depending on your means, your schedule, and your goals. Sessions can be completed virtually or in your home or a safe space of your choosing.
All profits from sessions for gender affirming therapies will be donated to Trans Voice Initiative, an organization committed to supporting training gender diverse speech pathologists in leadership within the field of speech language pathology.