A Voice and Beyond

#121. A Masterclass in Managing Vocal Health and Well-being in Singers


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This week on A Voice and Beyond, I am so excited to announce that we have quite a treat for you as we replay a "tease" from three of my favourite guest interviews. This throwback episode is a masterclass to help raise awareness around how we, as voice teachers, can manage some of the most common issues relating to the care of our students when they are most in need.

I offer these to you as I believe that as a voice teaching community, it is important to keep an open mind to the various kinds of modalities that can be of assistance to a singer who may be suffering from a voice disorder or requires help to manage their anxiety, especially around stage performance.

Our return guests include Walt Fritz who was featured in Episode #75. Walt is a licensed physical therapist who has been teaching Myofascial Release continuing education since 1995. In 2020, Walt rebranded and launched Manual Therapies Seminars, a new training program where he continues to teach all types of therapists internationally.

Our second guest is Dr David Juncos, a clinical psychologist, performance coach, voice workshop lecturer, and co-author of the book ACT for Musicians, David is a "third wave" therapist, with additional training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, otherwise known as (ACT). David describes ACT as an evidence-based psychotherapy that aims to promote mindfulness and acceptance and he explains how he has been able to successfully treat performance anxiety in musicians, as well as singers, using this treatment approach. You can check out David's full interview in episode #55.

Our final guest is Lori Sonnenberg, our guest on episode #60. Lori is a Chicago-based Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist, Clinical Voice Specialist, and Singing Voice Specialist whose clients include professional performers, educators, and speakers. In her voice clinic, Lori works exclusively with voice and breathing disorders and specializes in muscle tension dysphonia-related disorders, recovery from voice injuries, professional voice care and support, post-operative voice recovery, and problematic technical voice issues for singers.

This is an episode you don’t want to miss out on as our brilliant lineup of guests offers their insights, approaches, and philosophies relating to the health and care of singers in the voice studio.

In this Episode
1:15 – Introduction
5:32 – Walt Fritz
20:45 – Typical types of problems Walt works on
32:49 – Dr. David Juncos
37:52 – Third wave behavioral therapy
56:42 – Lori Sonnenberg
1:02:21 – Muscle tension dysphonia

Walt Fritz
WaltFritz.com
Facebook.com/walt.fritz/
waltfritzseminars.com/resource-page/

Dr. David Juncos
actformusicians.com
Facebook.com/dave.juncos
Researchgate.net/David-Juncos

Lori Sonnenberg
sonnenbergvoice.com
facebook.com/sonnenbergvoice
Instagram.com/sonnenbergvoice
Linkedin.com/in/lori-l-sonnenberg

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