My name is Casey Resnick. My pronouns are she/her. I am a speech language pathologist, specializing in voice. We see patients who are seeking gender affirming voice and communication modification. Some transgender folks and gender-expansive patients are interested in modifying or adjusting certain aspects of their voices or
their communication styles so that their gender expression reflects their gender identities. Some folks are interested in adjusting pitch, which would be like how high or low a person's voice sounds. Sometimes people are interested in adjusting their resonance, which is kind of like the tone of someone's voice. Other times, people are interested in changing their intonation patterns, which is like how the voice sort of rises and falls as we speak. Other things might include word choice or articulation. Sometimes even nonverbal communication, like gestures. Our approach is very patient-centered. We start with an evaluation where we talk a little bit about the person's voice and what they'd like to change about it and what their goals are. If it's something that's bothering you and you want to work on, don't feel like you have to have all the answers. You might not even have a specific goal in mind yet. And that's okay. We'll figure that out together.