We are based in Salisbury, Wiltshire and the surrounding area. We have a clinic in central Salisbury but can also travel to clients’ homes (which may incur an extra charge depending on mileage). We can also see clients online.

Our most common presentations are:

Aphasia - a language disorder which may make it more difficult to talk, write‍ or ‍understand spoken and written information (reading).

Dyspraxia - a motor speech disorder that refers to a difficulty in forming the speech sounds needed for clear speech. This can include planning, sequencing and coordinating movements. It may impact on parts of speech such as oral movements, fluency, or inconsistencies with producing longer words with several syllables.

Dysarthria - affects intelligibility or clarity of speech. It may cause speech to be completely unintelligible or can be more subtle such as mildly slurred speech sounds, reduced volume, or changes to usual pitch or intonation patterns.

Cognitive Communication Disorder - caused by problems in thinking skills such as attention, memory, planning, and understanding. It can affect how a person follows conversations, finds words, organises their thoughts, or understands information or social situations.

Communication Partner Training and Advice - often the people who communicate with the affected person need support and training to establish positive communications with their friend or family member.

We mainly work with clients who have already been seen by an ENT consultant. Diagnoses we work with include:

Muscle Tension Dysphonia

Nodules

Polyps

Affects of reflux

Paralysed Vocal Fold

We can also offer a voice ‘MOT’ to singers and other professional voice users who may require some support to sustain their voice or increase their range or volume.

Yes! Combining Katharine’s training as a singer during her initial music degree with her clinical knowledge, she is well placed to understand the needs of professional voice users such as singers, actors or teachers to name but a few.

We offer ‘voice MOTs’ which could be a single one-off session, regular maintenance lessons or a block of sessions. This could focus on aspects of voice use such as reducing strain and fatigue, or increasing volume.

Yes!

Do you come away from a choir rehearsal with a croaky voice or a feeling of tension in your throat?

Or would you like to be able to increase your volume when giving a presentation or in a social situation?

We can work to support you with this and improve how you are caring for and using your voice.

Combining Katharine’s training as a singer during her initial music degree with her clinical knowledge, she is well placed to understand the needs of professional (or amateur) voice users such as singers, actors or teachers to name but a few.

We offer ‘voice MOTs’ which could be a single one-off session, regular maintenance lessons or a block of sessions. This could focus on aspects of voice use such as reducing strain and fatigue, or increasing volume.

Start by contacting us in whatever way you find easiest.

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When we first meet, we will talk about your difficulties, any concerns you have and what you would like to work towards. We will do some assessments which will include formal and informal methods depending on what is appropriate for you.

At the initial appointment we will have agreed on a therapy plan such as where you would like to be seen and how many sessions might be appropriate for you. During therapy sessions we will work towards your goal in various different ways but this will be specific to you.

Initial consultations (1.5 hours) £120

Follow-up therapy sessions (1 hour) £90

Short follow-up session (30 minutes) £45

Singing voice MOT £50 (45 minutes)

This includes time allocated for basic administration tasks such as writing up notes from the session.

Other costs such as travel and more extensive administration tasks (referrals or reports) will be extra.

We work very functionally in a person-centred way. This means that we identify together what is important to you and how we can achieve a goal that will have a really positive impact on your everyday life. We work together to establish what works best for you. While we are the experts in speech and language therapy, you are the expert in yourself or your loved-one.

Yes! We are registered to see patients insured with BUPA, AXA, Aviva and WPA.