Transgender

TLDR; Celia helped me to find my voice and live every day as the woman I hoped I could be, I couldn’t have asked for more! I started taking lessons with Celia around 6 months prior to my social transition.…

Pre therapy: Post therapy: When I first began my transition voice training always seemed daunting, and the more I looked the more impossible it felt. Most of the resources online were highly technical and there was no way to understand…

Pre therapy: Post therapy: As a quiet introverted person I have always had some difficulty talking to people. The prospect of having to do so with a female voice filled me with dread! I needed a friendly, understanding, reassuring, confident…

When I decided I was going to transition I knew my height and build were going to make things difficult. I wanted to get a head start on anything I thought would help whilst I waited for hormone treatment. I…

I’d been dreading voice training as part of my transition. It isn’t easy but it is a huge part of the first impression you make. I was extremely self-conscious about how deep and masculine my voice sounded. The samples on…

I would highly recommend Celia to anyone early in their transition. She took my rough, DIY vocal work and helped transform it into something that not only sounded more authentically feminine but more importantly, took the strain off my vocal cords and…

The first thing I noticed when starting my transition was the importance of my voice. My original speaking voice brought me immense dysphoria and played a huge part in my (lack of) confidence. Furthermore, when presenting fully as myself, it…

Despite having made considerable progress with my transition, I was increasingly anxious about my voice and I tended to avoid speaking in public or on the phone. I knew from my research that feminising your voice is a very daunting…

Having begun to transition a few years ago socially and medically, I have been extremely lucky to not have to struggle too hard with many aspects of transition, except for my voice. It felt bassy and monotone and my own…

After making a lot of progress in other aspects of my transition, my voice felt like a major hurdle that I somehow needed to address to move forward with my life. I was recommended to Celia by my counsellor, and…