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How Does Online Couples Therapy Work?

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Romantic relationships demand a lot: each partner must find a way to support and nurture the other's needs while identifying and asserting their own needs. When one person in a couple experiences stress, that stress can affect their partner and the relationship. Factor in kids, jobs, and financial entanglement, and it’s easy to see why so many people struggle in their relationships. In couples counseling, you’ll work with your therapist to manage relationship challenges and address your needs in a way that’s consistent with your values. Sometimes face-to-face therapy is not available or easy to access. Online couples therapy offers similar benefits to in-person therapy, with the added convenience and privacy of getting support at home. Here’s what you can expect from online counseling. WHAT IS ONLINE COUPLES COUNSELING? Online couples counseling offers the same benefits as in-person counseling, but over the Internet. You will use a secure platform to speak with your therapist, via ...

Optimize the Flow of Your Voice Therapy Patients: Flow Phonation

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  Do your patients “sigh” a lot? Are breath-holders a big part of your voice therapy schedule? They’re a big part of mine! Voice therapy techniques and programs focused on airflow management are evidence-based ways to facilitate optimized speech breathing while reducing muscle tension, and all that is required is tissue or your finger to see and feel the flow of air, something we all have around us. What is flow phonation? Flow Phonation, in particular, is a hierarchical therapy concept that aims to facilitate increased airflow, ease of phonation, and direct oral resonance. It was modified from Ed Stone's Stretch and Flow Phonation by removing the "stretch" component, which slowed speech in the original program for those patients who were hoarse. Flow Phonation can be used with both symphonic and aphonic patients. Ultimately, therapy aims for clear speech while focusing on airflow and the balance between airflow and voice production. What Are the Hierarchical Levels of Fl...