Gender Affirming Voice Therapy with Christella Antoni

Merry Christmas to all you wonderful Tuckers! We wish you an abundance of peace, happiness, and safety.

Christmas gifts take many forms, so we’re going to try to get away with making this episode ours to you. We’re not doing this just to wish you a Merry Christmas, although why not?, it’s that you may discover that tackling one of the most challenging aspects of transition is easier than you had previously thought.

You see, if you are are anything like us, you probably find your voice to be particularly problematic. That barely controlled instrument of communication carries it’s own giveaway: a nature that, if previously doused in T, makes you think twice about using it in public, and absolutely abhor answering a phone call. You’ll  end up misgendered in about as much time as it takes to say “hello.”

In the previous episode with Dr Chadwan Al Yaghchi we took a rather deep dive into voice surgery. In this one, we chat with renowned voice therapist Christella Antoni, someone who has helped thousands of people align their voice to their gender identity both as an adjunct to surgery, but also without.

Like all the interviews we’re doing for the medical series on transition, this one has its share of surprises. We hope you find it as enlightening as we did.

Finally, all bookings made in January 2025 through Christella’s website (https://www.christellaantoni.co.uk/) receive a 10% discount.