Heal your voice, change your mind.

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Who do I work with?

Many of the people I work with are professional singers, actors or performers who want a therapist who understands the demands that the performing arts industry places upon them and appreciates the workings of the voice, and what it means when their voice or health lets them down.

Working interdisciplinarily as a psychotherapist, acupuncturist, vocal coach and voice-specialised manual therapist, I hope to bring curiosity to the healing journey and foster with you a sense of hope about the future.

“If you want to stay in good vocal health for long periods of time, Stephen is a must.”

- Dove Cameron, (posted on Instagram)

My approach:

Short term

6 sessions to help interrupt the psychological and somatic patterns.

Ideal for people who have already been in long-term therapy.

Long term

When we begin to work together, we both commit to a minimum of 18 months of weekly therapy.

The future begins now.

Consultation

The first session is always free, and lasts 30 minutes where we can discuss what you need in your therapy journey.

If you’re ready

It’s time to change.

About the work

When we work together, my broad knowledge of human systems comes into the room in a very real way. I incorporate and integrate ideas from; Freud’s psychological works to the Traditional Chinese Book of the Yellow Emporer (180BC), to Maya Angelou’s poetry to peer-reviewed academia.

As a philosophy contributor to the CauseHealth network, I believe that the process of understanding what causes dysfunction is incredibly complex, and needs to be navigated with great care.

I operate a sliding scale of a fee which sits between £75 and £175 per 50 minutes.
The fee can be decided and agreed upon based on your economic position.
I work entirely on Zoom as my clients live all over the world in differing time zones.
Flock, L and King, S (2023) A Manual Therapy in Need of a Manual: conceptualising and comparing existing Vocal Massage protocols and their use in the treatment of voice problems, Voice Speech Review
Flock, L and King, S (2023) Developing a Vocal Manual Therapy Intervention for the Treatment of Laryngopharyngeal Reflux in Professional Voice Users: A Pilot Study of Two Elite Singers. Journal of Singing. March 2023 edition
“Help! I’ve Got a Voice Problem” by Stephen King and Lydia Hart. (2022) New Voice Publishing
Flock, L and King, S (2022) Vocal Manual Therapy: the consent EQUATION (And Why You Should Care About It) Voice Speech Review
Flock, L. King, S. R. Williams, J. Finlay, E. Smikle, H. Benito, M. Benton-Stace, F. Brown, J. Mann-Daraz, A. J. Hart, L. Mclean, K. Prucnal, Z. Barry, L. Lynes, R. Toy, M. Valentine, K. Slattery, S. Aldridge-Waddon, L. (2023) Working Together to Find a Voice: Recommendations for Voice Healthcare Based on Expert-By-Experience and Practitioner Consensus, Journal of Voice
“Relational Acupuncture for Voice Professionals”, By Caroline Van Looy and Stephen King (2023). New Voice Publishing.
“Including vocal massage into your routines and rituals” The Malta Voice Symposium (Malta, 2023)
“The paradox of the voiceless needing to be heard” LABRC, Centre for Jungian Analysts, (London 2023)
“Working Together to Find a Voice: Recommendations for Voice Healthcare Based on Expert-By-Experience and Practitioner Consensus” VASTA (Mexico, 2023)
“What is a biopsychosocial conference?” Becoming Biopsychosocial: The Vocal Health Conference (London, 2022)
“Laryngeal Disorganisation, a new diagnostic philosophy” The World Voice Teacher’s Expo (4th Edition, 2022)
“Tipping the triangle, evidence based practice to practice based evidence” The Vocal Health Conference (Inaugural, 2021)
“Is Singer’s Acid Reflux (LPR) really what we think it is?” The World Voice teacher’s Expo (3rd Edition, 2020)
“The Neurophysiological Implications of Manual Therapy” (ViP Online Conference, 2020)
“How to Stretch the Vocal Mechanism, an overview of Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation, Active Isolated and Static Stretching” (Voice Geek Online, 2020)
“A Critical Overview of Myofascial Release for the Voice”, (The Voice Geek Conference 2nd edition, 2019)
“Is Singer’s Acid Reflux (LPR) really what we think it is?” (Towards Best Practice: Teaching Singing in Higher Education, London College of Music Poster Presentation, 2018)
“Practical Myofascial Release for the Singer” (The World Voice teacher’s Expo (2nd Edition 2018)
“The Positive Affects of Vocal Massage” (Voice Geek Conference, 2017)
“For Better Communication, giving weight to a story” (University College London Hospitals, 2015)
* Advanced Diploma in Integrative Counselling
* Registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy
* Registered practitioner for the British Association of Performing Arts Medicine (BAPAM)
* ADHD Certified Clinical Services Provider (ADHD-CCSP)
* MSc in Body Psychotherapy and Somatic Psychology
* PGCert Voice Pedagogy (Dist)
* Advanced Diploma in Medical Acupuncture
* Diploma Clinical Massage Therapist
* Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts

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The process of “negative” to “positive”.

The story of my Victorian-style, Wetplate Collodion headshot began when I saw Stephen Raff’s work at a creative festival. Each portrait is taken over a 7/8 second exposure time and before my eyes I watched the “negative” image turn to the “positive” image by undergoing an alchemical process in the dark room.

I believe the process of sitting for the Wetplate Collodion portrait to be a parallel process to Body Psychotherapy. You begin with a stillness that can become uncomfortable as you hold yourself in the same way, the same shape or pattern for a long time. Then as the flash goes off, everything relaxes and the process of turning the “negative” into “positive” can begin. It begins in the dark room where you are stripped of your senses and have to follow the guiding voice. But as the chemicals do their thing, a clear picture emerges, a representation of your own Self. Looking back, the discomfort was worth it.