Queer Community: Voice Therapy Sessions + Mental Health Support

In connection with Find Your Voice Music Therapy's pillar of accessibility and inclusion we are thrilled to provide accessible voice therapy services to transgender and non-binary folks residing Nova Scotia, Ontario and across Turtle Island/ Canada!

Funding for our free programming Nova Scotia residents has been made possible through the support from the Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia. We invite participants to register today as spaces are limited.

VOICE THERAPY: INDIVIDUAL & GROUP SESSIONS

• Identifiers:
  • Adults 20 years or older
  • Nova Scotia Resident
• Session Space: Online
• Registration is open for:
  • Winter 2024 - Summer 2025
    • Cohort 1: Mid November 2024 - Early April 2025 sessions (fully booked)
    • Cohort 2: Mid April to August 2025 sessions (fully booked)
  • Spring 2025 - Winter 2026
    • Cohort 1: May - Late September 2025
    • Cohort 2: Mid October 2025 - Late February 2026
• Session Details:
  • Eight 45 Minute Individual Sessions
• Session Time: scheduled according to participants preferred session times
• Program Facilitators: Alexa Munroe Choquette (she/her) & Mackenzie Costron (she/her) 

Next Steps: Book a consultation to learn more / connect with us to book your space!

VOICE THERAPY: ALUMNI GROUP SESSIONS

• Identifiers:
  • Adults 20 years or old
  • Nova Scotia Resident
  • Have completed a minimum 4 individual voice therapy sessions with us
• Registration is open for Spring 2025 - Winter 2026 groups
• Session Space: Online
• Session Schedule: TBD - stay tuned for updates from us here!
• Program Facilitator: Alexa Munroe Choquette (she/her)

Next Steps: Book a consultation to learn more / connect with us to book your space!

Please connect with us to be put on our waitlist if these session time don't work for you, or we are fully booked.

We are actively seeking funding for future fully funded voice therapy sessions and new group programs.  You can also use any of these accessible therapy paths to cover the cost of sessions.

Please connect with us to discuss an approach for you.  Your access to therapy is important to us!

Times of transformation are difficult but beautiful. We approach these periods with love through our virtual voice therapy  services for transgender and/or non-binary individuals.

Come as you are to explore your unique speaking and/or singing voice through change with the guidance of Alexa Munroe Choquette/ Mackenzie Costron. Together, we’ll discover your natural vocal range, learn how to protect the voice, vocal cords, and throat.  This may include discussions around adapting to hormone therapies, addressing feelings of isolation within a safe setting, exploring confidence with identity and expression.  We may also focus on how to adjust methods of communication to feel connected, gender affirmed, and happy with changes in sentence cadences, body language, and projection.

You do not need to be "musical" to benefit from these 1:1 sessions. Any music-making experiences will be personalized according to each participant’s preferred style of music, and made accessible at the comfort level of each participant.

Enrol in private individual sessions or book a complimentary for more information about our 1:1 services for the transgender and non-binary community.

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Individual sessions will focus on exploring the individual’s unique voice (speaking and/ or singing) through breathing exercises and vocal warm-ups.  We will determine their natural vocal range, learning how to protect their voice, vocal cords, and throat (including Hormone Replacement Therapy discussions as needed per individual).  It will also focus on how to adjust their methods of communication so they feel connected and happy with changes in sentence cadences, body language, and projection to feel more gender affirmed.  You do not need to be "musical" to be involved with this program. All music making experiences will be personalized according to what music resonates and made accessible at the comfort level of the participant. 

Group sessions will focus on connecting individuals with a peer support network, discuss and validate topics and/or issues the individuals have been facing, and to use music therapy interventions to elicit intra and interpersonal growth. The social aspect of the group sessions would be an opportunity for individuals to feel less isolated, try out new pronouns and/or names within a safe social setting, explore confidence with identity and expression, and discuss common issues/ struggles the non-binary community faces.  This program will provide an opportunity for vocal expression through breathing exercises, vocal warm-ups, vocal coaching exercises, improvisation, collaborative songwriting and collective music-making.  You do not need to be "musical" to be involved with this program.  All music making experiences will be made accessible at the comfort level of participants. 

We are committed to providing a Pay What You Choose pricing model for all Trans-Formative Voices programming. 

If you have the capacity to provide financial support to Trans-Formative Voices (TFVMT) through public / private donations please connect with us to give to our Gift of Music Therapy program!  We would be honoured to be in partnership with you in serving the transgender and non-binary community across Canada. 

Funding for our January 2021 - March 2025 TFVMT programming has been made possible through the support from the Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia, Canadian Music Therapy Fund, and Ontario Small Business Support Grants. We can't thank them enough for their support as we continue to work towards an accessible model of care for the transgender and non-binary community.

For reference, Find Your Voice Music Therapy's general errors & omissions and liability insurance does not give us the capacity to serve our friends in the US or folkx internationally. If this ever changes we will be sure to get in touch with you as soon as possible!

Founding Curator of Trans-Formative Voices Programming

Kastin Bradley (She/They) completed a Bachelor of Music Therapy (BMT) at Acadia University, where they studied piano, voice, and guitar. Kastin is now a Certified Music Therapist (MTA) with the Canadian Association of Music Therapists (CAMT).

Find Your Voice Music Therapy strives to create equitable and safe spaces through their programs and services. We welcome all people into our space, including person(s) with disabilities, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, and others who identify with historically marginalized and under-represented communities. Please reference our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion statement for further information.