The Communicology Approach

Speech Therapy with emphasis on an individually designed Toolkit around your needs. The approach combines therapy with coaching and training in how to use strategies in your daily life.

Ruth also uses ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) and registered with ACBS for this wider emotional support around your reponsie to your communication needs and stepping aside and living in the moment.

Voice & Fluency Therapy

Communicology is all about practical, daily communication with others. The focus on training & coaching is on extending voice and fluency skills with the aim of becoming as confident as possible when interacting and speaking with others.

Therapy Programme for Autistic Adults

Communicology is now offering a Communication Support Program for adults living with an autistic condition. More adults are being diagnosed in mid life and are are looking to find out more about the condition of autism, their own pattern of skills and needs and how to maximise their communicative skills .

“Top Up” sessions are available for those who are looking for ongoing support to help problem solve challenges as they arise.

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Communicology is a Teletherapy (online) Practice

Voice Therapy

Communicology offers Voice Care Therapy for clients who have seen an ENT consultant and need specific therapy from a Speech & Language Therapist.

After an initial conversation and evaluation a Voice Therapy Course is designed individually for each client.

This often involves 2 longer voice sessions where specific strategies are introduced and practiced until you are confident. Then follow up sessions (often 4 shorter sessions) with lots of practice of your new voice therapy techniques until you feel you can confidently use them and change your ‘voice style’ in everyday conversations

After an analysis of your voice skills, then Voice Therapy usually involves voice strategies such as breathing, relaxation, easy onset. Other approaches such as the Accent Method and Estill Voice may be added to your individual therapy course if relevant to your needs.

Often putting the new techniques into action is the hardest step – changing our style and using our voices differently in life. For example a technique such as ‘easy onset’ can reduce voice difficulties, but when family and friends are used to hearing us speak in our ‘usual’ way it is hard to make even small changes. Communicology is about introducing and embedding speech therapy techniques which fit into an individual client’s lifestyle.

Voice Coaching for Confident Communication

For some it others it is a case of strengthening voice and communication skills for a specific reason e.g. to cope with a new role at work where there is a need to lead meetings or speak publically to large groups of people.

The approach will involve an evaluating and exploration of your aspirations and then an individual course to help you achieve your goals.

Fluency (aka Stammering Therapy)

Sometimes difficulties are linked to a stammer with resulting avoidance and anxiety in communicating with others.

Ruth is a specialist in Adult Fluency and can work with you in devising your individual strategies for dealing with anxiety, fluency techniques and mindfulness for coping with the impact of dysfluency.

Communication Program designed for Adults with a diagnosis of Autism

The term Autistic Adults has been chosen as many adults living with autism prefer this description. This condition is sometimes called High Functioning Autism, Aspergers. Let’s just say you are an autistic person living life in a world designed by adults who think differently to you.

Ruth has been a specialist therapist in diagnosis and support of children and adults with autism for many years. After leaving the NHS she set up Communicology SLT Services. She spent many years as an RCSLT Specialist Clinical Advisor. Her passion has always been listening, identifying a client or family need and identifying the Strands which need Support e.g. understanding empathy, avoiding overload, conversation skills.

Communicology’s Communication Program helps clients find out more about autism, their own pattern of skills and needs and how to maximise their communicative skills .

Working with Ruth you will identify your own pattern of strengths and skills and wotk through an individual therapy plan to extend skills and gain confidence. You will leave the Program with an individual Toolkit of Techniques to support your communication.

Confidence in Communication

Sometimes it is more about a lack of confidence in communicating with no underlying condition. e.g. reluctance to talk with others in daily conversations. Ruth will help you devise goals and strategies to increase your confidaence as a communicator.

Mindfulness & Relaxation Strategies

Ruth is experienced and has written books based on applied Mindfulness in daily life (for life events & slow travel). This interest grew out of using mindfulness in therapy for fluency and voice. Ruth also uses ACT (acceptance & committment therapy) and after training in this approach to general support is part of the Association for Contextual Behaioral Science.  https://contextualscience.org/

Find out More

The Drop Down Menu above gives more details about what is offered in Voice, Fluency, Autism Program and Confident Communication coaching.

Ruth worked as a Specialist Therapist in Voice and Stammering in the NHS in the North of England before working independently and setting up Communicology SLT Consultancy and ARC Supervision.

She also has Masters level qualification in Professional Traiing & Development woith a special interest in reflective learning, coaching and mentoring support. Her focus on using training and coaching in Voice and Fluency Therapy – the Individual Courses developed from her enthusiasm for training and coaching approaches.

She is thr Author of Reflective Clinical Supervision in SLT: Strengthening Skills (Routledge 2022)

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