DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN COMMUNICATION SCIENCE Communication, Language and Speech Science (CLaSS) Unit Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Courses
Understanding and Managing Psychogenic Voice Disorders
7th May 2008 Ref: 424/08 £120 Max: 40
This day will explore a classification system for psychogenic voice disorders, assessment tools for the Speech and Language Therapist and treatment options, working within a cognitive-behaviour therapy framework. Course Aims and Objectives To equip SLTs with knowledge and skills to be able to: • recognize and classify Psychogenic Voice Disorders (PVDs) • incorporate psycho-social assessment within a voice case history • be familiar with symptomatic voice therapy techniques for both aphonics and dysphonics • choose between symptomatic voice therapy and psychological therapy • have an appreciation of CBT techniques for treating PVD Participants The programme is aimed at Speech and Language Therapists with an interest in or working with voice disordered patients Programme Outline
9.30am 9.45am REGISTRATION Defining Psychogenic Voice Disorders and the aetiological features Presenting a new model of Classification for PVD BREAK The SLTs psycho-social assessment for voice disordered patients (This will include some cognitive behaviour therapy principles and the session will be related to some case discussion) LUNCH Therapy Options for patients with PVD This will include: symptomatic voice therapy for aphonics and further management symptomatic voice therapy for dysphonics psychological therapy versus voice therapy
11.00am 11.15am
12.30pm 1.30pm
Department??of??Human??Communication??Science Department of Human Communication Science University College London Remax House 31–32 Alfred Place London WC1E 7DP Tel: +44 (0)20 7679 4204 Fax: +44 (0)20 7679 4238 Email: hcs.class@ucl.ac.uk
3.00pm 3.15pm 4.30pm
Some Cognitive Behaviour Therapy techniques for SLTs BREAK Accessing Clinical Supervision Clinical Case discussion COURSE ENDS
At the end of the course participants will receive a Certificate of Attendance. Course Tutors Annie Elias and Lesley Cavalli co-authors Understanding and Treating Psychogenic Voice Disorders – a CBT Framework, Butcher, P, Elias, A. & Cavalli, L. Annie Elias, Specialist Speech and Language Therapist Annie Elias began working as a speech and language therapist at The Royal London Hospital in 1980, primarily with a voice disordered caseload. In 1986 she moved to Canterbury as Head of Service and has continued to specialise in treating voice patients. Annie’s interest in treating psychogenic voice disorders and in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy began in 1981 when she began collaborating with Peter Butcher, Consultant Clinical Psychologist in CBT, and this led to co-working with patients. This work resulted in a number of publications with Peter Butcher and Ruth Raven. In the past six years Annie has been working together with Peter Butcher and Lesley Cavalli to develop a theoretical framework for managing PVD. This work has culminated in recent text, ‘Understanding and Treating Psychogenic Voice Disorders – A CBT framework’, Butcher P, Elias A and Cavalli L. Wiley, 2007. Lesley Cavalli, Specialist Speech and language Therapist
Lesley qualified in 1988 from University College, London. She has worked at the Royal London and Charing Cross Hospitals and since 1996 at Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust. She has combined her clinical work with a lectureship in voice at University College London since obtaining an MSc in 1996. She has worked with dysphonic children and adults at tertiary, secondary and primary levels of care and has worked within both adult and paediatric Voice Clinics. Her current post at Great Ormond Street Hospital focuses on the tertiary assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with a wide range of ENT-related conditions, including psychogenic voice disorders. She has worked collaboratively with Annie Elias and Peter Butcher for many years and presented and published jointly in this area. Together they are co-authors of the recent publication: Understanding and treating psychogenic voice problems: A CBT Framework (2007).
Department??of??Human??Communication??Science Department of Human Communication Science University College London Remax House 31–32 Alfred Place London WC1E 7DP Tel: +44 (0)20 7679 4204 Fax: +44 (0)20 7679 4238 Email: hcs.class@ucl.ac.uk