Learn how to use a range of passive and active vocal techniques to improve health and wellbeing. This course enables you to run professional and potentially transformative voice therapy groups using breath, movement, visualisation and a range of vocal techniques including toning and overtoning.
A distance learning option is also available for this course.
Learn how to use a range of passive and active vocal techniques to improve health and wellbeing. This course enables you to run professional and potentially transformative voice therapy groups using breath, movement, visualisation and a range of vocal techniques including toning and overtoning.
A couple of months before the course starts, this information will be available for you to access online in your own time but before the deadlines. You can still enrol on the course (providing there are spaces) after this information has been released up to the final cut-off.
Equipment release: 7th November
16th, 17th, 18th & 19th January 2024 9.30am – 2pm
Many people lead busy lives and time can be short. At BAST we have spent many years refining our training courses to save you valuable time and money but without compromising your learning experience. In fact, we believe that our courses are now the best that they’ve ever been!
The virtual classrooms are a wonderful rich learning environment where we take a deep dive into therapeutic voicework. You will need to be able to activate your video and audio for these classrooms as we will discuss voice work and the reflective process in depth. A pair of headphones will also be needed.
The coursework period is where your work really comes to life. Immerse yourself in the exercises taught and discover how the different techniques affect your own health and wellbeing. Use the reflective method to go deeper into your personal healing journey. Check-in tutorial sessions with your tutor will enable you to get extra support and deepen your learning.
Learning deepens and support is given during these valuable 1.5 hour tutorial sessions. Each one has a different aim, such as helping with techniques, organising case study groups and best practice.
Classroom 2: 16th February 9.30am – 11.30am
Classroom 3: 15th March 9.30am – 11.30am
These 1.5 hour tutorials are held on a monthly basis and offer valuable support and extra learning throughout the coursework process.
13th and 14th April 2024
Day 1: 9.30am – 6pm
Day 2: 9.30am – 6pm
This is where the work comes to life! Join us in class for a weekend packed full of vocal exploration and deep learning with voice, breathwork, movement and reflective practice. Lots of interactive workshops will be delivered and deep discussions will take place throughout the weekend. It is our aim that at the end of the weekend you will have a clear idea how to deliver a range of different passive and active techniques.
20th & 21st June 2024 9.30am – 2pm
This virtual classroom is devoted to exploring a range of hypothetical case studies to help you to focus your vision for the future and give you confidence to start your case studies. Working in small peer-group breakout sessions you will discuss how you would design different treatment programmes for hypothetical clients. Students tell us that this is such a valuable part of the course because it allows them to run through scenarios and gain another level of understanding. By the end of this class it is our aim that you will be confident in delivering treatments and be ready to start your case studies.
• Get support from the tutor team
• Develop the techniques further
• Role-play the client-practitioner process in small breakout groups
• Learn how to hold a safe and potentially deep healing space for your clients
• Hypothetical case studies will be discussed in small peer groups
• Prepare for the case study process
• Discuss best practice guidelines and ethical practice and learn how to apply to be a member of International membership bodies to gain extra recognition
4th October 2024 9am
On successful completion of this course, you will be awarded a Diploma in Group Voice Therapy.
You can achieve a ‘pass’, ‘merit’ or ‘distinction’.
£1125 Ends 31/10/2023
£1238
A couple of months before the course starts, this information will be available for you to access online in your own time but before the deadlines. You can still enrol on the course (providing there are spaces) after this information has been released up to the final cut-off.
Equipment release: 7th November
16th, 17th, 18th & 19th January 2024 9.30am – 2pm
Many people lead busy lives and time can be short. At BAST we have spent many years refining our training courses to save you valuable time and money but without compromising your learning experience. In fact, we believe that our courses are now the best that they’ve ever been!
The virtual classrooms are a wonderful rich learning environment where we take a deep dive into therapeutic voicework. You will need to be able to activate your video and audio for these classrooms as we will discuss voice work and the reflective process in depth. A pair of headphones will also be needed.
The coursework period is where your work really comes to life. Immerse yourself in the exercises taught and discover how the different techniques affect your own health and wellbeing. Use the reflective method to go deeper into your personal healing journey. Check-in tutorial sessions with your tutor will enable you to get extra support and deepen your learning.
Learning deepens and support is given during these valuable 1.5 hour tutorial sessions. Each one has a different aim, such as helping with techniques, organising case study groups and best practice.
Classroom 2: 16th February 9.30am – 11.00am
Classroom 3: 15th March 9.30am – 11.00am
23rd, 24th, 25th & 26th April 2024 9.30am – 6pm
This is where the work comes to life! Join us in class for a weekend packed full of vocal exploration and deep learning with voice, breathwork, movement and reflective practice. Lots of interactive workshops will be delivered and deep discussions will take place throughout the weekend. It is our aim that at the end of the weekend you will have a clear idea how to deliver a range of different passive and active techniques.
18th, 19th, 20th & 21st June 2024 9.30am – 2pm (short tasks will be set after class on each day)
The first part of this virtual classroom is packed full of vocal exploration and deep learning with voice, breathwork, movement and reflective practice to help you to run a range of different group voice therapy sessions. We will discover and unpack different approaches and discuss application in depth. The second part of this virtual classroom is dedicated to hypothetical case study sessions. These sessions aim to help you to focus your vision for the future and give you confidence to start your case study process.
Working in small peer-group breakout sessions you will discuss how you would design different treatment programmes for hypothetical clients. Students tell us that this is such a valuable part of the course because it allows them to run through scenarios and gain another level of understanding. It is our aim that at the end of this classroom you will have a clear idea how to deliver a range of different passive and active techniques.
Book a 1-2-1 tutorial with your tutor to go through the techniques and get extra support before starting your case studies.
4th October 2024 9.00am
This classroom, held part-way through your case study period, aims to support you with your case studies and answer any questions you may have. We will also discuss the research project that all students at BAST take part in. This is a valuable part of our ongoing commitment to further the sound and voice therapy field and to provide opportunities for us all.
On successful completion of this course, you will be awarded a Professional Diploma in Group Voice Therapy.
You can achieve a ‘pass’, ‘merit’ or ‘distinction’.
£1125 Ends 31/10/2023
£1238
This is our most popular course. The course is packed full of well researched techniques that will enable you to build an exciting and diverse portfolio of group sound work sessions. This course enables you to deliver a diverse range of therapeutic sound interventions, rhythm sessions and cutting edge sonic artistry to groups!
A higher level qualification focusing on 1-2-1 therapy. Learn to give treatments using voice, breath, visualisation & vocal processing techniques.
This course is perfect if you want to hold potentially deep and relaxing soundbath and gongbath group sessions. You will also learn how to choose the best instruments and techniques to suit a group’s needs.
We believe that a hands on approach to learning is best however we know that for some this isn’t practical. Most of our courses have a distance learning option meaning you can study from home if you’d like to. You must still be join the virtual classrooms and meet your deadlines. Full information is in our prospectus.