Your greatest wish is to be accepted as a woman and to fade into the background, and yet when you open your mouth, the whole image is spoilt.

This is probably the most important aspect of creating the image you want to put across and yet it is often the hardest one to achieve.  Without  guidance and advice you are unlikely to be able to change your voice yourself and finding help is difficult mainly because there is limited help available. Speech therapists are few and far between and many of them have little or no experience with Transsexual voice.

Here are a few important things you need to remember.

Pitch. Don't try and put your voice up too high as it was before your voice broke.  Only three or four tones are best and will sound most convincing.

Quality.  Women's voices are more breathy, and on the whole quieter.

Resonance.  Men resonate with their chests, and women with their heads, so you need to think, of the sound coming out of your head.

Content.  To put it bluntly, Women can talk for hours about nothing, and have a more relaxed attitude to communications.

Once you have decided on your new voice, you must use it all the time.  It can take weeks or even months before it is automatic and feels natural.

It is always safer to see a speech therapist for advice on protecting your voice from damage - even if you feel happy that you have developed a good female sounding voice.

Unfortunately we don't hear ourselves as other hear us, because the sounds we make are distorted by vibrations in the bones in our heads, which is why you really need someone to help.

I am a fully qualified Speech Therapist and you can get free advice by contacting me at my E-mail Address.

You may E-mail me at info@voicechange.co.uk for any advice or help, and I will do my best to answer your queries.  You can arrange to visit me for therapy, which is the best option if you live in the South East of England. 

My clinic is near Sevenoaks in Kent, and I am about 1 mile from the M25, and less than an hour from Victoria / Charing Cross by train.

* The change from female to male is very different, because of the restrictions of the length of vocal cords.  However improvement can be made.  Contact me for free advice.

The Voicechange clinic is proud to have helped many T-Girls affiliated to Gems, The Gender Trust, and the Beaumont Soceity.  Many of our clients travel regularly from different parts of the UK & Europe for Consultations & Therapy.