LET’S BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR VOICE
1:1 Online and In-Home Speech and Voice Sessions/Therapy
If you need guidance in exploring your voice holistically for talking every day or singing (professional or personal fulfillment), learn more about my approach and practices here. Reach out here, on my SimplePractice site, or via phone if you want to move forward in your voice journey with me.
Peer and Colleague Consultation
Most of us as practitioners do not automatically receive training and education on care that is:
culturally responsive
trauma-informed
gender-inclusive
neurodiversity-affirming
intersectionally-driven
I offer consultation and collaboration opportunities to address the functional needs of your practice, because I am passionate about building a community of holistic practitioners in voice and communication. If you are interested in conferencing with me, reach out here.
Presentations
2024 ASHA CONVENTION (December 5-7 2024, Seattle, WA)
Thursday, Dec 5, 10:00 AM
Presenting Author with Jae Bernado, CF-SLP (they/them, Jennifer Cleary, CCC-SLP (zie/hir, she/her), Becks Von Duering, CCC-SLP (they/them), & Renée Yoxon (they/them)
CC/Arch-800 Pike/TBD
Friday, Dec 6, 12:00 PM
Presenting Author with Jennifer Cleary, CCC-SLP (zie/hir, she/her) CC/Arch/Arch-619-620 (Lvl 6)
1517: More Choice in Voice!: Boosting Inclusivity in AAC Customization (1-Hour Seminar (In-Person))
Friday, Dec 6, 3:30 PM
Presenting Author with Karina Saechao, CCC-SLP, PhD Candidate (she/her)
CC/Summit/Summit-322 (Lvl 3)
Friday, Dec 6, 5:00 PM
Presenting Author with Samantha Washington, CCC-SLP, PhD (she/her), Aletha Shine Burnette, CCC-SLP, PhD (she/her), Sofia Carias, CCC-SLP (she/her, ella), Yu-Wen Chen, CCC-SLP, PhD (she/her), Hsinhuei Sheen Chiou, CCC-SLP, PhD, GC (Greta) Robinson, CCC-SLP, PhD (she/they), & Vickie Yu, CCC-SLP, PhD (she/her)
CC/Summit/Summit-333-334 (Lvl 3)
Saturday, Dec 7, 9:30 AM
Author Only (Not Presenting) with Marilyn Fairchild, CCC-SLP, PhD (she/her)
Presenting Authors: Angela Evenich, CF-SLP (she/her), Joyce Ko, CF-SLP (she/her), Caroline Gaddy, MFA, CCC-SLP (they/she), Bobbi Adams-Brown, CCC-SLP (she/her), and Sofia Carias, CCC-SLP (she/her, ella)
CC/Arch/Arch-613-614 (Lvl 6)
Stay updated on current and upcoming live presentations and webinars about gender-affirming care, neurodiversity-affirming practices in voice and communication, intersectionality and social justice in communication sciences and disorders (CSD), and more. Previous and/or future hosts of presentations, interviews, podcasts, and panels are shared below (non-exhaustive).
2024 FALL VOICE CONFERENCE - SLP PRE-CONFERENCE (October 24-26, 2024, Phoenix, AZ)
“Neuroqueering Your Voice Practice”
with A.C. Goldberg, PhD, CCC-SLP (he/him)
Thursday, October 24th, 2024 - LIVE
Sheraton Phoenix Downtown, Phoenix, AZ
“Vocal training allows us to be heard as we really are in that wider community. Each of us has an imperfect body to work with, just like everyone else.
Being able to set our own goals about how we want to be heard and learn how to achieve that also helps with coming to terms with the parts of ourselves that are more resistant to change.”
Das Janssen (he/him), PhD, Foreword in The Singing Teacher’s Guide to Transgender Voices by Liz Jackson Hearns (she/her;they/them) and Brian Kremer (he/him)
MEET RUCHI (they/she)
Ruchi Kapila, M.S., CCC-SLP Speech-Language Pathologist, Vocologist and Voice Teacher
I’m a speech-language pathologist (SLP), vocologist (read: voice science person), voice teacher and coach, singer and full-time cat parent who really wants to get to know you.
I have trained as a classical vocalist for over 20 years and have begun training in Contemporary Commercial Music (CCM) singing after growing up on alternative, punk, indie, and other forms of rock and pop.