Neurological
Hilary specializes in helping people with any neurological condition that affects communication and cognition, including but not limited to, Parkinson's disease, stroke (CVA), traumatic brain injury (TBI), spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA), and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Hilary is a licensed SPEAK OUT! provider with the Parkinson Voice Project, and is certified in LSVT LOUD, both proven to help individuals regain and retain speech and swallowing abilities. Hilary's work also targets word-finding difficulty, speech fluency, articulation, attention, concentration, memory, executive function, affect, and mood.
Developmental
Hilary helps school-aged children with expressive, receptive, and social language skills. She has contracted with Hartford Public Schools for the past three years, and enjoys discovering and supporting each child's unique interests, and helping them to find their voice. She also provides parents, carers, and teachers with communication strategies to better connect with their child/student.
Gender Affirming Vocal Therapy
Hilary specializes in helping trans, non-binary, and gender diverse people of all ages communicate with greater authenticity and self-confidence. She helps to explore and create desired changes in voice and speech using techniques to modify pitch, resonance, intonation, and prosody, as well as non-verbal communication. Hilary helps to discover and uncover one's authentic voice--the voice that aligns with their true identity. This process is technical, but also intuitive and highly individual. Hilary ensures that one is not simply "putting on" or fabricating a voice, but is accessing and expressing who they truly are by participating actively in their own vocal discovery.
Professional Voice Users
Actors and other professional voice users have unique needs and challenges with voice and speech. Vocal projection, good vocal hygiene, speech articulation, and the ability to express emotions clearly through the voice and face are essential skills for performers. Hilary also helps with accent/dialect modification. Having trained and performed as an actor herself for many years, Hilary understands these needs and she enjoys serving in a therapeutic role. Hilary has been a guest instructor at Kimball Studio, an acting school in New York City, where she also trained.
Parkinson's Support Group
Location: The Estuary, 220 Main St., Old Saybrook, CT
This group is free of charge and is held every third Thursday of the month from 2-3 pm. Individuals with any neurological condition that affects speech are welcome. Please RSVP.
