About Nicola Gorb and the Practice
Speech and Language Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Coaching & Supervision
Speech and Language Therapy
Children and adults with clinical voice conditions
Gender affirming Voice Therapy for trans and non-binary people wanting to explore their voice
Anxiety/Stress around communication and public speaking
Public speaking skills for anyone in all contexts
Performance coaching for amateur or professional performers, those in the creative industry or for your personal needs.
Well-being Coaching for your physical, emotional, relational and spiritual needs.
Work-Related Coaching for work-related challenges concerning relationships, career development or performance in the public and private sector
Narrative Therapy
Explore challenges using this non-blaming, non-pathologising therapeutic practice. Rooted in social constructionism, Narrative Therapy engages people in value-driven conversations, which make visible neglected stories and accounts of people’s lives and identity and brings to light the agency people have to reclaim or move towards preferences for living and preferred identity conclusions.
Narrative Therapy Supervision for SLTs and Vocal Performance Teachers
Develop de-centred but influential, ethical and relational practices
Make visible the social discourses that can have a ‘grip’ on your professional practice and identity, as well as your clients' lives, and how this influences ‘prescriptions for living’
Re-author professional identity for a preferred identity conclusion and open the doorway to other possibilities
For Speech and Language Therapists working with paediatric voice conditions and functional neurological voice conditions
Clinics are available in Central London at Great Ormond Street Hospital for young people under 18, and in Watford, Hertfordshire for all ages. Therapy is also available online.
What to expect
Together with clients, Nicola explores their strengths and challenges, their preferred way of being and identifies goals for therapy, coaching and supervision to guide the development of a therapy, coaching programme or hopes for professional practice. The number and frequency of sessions will vary dependent on the complexity of the programme and context.
Nicola works in a collaborative, holistic, systemic way, including family and significant people for encouragement and support where appropriate.
Nicola combines Speech and Language Therapy practices, coaching narrative therapy and other psychological approaches that help people to achieve the goals and enhance their lives
About Nicola Gorb
Nicola has 25 years experience as a Speech and Language Therapist, specialising in clinical voice conditions for children and adults, stammering and gender affirming voice therapy for trans and non-binary people. She works for the NHS and has a private practice.
She is a qualified and accredited Senior Practitioner Coach, Narrative Therapist and Clinical Hypnotherapist and has training in other psychological approaches to support people with communication difficulties; such as Compassion Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Nancy Kline’s ‘Thinking Environment’.
Nicola is registered with the HCPC (Health Care Professions Council) and is a member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapy. She is accredited by EMCC as a Senior Practitioner Coach, and is an Associate Member of the Institute of Narrative Therapy. She was a finalist for the Van Lawrence Prize (British Voice Association 2026) which showcased her work using Narrative Therapy with children and young people with vocal challenges.
Training
BA (Hons) Communication Studies - Sheffield Hallam University
PG/Dip Speech and Language Therapy - City University
Diploma Narrative Therapy - Institute of Narrative Therapy
Certificate and Diploma Clinical Hypnosis - London School of Clinical Hypnosis
Foundation and Advanced Skills Compassion Focused Therapy - Compassionate Mind Foundation
Training in ACT, SFBT, CBT, Gestalt Therapy
DISC Facilitator (Coaching)
Estill Trained (Voice)
Nicola worked in the SLT team at the NHS Tavistock and Portman London Adult Gender Identity Clinic from 2016-2021 with trans and non-binary people.
Nicola currently works for the NHS at:
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust with children and young people with complex airway, voice and functional breathing conditions.
“Nicola encouraged me to say what I wanted and to accept some stammering as just part of me”
Chris
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