About Nicola Gorb and the Practice
Speech and Language 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
Coaching
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 Supervision for SLTs
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 conclusions and consider other possibilities
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 and person-centred way, including family and significant people for encouragement and support when 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
Training
BA (Hons) Communication Studies
PG/Dip Speech and Language Therapy
Diploma Narrative Therapy
Certificate and Diploma Clinical Hypnosis
Foundation and Advanced Skills Compassion Focused Therapy
Training in ACT, SFBT, CBT, Gestalt Therapy
DISC Facilitator (Coaching)
Estill Trained (Voice)
Nicola worked 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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