Our goal at Level Up Your Voice is to provide functional, goal-oriented, evidence-based interventions and supports for a holistic approach to address communication difficulties and disorders for adolescent and adult clients. We specifically seek to address physiological and sociocultural-linguistic communication needs in historically disenfranchised populations as part of our mission statement to provide equitable access to the human right of communication; so that all may have a voice to advocate for themselves, their needs, and their lived experiences. Areas of interest and expertise include queer/trans voice therapy, neurodiversity-affirming social pragmatic therapy, executive functioning and cognitive-communication therapy for neurodivergent and traumatic brain injury individuals, holistic stuttering management, and voice therapy for individuals with neurodegenerative disorders. We aim to do this through a tailored approach of individualized and group therapy services as warranted utilizing functional, real-world activities in multiple environments and modalities (public spaces, private/home settings, teletherapy) to best serve the needs of our clients.

For more information, read our blog and mission/ethics/privacy page.

Clinicians (so far)

Richard Fontanet, M.A. CCC-SLP is a 29 years old aspiring creative and speech-language pathologist based in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. My goal is to build community and provide others an outlet to share their experiences in life while promoting healthy discourse and advocating for normalizing queer and neurodivergent experiences in our world, especially from a mental health standpoint. I’m also ASHA-certified (CCC) and DE/PA state licensed with experience in diagnostics and interventions for social communication disorders, swallowing disorders, cognitive-linguistic disorders, language disorders, motor speech sound disorders, and voice disorders. I identify as queer/gay, second-gen Nuyorican, and have formal medical diagnoses of social communication disorder and ADHD inattentive. When not working, I love to engage in creative writing (with my newest passion project a blog about neurodivergent experiences open for public submissions); simple living past times like cooking and hiking in nature; and performing improv, stand-up, and sketch comedy. I also give presentations on how to utilize principles of speech and voice therapy for aspiring voice actors at anime/science fiction/comic conventions. I’m always looking for opportunities to professionally collaborate in both the performance and speech spheres. You can find more about me down below:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-fontanet-615255113/
Personal Blog: https://neuroearnestconfessions.com/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@richardfontanet
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rfontanet29/

If there are any clinicians or other health professionals interested in partnering with Level Up Your Voice, please do not hesitate to reach out and say hi!