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Martin Badway is a Master of Speech Pathology graduate and a practising member of Speech Pathology Australia. Martin works in a multi-disciplinary team with psychologists and psychiatrists to provide holistic evidence-based speech pathology assessment and therapy across the scope of practice; this includes voice, stuttering, social, and executive functioning/processing skills difficulties. Martin also works with otolaryngologists to provide pre- and post-surgical rehabilitation for pitch-altering surgery.
Formerly a classical singer, with an undergraduate degree in music from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, he applies his knowledge of vocal pedagogy when treating people with voice difficulties. Martin has completed external courses which qualify him to use the gold-standard voice therapy techniques. As a singer who understands vocal science he is able to model the desired outcomes for his patients at the target resonance and pitches. Martin has provided personal development and clinical training sessions to gender voice practices and sole clinicians in Australia. He regularly undertakes professional development and supervision with leading clinicians in the country and is a regular attendee at conferences and workshops held by The Laryngology Society of Australasia.
At King Street Psychology he sees patients face-to-face or via Telehealth. He runs the ‘Foundations of Feminisation/Masculinisation’ voice workshops as well as the gender spectrum choir ‘Transposition’.
Martin sees Private or NDIS clients for:
Voice Disorders
Accent Modification
Stuttering
Social Skills
Executive Functioning/Processing Skills
Gender-Spectrum Voice Modification
Social-pragmatic communication programs include:
PEERS program
Improving First Impressions
ECHO - A vocal language program for easing anxiety in conversation.
Voice Programs include:
Casper-Stone Flow Therapy
Lessac-Madsen Resonant Voice Therapy
Adventures in Voice (Paediatric Nodules).
A medicare rebate is available for up to 5 sessions if you have a chronic disease management plan from your general practitioner.
Dr James Morandini is the clinic director, and provides a rangepsychological services to children, adolescents, and adults. Heprovides specialist assessment, diagnosis, and management ofchildhood and adolescent gender dysphoria. He also providesassessment and diagnosis for gender dysphoria in adults and canprovide WPATH medical letters where appropriate. James also has afocus on matters of sexual orientation, including overcoming shame,relationship difficulties, and exploring identity confusion. Morebroadly James utilises CBT, DBT, and Schema Therapy in treatingmood and anxiety issues, as well as personality disorders.
