Mindful Speechies16 Helmi 2025

The Power of Listening in Speech Therapy with Margaret Jacobs

In today’s episode, we explore the intersection of mental health and speech therapy with Margaret Jacobs, a Speech Pathologist and Jungian Analyst.

Margaret began her career as a Speech Pathologist 28 years ago and worked for many years as a Senior Speech Pathologist in Canberra in acute care of both adult and paediatric patients. Clinically her interest was sparked in working with patients with voice disorders and she helped establish a multi-disciplinary voice disorders clinic and concurrently ran a small private practice specialising in this area. She completed a research Masters degree looking at the singing voice. Fifteen years ago she took a slight detour completing a Masters in Psychotherapy followed by a long psychoanalytic training in Jungian Analysis. She now works mostly as a Jungian Analyst but continues to see some voice patients and provides supervision to Speech Pathologists interested in voice and/or mental health.

Connect with Margaret Jacobs:

Website: canberravoiceandpsyche.com.au
Email: majacobs@bigpond.com
Mobile: 0409 784 408

Margaret has a private practice in Canberra and sees people both face to face and online.

Margaret’s Article:
Psychogenic Voice Disorder: A View Through the Lens of Self
Jacobs, M., & van Biene, L. (2015). European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare, 3(2), 206. https://doi.org/10.5750/ejpch.v3i2.920

If you have trouble accessing a copy, feel free to contact Margaret directly—she’s happy to share it.

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