Voice Therapist
- Speech and Language Pathologist (B.Sc.) specialized in GAVW since 2007
- Co-author of the first German-language clinical textbook and its accompanying clinical materials
- Co-developer of the LaKru® Voicetransition Model
Profile
Thomas Lascheit is a Berlin-based voice therapist. Since 2007, he has specialized in Gender-Affirming Voice Work (GAVW), combining clinical practice with teaching and conceptual development. He is a highly experienced expert in this field and has significantly shaped the voice therapy landscape regarding GAVW in German-speaking countries.
Together with Stephanie A. Kruse, he developed LaKru® in 2013 – a structured therapeutic approach supporting trans*, non-binary, and gender-diverse individuals on their path toward an authentic, self-determined voice. His publications include contributions on voice transition as well as practice-oriented presentations of clinical concepts for effective and structured voice therapy.
Thomas Lascheit is a LAX VOX® Master Trainer and Course Instructor as well as an EFP Trainer in Estill Voice Training™. He serves as Clinical Director of Palabra Charlottenburg and Head of the “Voice Transition” Department within the Palabra Practice Group, which operates nationwide in Germany.
He regularly teaches advanced courses and workshops on voice therapy, functional voice analysis, anatomy, and gender-affirming voice work in German-speaking countries and internationally. His expertise has been featured in television programs (f.e. RTL Punkt 12) and his work appears in the
feature documentary “Wir waren Kumpel”. In addition to his teaching, he engages in interdisciplinary professional networks and supports clinicians in advancing evidence-informed and inclusive voice practice
Memberships & Publications
- Associate member of the INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TRANSVOICE SURGEONS
- Estill Voice Training
- WPATH
Lascheit, T. (2023). Die Bedeutung der Stimme für trans* und non-binäre Menschen: Ein
aufklärender Beitrag zur Bekämpfung der steigenden Queerfeindlichkeit*. Sprachtherapie aktuell:
Forschung – Wissen – Transfer, 10(2), 23. Wissenschaftliches Symposium des dbs e. V.
Lascheit, Thomas; Kruse, Stephanie A.: Stimmarbeit mit Mann-zu-Frau-Transsexuellen nach
der LaKru®-Stimmtransition, In: Spektrum Patholinguistik 11, Potsdam, Universitätsverlag
Potsdam, 2019, S. 47–52.
Kruse, S. A., & Lascheit, T. (2018). Inside a voice transition. The Voice Foundation Newsletter,
23(4), 36–41.
Kruse, S. A., Lascheit, T., & Houben, D. (2016). Stimmtherapie mit trans* Frauen. ProLog Verlag.
ISBN 978-3-95677-030-2.
Kruse, S. A., Lascheit, T., & Houben, D. (2016). Materialsammlung zur Stimmtherapie mit trans*
Frauen* [Therapy materials]. ProLog Verlag. ISBN 978-3-95677-031-9.
Kruse, S. A., & Lascheit, T. (2015). LaKru®-Stimmtransition. PathoLink, 25(1), 14–18
Gender Affirming Voice Work – Einblicke in die Arbeit mit non-binären und trans*menschlichen
Stimmen. 20. Leipziger Symposium zur Kinder- Jugendstimme (2024), Leipzig, Germany
Geschlechtsidentität und Stimme. Round Table. 20. Leipziger Symposium zur Kinder-
Jugendstimme (2024), Leipzig, Germany
LaKru®-Stimmtransition vs. konservative Stimmtherapie – warum eine erfolgreiche
Stimmfeminisierung mit den Methoden der konservativen Stimmtherapie unmöglich ist. 15
Herbsttreffen Patholinguistik. (2021), Potsdam, Germany.
How Estill Voice Training can help trans* people. European Estill Voice Summit (2018), Barcelona,
Spain.
Stimmtransition mit LaKru®. 11. Herbsttreffen Patholinguistik (2017), Potsdam, Germany.
LaKru-Stimmtransition vs. konservative Stimmtherapie – warum eine erfolgreiche
Stimmfeminisierung mit den Methoden der konservativen Stimmtherapie unmöglich ist. Stephanie
A. Kruse. 34. Wissenschaftliche der DGPP und 3. Dreiländertagung D-A-CH. (2017), Bern,
Switzerland.