Dr. Elisa Monti is a voice-specialized experimental psychologist with a PhD from The New School for Social Research. Her concentration is the relationship between psychological trauma and different measures of voice. Her mission is to contribute to further our understanding of this relationship.

Dr. Monti collaborates with numerous scholars and scientists, including the Helou Laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh and New York Speech Pathology.

She is also the original founder of the Voice and Trauma Research and Connection Group.

Dr. Monti is a certified Performance Wellness therapist trained in the Montello Method for Performance Wellness and in Vocal Psychotherapy (trained by Dr. Diane Austin). She has years of experience working with private clients and diving deep into trauma, emotion, communication, self-expression and performance.

Dr. Monti has been the recipient of honors and awards, including the Audio-Visual Media Award (2017) from the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation.

“Needs and feelings remain unmet and the voice becomes inaudible, tight and tense, breathy and undefined, or simply untrue; perhaps lovely to listen to but not connected to the core of the person. In essence, the traumatized person often survives by forfeiting her own voice.”

“Needs and feelings remain unmet and the voice becomes inaudible, tight and tense, breathy and undefined, or simply untrue; perhaps lovely to listen to but not connected to the core of the person. In essence, the traumatized person often survives by forfeiting her own voice.”

- Diane Austin