Method according to Schlaffhorst and Andersen

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The Schlaffhorst and Andersen method is a holistic breath , voice and speech therapy . It was developed in the first half of the 20th century by Clara Schlaffhorst and Hedwig Andersen and is taught today in the training for breathing, speech and voice teachers. It is the oldest method developed in Germany and one of the most comprehensive treatment concepts in breathing and voice therapy. Breathing, speaking and voice teachers are approved for the treatment of all speech therapy disorders by both statutory and private health insurances.

Basics

The method according to Schlaffhorst and Andersen is based on the totality of the human being and emphasizes the breath as the link between the psycho-vegetative level and somatic expression. Consistently be

  • Respiratory disorders also taken into account as an expression of psychosomatic processes
  • Breathing and voice understood as a functional unit, the voice is always seen and treated in conjunction with breathing.
  • Breathing, posture and body movement viewed and practiced as a whole
  • Disturbances of speech and language are taken seriously as a disturbance of the ability to communicate and their impact on personality development is weighted accordingly
  • Breathing, speech and voice disorders always seen as impairing human existence.

Elements of therapy

The goal of the Schlaffhorst and Andersen method is to reconnect people with their “breathing powers” ​​and their “natural rhythm of life”. The breathing forces are understood as comprehensive, affecting the entire person. The practitioner should regain the full expressiveness of his voice, as well as his language skills and thus communication skills.

To achieve this, the method uses five so-called “regeneration paths”: circular movement, swinging movement, rhythmic movement, breathing and tones. The interactions between breathing, voice, posture and movement are made aware in the exercises and practiced in the sense of functional regeneration. Targeted training in posture and movement coordination is intended to improve speech and vocal skills and to have a positive influence on the recovery process. In doing so, the practitioner learns movements that are economically coordinated with breathing and vocalization. According to Schlaffhorst and Andersen, every (arbitrary) movement of the body (grabbing, walking, sitting down, etc.) should be rhythmic, i.e. in accordance with the three-part breathing rhythm. The aim is to (re) establish a total body tension called " euton " during movement and vocalization and (re) establish the natural connection between breathing, voice and movement.

The breath itself or the breathing pattern is also specifically influenced. With the outlined physical and breathing exercises, the main respiratory muscle , the diaphragm, is naturally stimulated and the physiological function of the auxiliary respiratory muscles is promoted in order to facilitate so-called full breathing (or costo-abdominal breathing). In the therapy, stress management strategies can be added so that the natural breathing rhythm is not lost even under tension.

Through the holistic exercise approaches described, the voice experiences a training of all structures involved in vocal making, including the muscles of the inner and outer larynx . In addition, an individually appropriate intonation and phonation are developed, and modulation and resonance techniques are learned.

Language is developed through both articulation exercises and exercises on language flow, modulation and motivation. In addition, general linguistic competence should also be trained.

The method offers a number of options for targeted therapeutic, in particular speech therapy, intervention (see above), but it also represents a fundamental educational approach that helps the practitioner / patient to treat himself / herself, his breathing, his voice and language in a positive way.

history

The two women friends Clara Schlaffhorst (1863–1945) and Hedwig Andersen (1866–1957), who came from Memel ( East Prussia ), suffered from breathing and voice disorders themselves. In an effort to solve their own problems, they also looked at the work of the US American Leo Kofler and translated his book Die Kunst des Breath ( The Method of Taking and Controlling the Breath in Speaking and Light Singing ) into German. On the basis of this discussion and the experience of their many years of teaching, they developed an independent approach.

They worked together from around 1900. From 1910 they began teaching in Berlin . In 1916 they founded the first training center in Rotenburg / Fulda. This was later moved to Hustedt / Südheide (1926–1942) or Seefeld / Pommern (1942–1945). After the death of Clara Schlaffhorst, the school dissolved. The population fled westward before the Red Army marched in. Hedwig Andersen was accepted by the former pupil Annemarie Fischer on their estate in Schönborn .

Students of the two continued the work from 1949 in Lieme (Lippe) and from 1961 to 1984 in Eldingen . The method has been taught at the Schlaffhorst-Andersen CJD School in Bad Nenndorf since 1984 . The school's training today leads to the qualification “State-certified breathing, speaking and voice teacher”.

literature

  • Antoni Lang, Margarete Saatweber: Voice and Breathing - Core Terms and Methods of the Schlaffhorst-Andersen Concept and their anatomical-physiological explanation . Schulz-Kirchner-Verlag, Idstein 2010, ISBN 978-3-8248-0646-1 .
  • Clara Schlaffhorst, Hedwig Andersen: Breathing and Voice . Möseler Verlag, Wolfenbüttel 1996, ISBN 3-7877-3519-4 .
  • Margarete Saatweber: Introduction to the Schlaffhorst-Andersen working method - breathing, voice, language, posture and movement in their interactions. 6th edition. Schulz-Kirchner-Verlag, Idstein 2007, ISBN 978-3-8248-0019-3 .
  • Sabine S. Hammer: Voice therapy with adults. 3. Edition. Springer Verlag, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-540-49758-5 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Clara Schlaffhorst, Hedwig Andersen: Breathing and Voice. 1996.
  2. a b Sabine S. Hammer: Voice therapy with adults. 2007, p. 161.
  3. respiratory therapy. In: Therapy lexicon at therapeutenfinder.com . April 2, 2015, accessed January 21, 2020.
  4. Margarete Saatweber: Introduction to the Schlaffhorst-Andersen working method. 2007, p. 137ff.
  5. Presentation of the method by a voice therapist
  6. Clara Schlaffhorst, Hedwig Andersen: Breathing and Voice. 1996, p. 31ff.
  7. ^ Antoni Lang and Margarete Saatweber: Voice and Breathing . Ed .: Schulz-Kirchner-Verlag, Idstein 2011.
  8. Center for breathing training, voice training and speaking training
  9. Margarete Saatweber: Introduction to the Schlaffhorst-Andersen working method. 2007.