Kristina,
I'm just jumping into this thread, so this may have been mentioned already.
If her chest voice is solid and then it becomes dark or muffled, do some
multi-octave exercises on a very bright sound such as, a (apple), or na, na,
na. This may cause a little nasality or laryngeal elevation at first, but at
least will let her experience a more balanced sound, until she can move on to
a more open vowel that allows her to get her larynx stabilized.
Even having her do voice imitations like a nasty witch, betty boop, etc.,
might initially break her out of the vocal identity she is married to at the
moment.
Hope this helps,
Mary Beth Felker
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