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Absolutely! The post linked at the end of this comment has a pretty good description of my experiences and success. I make about eight comments in the thread, covering a lot of ground. Other questions I've been asked that I want to share as well. ​ >How severe of a stutter did you have before adult speech therapy? I was a severe stutterer from my earliest memory. Severe, as in, never a fluent sentence. Blocks so bad that I ran out of air. I knew I would always stutter. The blocks grew from a 'simple' stutter to jaw-locked blocks that would last until I ran out of breath. At about age 13, I went to the optician's office to pick up my glasses. When I got to the counter, I had a really bad block. I couldn't get my name out. The counter person handled it really poorly, which just aggravated my stutter. I couldn't get anything out. They literally kicked me out of the store. They thought I was chanting, or wrong in the head, or whatever. Words can't do justice to the feelings of hurt, shame, and anger I felt that day. Over 30 years later, and that memory still hurts. It would be hard for anyone outside of this forum to really understand what that felt like. ​ >Did you have a good experience with speech therapy Not until the last time. My first experience with speech therapy was in public school. It was not helpful. I went to a professional speech therapist in my teens. It helped some, but I didn't put in the work to be successful. I went back to the same speech therapist in my 20s. That was when I applied myself and achieved fluency. ​ >how did you find a way to implement the strategies and overcome a dysfluency? The therapy I received wasn't about implementing strategies. It was more of a ground-up development of speaking fluently. The therapist I worked with didn't have me implement my fluency outside of therapy until I was achieving very high levels of success in the therapy setting.Please don't hesitate to ask more questions. I am a huge advocate for speech therapy to help people with stutters. [https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/okaf40/does\_speech\_therapy\_work/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/okaf40/does_speech_therapy_work/)