Most of those responses are known to be greatly ineffective as they kinda come from heavily uninformed SLPs. No mention of the things that address the root issue and prove for many to be highly effective and sustainable. From early childhood, every person who talks has occasional repetitions and prolongations. At some point, we perceived that others thought poorly of us for having them. The physical effort to try to push through them *is what causes a block.*. It’s like a “Chinese finger trap”. The harder you struggle to escape, the more stuck you get. You don’t have to “just become zen” to decrease the blocks. Instead do this: - disclose and/or do brief voluntary repetitions (in mirror alone, on phone, in person) - make normal eye contact from beginning to end - begin speaking slowly and on an *exhale* - enunciate or use phrasing (brief pauses after chunks of words). Still possible to use whatever tone and cadence you want