>I think someone needs to reach a stage of acceptance and avoidance reduction first and foremost. ...but we are all on our own journeys and different things work for different people. I appreciate and respect what you said. But there are people who maybe don't have access proper speech therapy, or even time, or need to have something to get them through a particular situation. I wish I could get on the self acceptance train but I just can't right now. The stakes in my chosen career are way too high- or so I think- I may very well be mistaken.These techniques may not work for everyone or every time, and that is not my goal. But then again nothing works for everyone, not even Chemo. Thank you for your reply and I truly hope you find spontaneous fluency. Its like when you start cutting wrapping paper and the scissor cuts straight through. Its very satisfying.