"Our goal should be to become comfortable with regular repetitions (brief, no fear, smoothly transition into next sound)." Yes agree. In another viewpoint: but isn't it better, whenever we are stuck, that we don't return to the first word/syllable (by repeating) and just re-try the letter where we got stuck? I mean, if we are purposely returning to the start of a syllable/word then we are basically creating a stutter (or repetition) on itself, as a secondary behavior. What is your argument to keep this maladaptive behavior? You could argue that 'skipping' the letter we are stuck on and immediately executing the next sound (after where we got stuck) is a less maladaptive behavior than returning all the way back to the first syllable/word in a sentence.